{"id":155792,"date":"2025-11-14T09:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T08:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&p=155792"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T07:13:07","slug":"contemporary-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/opening\/contemporary-perspectives-155792\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Family is diverse, ever-changing, and full of surprises. Beyond traditional structures and role models, new perspectives emerge on what family can be. Several temporary exhibitions within the thematic year\u00a0\u201cIn Relation: Family\u201d<\/em>\u00a0explore non-normative approaches to family \u2013 both artistically and historically.<\/p>\n

Relationships often form where there are no stable social structures or political protections.\u00a0Nothing as Our Ground<\/a>\u00a0<\/em> is the title of the exhibition curated by Minh Duc Pham and Hai Nam Nguyen \u2013 a title that points to the realities of queer and migrant experiences. Contemporary photography, video, and installation works reveal how people live, across generations and borders, in ways that are diverse and sometimes contradictory, challenging traditional notions of family. The exhibition features works by Cor\u00e7 George Demir, Jaewon Kim, Su-Ran Sichling, Nhu Xuan Hua, Iden Sungyoung Kim, Sunil Gupta, Cheryl Mukherji, Vuth Lyno, Leonard Suryajaya, Sarnt Utamachote, and Rana Nazzal Hamadeh.<\/p>\n

The exhibition\u00a0Making Kin<\/a><\/em> brings together artists from nine countries whose works share a decolonial perspective on marginalized forms of knowledge and relationships. We are all embedded in dynamic webs of relation \u2013 with other humans, animals, plants, spirits, the cosmos \u2013 and even with our office chairs. Making Kin<\/em> is curated by Kerstin Pinther and Ute Marxreiter, Ethnological Museum \/ Museum of Asian Art Berlin, and features works by Catherine Blackburn, Aziza Kadyri, Mae-ling Lokko, Meryl McMaster, Caroline Monnet, Katja Novitskova, Soe Yu Nwe, Odun Orimolade, Judith Raum, Cara Romero, Zina Saro-Wiwa, and Haegue Yang.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow deeply does the state intervene in private life?\u201d is the question posed by the exhibition\u00a0All Under Heaven<\/a><\/em>. It focuses on the tension between family and state in 20th-century China and Korea \u2013 between ideology, care, and control. The exhibition is curated by Maria Sobotka, co-curated by Lu Tian, Museum of Asian Art Berlin, and presents works by He Chongyue, Mao Tongqiang, Jane Jin Kaisen, Mirae kate-hers Rhee, and Siren Eun Young Jung.<\/p>\n

Fourteen monumental statues of Brandenburg electors from the 17th century are part of the permanent exhibition on the history of the site. However, only one half of the family was represented in this dynastic display \u2013 women were absent. The intervention\u00a0Relevant to the System: Women in Ruling Families<\/a><\/em>\u00a0introduces four princesses from four centuries, positioning them alongside and in opposition to the sculptures. The installation sheds light on the different degrees of agency available to Hohenzollern women within the dynastic system.<\/p>\n

Also present is filmmaker Marina Gning, whose documentary series on father-daughter relationships in Senegal has been on view on the ground floor since October.<\/p>\n

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\nThe evening opens with a spoken word performance by AVRINA, followed by welcome remarks by Hartmut Dorgerloh, General Director of the Humboldt Forum, and Raffael Gadebusch, Head of the Museum of Asian Art. Minh Duc Pham, Hai Nam Nguyen, Kerstin Pinther, Ute Marxreiter, Maria Sobotka, Marina Gning, and Alfred Hagemann will introduce the exhibitions in brief conversations.<\/p>\n

Following the opening on the 1st floor of the Stair Hall, curator and artist tours will take place in the respective exhibitions on the 3rd floor:<\/p>\n

19:00\u201319:20
Nothing as Our Ground \u2013 Room 312<\/strong>
\nwith Minh Duc Pham, Hai Nam Nguyen, Cor\u00e7 George Demir,\u00a0 Su-Ran Sichling and Cheryl Mukherji<\/em>
Relevant to the System: Women in Ruling Families\u00a0\u2013 Stair Hall, 3rd Floor<\/strong>
\nwith Alfred Hagemann and Katja Gimpel<\/em><\/p>\n

19:30\u201319:50
Making Kin \u2013 Room 304<\/strong>
\nwith Kerstin Pinther, Ute Marxreiter, Soe Yu Nwe, Catherine Blackburn and Judith Raum<\/em>
All Under Heaven \u2013 Room 319<\/strong>
\nwith\u00a0Maria Sobotka, Mirae kate-hers Rhee, Lu Tian<\/em><\/p>\n

The exhibitions can be visited free of charge during the opening.
\nAdditional events and exhibition tours will take place on November 28.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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