{"id":169418,"date":"2026-07-29T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/on-my-way-home-169418\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:30:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:30:05","slug":"on-my-way-home","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/performance-en\/on-my-way-home-169418\/","title":{"rendered":"On My Way Home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sulwe is only three years old; she is \u201cGerman-Kenyan\u201d. Reinaldo Ribeiro is \u201cqueer\u201d and \u201cAfro-Brazilian\u201d. Visa applications and bureaucracy shape their movements \u2013 and their identities. Who decides who they are or are allowed to be?<\/p>\n

The ten performers play with a single material: bricks. The brick, together with the bodies that manipulate it, becomes the subject. Plunder is a practice dating back to the colonial era. For us, bricks are a symbol of reconstruction. At the Humboldt Forum, which has been engaged in coming to terms with the colonial history of ethnographic museums since its inception, visitors can experience first-hand how various artists bring decolonisation and democratisation to life.<\/p>\n

ON MY WAY HOME is a performance, film and discussion, and uses personal stories to foster a sense of connection to decolonisation. What must be let go of so that we can build something new? We approach time in a non-linear way, offering a second and third chance (and as many as necessary) \u2013 so that new narratives and paradigms can emerge, enabling us to resist together. Join us and help build something new.<\/p>\n

On My Way Home<\/em> was developed for the Cologne Asphalt Festival 2025 at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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