{"id":7018,"date":"2020-01-02T18:17:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=magazine-article&#038;p=7018"},"modified":"2021-07-17T19:41:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T17:41:09","slug":"sorryfornothing-a-sculptural-intervention","status":"publish","type":"magazine-article","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/magazine\/article\/sorryfornothing-a-sculptural-intervention\/","title":{"rendered":"SORRYFOR&shy;NOTHING \u2013 A sculptural intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block block-html\">\n\t<aside class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-2 like-interactions\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<like :textbelow=\"true\"  nonce=\"54851fb55a\" postid= \"7018\" post-title=\"SORRYFOR&shy;NOTHING \u2013 A sculptural intervention\" count=\"4\"><\/like>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"copy\"><p itemprop=\"abstract\" class=\"intro\">Philip Kojo Metz\u2018s work in the Berlin Exhibition prompts a closer look at Germany\u2019s colonial past.<\/p><\/copy><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/aside>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>The history of German colonialism was long absent from the country\u2019s consciousness. But the Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum sees a place for it \u2013 because as the seat of the German Empire, Berlin was also the source of German colonial policy.<\/p>\n<p>Philip Kojo Metz\u2019s invisible sculpture <em>SORRYFORNOTHING<\/em> highlights the gap in public awareness of colonial wars and their victims. Around 120 guests watched Metz\u2019s art action on 24 October in the still empty space of the Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum.<\/p>\n<p>The space held four large wooden crates, which were presumed to contain the sculpture. Then came the long-anticipated moment of unveiling \u2013 but the crates appeared to be empty and the sculpture invisible. The invisible sculpture was dedicated with a rite from the Akan people in Ghana. Musicians Miriel Cuti\u00f1o Torres and Lara-Sophie Milagro accompanied the event with the premiere of the composition \u201cSong for\u201d. This work also addressed absence. The musicians were silent, and the vocals and sound collage were prerecorded.<\/p>\n<p>Documentation of this action will be displayed in the \u201cWar\u201d room of the Berlin Exhibition. 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Invisibility is a classic topic in art with a long history \u2013 from the Holy Spirit to the conceptualist movement of the 1960s \u2013 and invites viewers to reflect for themselves. With <em>SORRYFORNOTHING,<\/em> I move beyond viewers\u2019 individual reflections to engage with our history. Surprise and an element of excitement are indeed a desired part of the process. I try to find simple and striking images, yet also to break with them and occasionally leave people with open questions to convey complex subject matter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-media\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Teaser for SORRYFORNOTHING<\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69eba398e2caf\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_media_69eba398e2caf\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"SORRYFORNOTHING_Teaser-300x169.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":169,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"large\":{\"file\":\"SORRYFORNOTHING_Teaser-1024x576.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"SORRYFORNOTHING_Teaser-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"SORRYFORNOTHING_Teaser-768x432.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":432,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"SORRYFORNOTHING_Teaser-1536x864.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":864,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"SORRYFORNOTHING_Teaser.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Black background with the white text \\\"SORRYFORNOTHING\\\" in bold, striking font.\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : \"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=HnKOwyf3nZc\",\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Play video\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : \"100\",\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_media_69eba398e2caf\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/lazy-media-inline>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><h6>Many people might have seen your sculpture Le h\u00e9ros invisible in front of the German Historical Museum (DHM) in 2016-17 as part of the exhibition \u201cGerman Colonialism \u2013 Fragments Past and Present\u201d. How does SORRYFORNOTHING fit in with the rest of your work?<\/h6>\n<p>Philip Kojo Metz: I\u2019ve been addressing African-German history for quite a while now with my <em>Adler Afrika<\/em> series. My starting point here was the Gross Friedrichsburg fortress built under Elector Frederick William in 1683 on the coast of what is now Ghana, and the eagle flag of the Margraviate of Brandenburg that flew above it. That sent me on a journey through German history on African soil with my artistic means of expression. The journey is not over yet. 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class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><h6>How do you view your work SORRYFORNOTHING in connection with a new culture of remembrance for the colonial wars and their victims?<\/h6>\n<p>Philip Kojo Metz: I try to find contemporary and appealing ways to evoke German colonialism, which has difficult and unpleasant associations. The focus is not always on the past, however, but also on the present. We Germans continue to derive substantial benefits from the global power structures arising from the colonial period. Maybe I can help alter our view of history and thereby also prompt a different and better understanding of our present situation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy-quote\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row center-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-8 col-md-2 col-md-offset-0 quote-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\" data-motion-parallax='{\"child\":\".image-wrapper\",\"mask\":\".lazy-media\",\"tween\":{\"yPercent\": [-10,10]}}'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69eba398e70df\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_media_69eba398e70df\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-300x200.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":200,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"large\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-1024x683.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-768x512.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":512,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-1536x1024.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1024,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-2048x1365.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1365,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"leherosinvisible_Foto_PKM-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"A block with a wreath of flowers in front of a wall of the Deutsches Historisches Museum\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Play video\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : 100,\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : false,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 1\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.6796875%;\" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_media_69eba398e70df\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-container-fluid\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-row end-xs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info-col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-info\" aria-expanded=\"false\" :aria-expanded=\"isOpen ? 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The location of the exhibition, namely the reconstructed Berlin Palace, has been the object of controversy. Why are you showing your work at this site?<\/h6>\n<p>Philip Kojo Metz: The \u201cBerlin Postkolonial\u201d association and its \u201cNo Humboldt21!\u201d campaign have been stating in no uncertain terms for years now that the Humboldt Forum\u2019s general outlook is eurocentric and restorational. I completely support this initiative. It calls for a boycott on working with the Humboldt Forum \u2013 which in itself is a type of absence. So the failure to show something is therefore also in line with \u201cNo Humboldt21!\u201d. <em>SORRYFORNOTHING<\/em> is my way of highlighting this skewed state of affairs, and the location is the best place to have an effect. I\u2019m pleased to see the courage and commitment by the Stadtmuseum Berlin and Kulturprojekte Berlin in integrating my work into the Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum \u2013 which is where it belongs as part of the history of this city and state!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-copy\" >\n    <div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row \">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 col-md-8\">\n                <div class=\"box\">\n                    <div class=\"copy\"><p>The questions were posed by Franziska Sch\u00f6nberner, a member of the press team for the Berlin Exhibition at the Humboldt Forum, for issue 1\/2020 of the <em>MuseumsJournal.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"block block-CTA block-CTA-long leftgradient\">\n\t<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row center-xs\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/dauerangebot\/exhibition\/berlin-global-16471\/\" aria-label=\"BERLIN GLOBAL\" class=\"teaser teaser-cta-wide \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"teaser-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<lazy-media-inline inline-template>\n\t\t<figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" id=\"media_69eba398e97e7\" aria-labelledby=\"desc_media_69eba398e97e7\">\n\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/json\" ref=\"data\">\n\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-300x92.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":92,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"large\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-1024x315.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":315,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"thumbnail\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-150x150.jpg\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-768x236.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":236,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"small\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-440x135.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":135,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-580x178.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":178,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-720x221.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":221,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-1280x394.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":394,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"full\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-1920x590.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":590,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-1536x472.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":472,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled-2048x630.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":630,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\"},\"original\":{\"file\":\"202002_HUF_Weltdenken_Wand_Breitestrasse_4k-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":787}},\n\t\t\t\t\"alt\" : \"Wall mural with stylized fighting figures and different symbols\",\n\t\t\t\t\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/04\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"video\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"autoplay\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtube\" : null,\n\t\t\t\t\"youtubelabel\" : \"Play video\",\n\t\t\t\t\"brightness\" : \"60\",\n\t\t\t\t\"crop\" : {\"top\":\"50.00\",\"left\":\"50.00\"},\n\t\t\t\t\"background\" : true,\n\t\t\t\t\"scale\" : 2\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"height-container\" style=\"padding-bottom:30.7421875%;\" v-if=\"sizes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<lazy-media :inline=\"true\" :alt=\"alt\" :sizes=\"sizes\" :scale=\"scale\" :brightness=\"brightness\" :path=\"path\" :video=\"video\" :autoplay=\"autoplay\" :youtube=\"youtube\" :crop=\"crop\" :youtubelabel=\"youtubelabel\" :background=\"background\" media-id=\"desc_media_69eba398e97e7\"><\/lazy-media>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"sr-only\" ref=\"body\" id=\"desc_media_69eba398e97e7\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>The mural &ldquo;Thinking the World&rdquo; 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