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The Memory Guardians
A film by Nnenna Onuoha
© Kulturamt Spandau / Design: studio lindhorst-emme+hinrichs
show depot- bastion queen
Opening Saturday 10 August at 6 pm
The speakers are:
Nnenna Onuoha - artist
Dr. Urte Evert - museum director
Since 2022, a special statue has been in the citadel's display depot: the sculpture of a squatting African woman from the 1920s – without a head. The expressionistically exaggerated and racially interpreted statue (created by Arminius Hasemann (1888–1979)) was to be removed from the public space in 2020 and brought to Spandau Citadel.
During the preparations, it was decapitated and smeared in June 2020. A political debate ensued as to whether the damaged artwork should be exhibited.
In her film, Ghanaian-Nigerian artist Nnenna Onuoha processes the real questions and arguments through a speculative legal procedure: The statue's fate is negotiated in front of a court of memorial guardians. The kneeling woman herself is present and the second half of the fi lm guides us through a dreamscape in which she walks through the grounds and the “Unveiled” exhibition. Full of longing and hope, she explores her own story and that of other wounded statues.
At the centre of the work is Onuoha's examination of the culture of remembrance, in which certain perspectives still dominate the public space and certain histories, particularly concerning German colonialism, are not given visibility.
Fri.-Wed. 10 am - 5 pm
Thu. 1 pm - 8 pm
(Thu. 29.08. from 10 am - 5 pm)
Opening Saturday 10 August at 6 pm
The speakers are:
Nnenna Onuoha - artist
Dr. Urte Evert - museum director
Since 2022, a special statue has been in the citadel's display depot: the sculpture of a squatting African woman from the 1920s – without a head. The expressionistically exaggerated and racially interpreted statue (created by Arminius Hasemann (1888–1979)) was to be removed from the public space in 2020 and brought to Spandau Citadel.
During the preparations, it was decapitated and smeared in June 2020. A political debate ensued as to whether the damaged artwork should be exhibited.
In her film, Ghanaian-Nigerian artist Nnenna Onuoha processes the real questions and arguments through a speculative legal procedure: The statue's fate is negotiated in front of a court of memorial guardians. The kneeling woman herself is present and the second half of the fi lm guides us through a dreamscape in which she walks through the grounds and the “Unveiled” exhibition. Full of longing and hope, she explores her own story and that of other wounded statues.
At the centre of the work is Onuoha's examination of the culture of remembrance, in which certain perspectives still dominate the public space and certain histories, particularly concerning German colonialism, are not given visibility.
Fri.-Wed. 10 am - 5 pm
Thu. 1 pm - 8 pm
(Thu. 29.08. from 10 am - 5 pm)
Runtime: Sun, 11/08/2024 to Sun, 29/09/2024
Price info: Free entry for people from the Ukraine.
Price: €4.50
Reduced price: €2.50
Reduced price info: children from 6 to 14 years – students – trainees – persons receiving transfer benefits (ALG II, social assistance, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act) – persons with severe disabilities from 50% MdE upon presentation of the corresponding ID.
Public Tours in the Citadel Spandau
every 1st Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in English
regular tours in German on Saturday and Sunday
at 2 p.m.
per person 4,50 € for the Tour
on MuseumsSunday free entry!
The latest information from the Spandau Citadel can be found on our website.
Price: €4.50
Reduced price: €2.50
Reduced price info: children from 6 to 14 years – students – trainees – persons receiving transfer benefits (ALG II, social assistance, benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act) – persons with severe disabilities from 50% MdE upon presentation of the corresponding ID.
Public Tours in the Citadel Spandau
every 1st Sunday of the month at 2 p.m. in English
regular tours in German on Saturday and Sunday
at 2 p.m.
per person 4,50 € for the Tour
on MuseumsSunday free entry!
The latest information from the Spandau Citadel can be found on our website.
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