The Dynamic Memory Lab »Cycles of Decolonisation« invites its visitors to engage with a central topic of our remembrance culture: European colonial history and decolonisation.
In an immersive as well as interactive exhibition, visitors will be confronted with the legacy of European colonialism and its contemporary manifestations. The exhibition places a special focus on the structures of dehumanisation that remain effective in the present. The exhibitions seeks to dismantle the invisibility associated with dehumanisation and places the human aspect at the centre of our attention.
»Cycles of Decolonisation« was developed under the curation of Cátia Severino and André Soares, with contributions by European artists, activists and academics of the CPPD. The curators direct our gaze to the continuities of European colonialism. Using the example of Food Delivery Riders, they show us the contemporary manifestations in which the legacy of European colonialism persists in the present.
»Cycles of Decolonisation« lets the visitors hear for themselves from Food Delivery Riders how their daily lives are determined, the burdens they have to bear, and the hopes they hold. By directing our gaze to an example of lasting exploitation dynamics, the exhibition opens up a space in which the visitors can reflect on their own social status and painful memories. In doing so, they are able to recognise that colonialism is not simply a historical event, but instead a continuing structure of inequalities and hierarchies within European societies.
»Cycles of Decolonisation« illustrates how contemporary economic systems can repeat colonial dynamics, even without the direct violence and territorial occupation associated with historical colonisation.
With contributions from Clara Laila Abid Alsstar, Muhammet Ali Baş, Dekoloniale. Erinnerungskultur in der Stadt, Ibou Diop, Jonas Weber-Herrera, Eşim Karakuyu, Cássio Markowski, Dan Thy Nguyen, the next now, Silentfilm, film.bau.berlin and more artists from the CPPD network.
Please find further information on the Dynamic Memory Lab »Cycles of Decolonisation« and its opening times here.