Luisa Ascending – Artist Talk
Artist Talk in English, on Saturday 23.04 at 14:30 in the exhibition Luisa Ascending (Nikolaikirche, Südermarkt, Flensburg).
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Luisa Ascending – Violence in the colonies
The exhibition "Luisa Ascending" deals with the story of 14-year-old Luisa Calderón and artistically explores the question of how everyday violence in colonized areas is connected to our reality in the here and now.
Luisa Ascending
Exhibition by Felisha Maria Carenage in the church of St Nicholas in Flensburg.
New virtual city tour
The App "PokoFL" was launched on April 2nd and is now available in App stores!
I am Queen Mary
I AM QUEEN MARY is an art project by artists La Vaughn Belle (US Virgin Islands) and Jeannette Ehlers (Denmark), which was inaugurated as a temporary sculpture in Copenhagen on 31 March 2018. As Flensburg profited and actively participated in Danish colonialism, I AM QUEEN MARY also raises questions for Flensburg.
Recommendation of a resolution to the federal state parliament for a “concept for dealing with the federal state’s colonial history”
In February 2022, the state parliament adopted a recommended resolution for a "concept for coming to terms with the country's colonial history".
State Action Plan against Racism
In June 2021, the Cabinet adopted the State Action Plan against Racism, as provided for in the coalition agreement. The action plan also mentions coming to terms with colonialism as an important measure.
African-Caribbean perspectives on Flensburg’s colonial entanglements
Imani Tafari-Ama is a Jamaican cultural scientist who curated the exhibition 'Rum, Sweat and Tears' in Flensburg in 2017. During her curatorial residency in Flensburg, Imani Tafari-Ama conducted ethnographic fieldwork on Flensburg's colonial connections with Ghana and the Caribbean.
Reflecting on monuments – “Anchoring the Void” in Flensburg
In this article, Inken Carstensen-Egwuom looks at the significance of monuments in urban space, including the installation "Anchoring the Void" in Flensburg and the monument "I Am Queen Mary" in Copenhagen.
Installation “Anchoring the Void”
"Anchoring the Void" was an installation by Theaterwerkstatt Pilkentafel. It was shown in the harbour of Flensburg from 16 June to 7 July 2019. A video of the opening of the installation can be found on Vimeo.