Luisa Ascending
Exhibition by Felisha Maria Carenage in the church of St Nicholas in Flensburg.
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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.
Rum, sweat and tears – Flensburg’s colonial heritage
To mark the 100th anniversary of the sale of the Danish colonies in the Caribbean, including the people who lived there, to the United States in 2017, the Maritime Museum presented the exhibition 'Rum, Sweat & Tears' from 11th of June 2017 to 4th of March 2018.
Anthology Sønderjylland-Schleswig Kolonial
The anthology Sønderjylland-Schleswig Kolonial, edited by Marco Petersen in 2018, deals with the Danish-German colonial history in 21 contributions from different perspectives.