opening hours:Tuesday and Wednesday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. / Thursday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. / Friday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Venue:Brandenburg Museum für Zukunft, Gegenwart und Geschichte
Am Neuen Markt 9
14467 Potsdam
For the first time, the exhibition sheds light on the role of telecommunications technology as a colonial instrument of power. In 1914, together with the radio stations in Kamina (Togo) and Windhoek (Namibia), it was part of the German Empire's flagship project, which aimed to establish its claim to technological leadership by expanding a global communications network.
The "large-scale radio network" as a global instrument of power also secured its position of supremacy in the colonies. "Signals of power. Nauen, Kamina, Windhoek" invites visitors to trace the dynamics between communication technology and power that are still at work today.
Three positions conceived for this exhibition by the artists Tuli Mekondjo (Namibia), Madjé Ayité (Togo) and Frederike Moormann and Angelika Waniek (Germany) offer different starting points for an exploration of the theme.Dieter Daniels and Juliane Jaschnow will be using three films and an archive wall with partly unpublished material to place the historical dimension in context.
Project team: Madjé Ayité (artist, Togo), Prof. Dr Dieter Daniels (curator, HGB Leipzig), Dr Katalin Krasznahorkai (artist, Togo), Prof. Dr Juliane Jaschnow (curator, HGB Leipzig). Katalin Krasznahorkai (Curator, Brandenburg Museum), Tuli Mekondjo (Artist, Namibia), Frederike Moormann (Artist, Leipzig /Weimar), Angelika Waniek (Artist, Leipzig); Scientific advisors: Dr des. Mèhèza Kalibani (Curator for Colonial Past and Postcolonial Present, Hamburg Historical Museums Foundation); Dr Patrice Kodzo Abotsi (University of Lomé)
Programme
Welcome address:
Katja Melzer, Director Brandenburg Museum
Artist Talk (in English with German translation):
Dieter Daniels (curator), Katalin Krasznahorkai (curator) in conversation with Mèhèza Kalibani and the artists Tuli Mekondjo, Angelika Waniek, Frederike Moormann and Madjé Ayité
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