Black Lives Audio Triptych

In her work BLACK LIVES AUDIO TRIPTYCH, artist Ina Wudtke uncovers traces of Black history in Germany and offers a multidirectional commemoration of past and present anti-racist struggles. As part of the Feminist Elsewheres festival, audio portraits of Fasia Jansen (1929–1997), Hilarius Gilges (1909–1933), and Joseph Ekwe Bilé (1892–1959) will be presented in both German and English in the Arsenal foyer. These are portraits of three activists who were active within the workers movement against racism and colonialism during the Weimar Republic in Germany.

The portraits are voiced by contemporary activists - Jasmin Eding (ADEFRA roots), Kofie Da Vibe aka Kofie Boachie, and Jeanne-Ange Wagne - who collaborated with the artist to examine archival materials, songs, texts, and photos of the protagonists in order to keep Black German history alive in the collective memory. Jasmin Eding and Ina Wudtke will participate in the event Keiner schiebt uns weg: Conversations with Fasia Jansen on May 16.

The installation is free to the public from May 16–31 during cinema opening hours in the lower-level foyer.

The book Black Studium was published in conjunction with the exhibition as a print edition by Scriptings and as an e-book by the Berlin-based publisher EECLECTIC.

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