Voices Mag

The German "Indianthusiasm" is a phenomenon playing out in the space between wanderlust, political solidarity, exoticism, a thirst for adventure and cultural appropriation. We spoke to the indigenous professor Renae Watchman and the Indianist Sigfired Jahn about the German hobbyism.

From March to May of 2024 four Live Speakers from the Grassi Museum of Ethnography have investigated the connection between the museum of ethnology and the community in the past and present. They have developed works of art reflecting their own actions as Live Speakers at the museum.

The "ostZONE" series, part of the special exhibition "Revolutionary Romances? Global Art Histories in the GDR", created a space within the Albertinum for anyone to share conversations, questions, and memories of life in the GDR and in modern-day eastern Germany. During the city walk through the Neustadt “The Neustadt between Hanoi and Havana”, Dr. Hussein Jinah invited participants into the Spätshop where he works and told them about his history and his goals: To promote peace, cohesion and non-violence in society.

The "ostZONE" series, part of the special exhibition "Revolutionary Romances? Global Art Histories in the GDR", created a space within the Albertinum for anyone to share conversations, questions, and memories of life in the GDR and in modern-day eastern Germany. Julia Eberth and Marí Bohley reflect on their workshop “Mail Art - Letters as Art” and share experiences of repression in the GDR.