The refusal of time: restitution and the Kilimanjaro stone 23. March 2022

Mike Mavura's article addresses the uncovering of a history obscured by colonialism. The focal point is the theft of the Kilimanjaro peak, which is given special space in the current exhibition of the reopened GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig.

Mike Mavura

Die Künstlergruppe PARA auf der Zugspitze.

PARA: Filmstill aus dem Teaser-Film Berge versetzen

© PARA

Mike Mavura

  • Eine 3D-Druckstation mit einigen gedruckten Kilimandscharo-Spitzen und einem großen Schild auf dem "Skrupel" steht, das moralisch begründete Hemmungen meint und sich vom lateinischen scrupulus (spitzes Steinchen) ableitet.

    PARA: 3D-Druckstation für Kilimandscharo-Spitzen,

    © GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: TOM DACHS

  • PARA: 3D-Druckstation für Kilimandscharo-Spitzen,

    © GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: TOM DACHS

  • PARA: 3D-Druckstation für Kilimandscharo-Spitzen,

    © GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: TOM DACHS

Mike Mavura

Mike Mavura

  • Auf und durch einen mehrschichtige, halbdurchsichtige Schleier wird ein Pfad mit roten Kreuzen projiziert und mit "to claim things to have found" und "the world is not a place" kommentiert.

    Rehema Chachage/Valerie Asiimwe Amani: Devoid/Avoid,

    © GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: Jacob Franke

  • Rehema Chachage/Valerie Asiimwe Amani: Devoid/Avoid,

    © GRASSI Museum für Völkerkunde, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Foto: Jacob Franke

Mike Mavura

Mike Mavura

Mike Mavura

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