Barazani Berlin
Barazani Berlin
Barazani Berlin
Barazani Berlin

1904

120 Years Since Genocide in Namibia: conversations, screenings, soundscapes, food, poetry, and performances

 

@barazani (Spreeufer 6, Berlin) @Dekoloniale (Wilhelmstraße 92, 10117 Berlin)

15 August - 13 September 2024

 

Collective memory and rituals of mourning caused by the human loss and land dispossession experienced by the OvaHerero and Nama peoples under Germany’s colonial rule are the focus of Ixmucané Aguilar’s artistic documentary Ondjembo yo Null Vier - Fraitaxtses sores tsin ge razgâ.

This work opens a forum at different spaces in Berlin to reflect on remembrance, loss, resistance and resilience, with Namibian voices, performances, short-film screenings and shared Omatangara.

Marking 120 years since the genocide, a series of gatherings will take place, featuring conversations as spaces of memory, poetry reflecting moments of grief through vocal gestures and movements, films bridging the living and the dead, and voices challenging colonial inheritances and structural racism. This series of events engages with history and remembrance, from the Namibian genocide and beyond, highlighting how these blueprints continue to perpetuate ongoing colonial violence.

 

Program

August 15, 7pm | Dekoloniale, Wilhelmsztraße 92, 10117 Berlin Reflecting with voices from Namibia on 120 Years since Genocide, with guests speakers Sima Luipert and Ellison Tjirera, alongside poetry by Prince Kaamazengi.

August 17, 4pm  | Book Launch hosted by HKW, Ixmucané Aguilar – Haus der Kultur der Welt Ondjembo Yo Null Vier  –  Fraitaxtsēs sores tsîn ge ra≠gâ  The Gun of Null Vier – Even Friday’s Sun Sets

August 24, 7pm | Barazani.berlin, Spreeufer 6, Berlin Screening of short films The Land Has Grabbed a Lion by Its Tongue! and Mourn by Ixmucané Aguilar with performances by Prince Kamaazengi and Nesindano Namise Khoes.

August 30, 7pm | Barazani.berlin, Spreeufer 6, Berlin Poetic interludes on Palestine and Namibia with poets from both latitudes.

September 13, 7pm | Barazani.berlin, Spreeufer 6, Berlin Omatangara Fest, Final Narrative – Food, Voices, and Soundscapes.

 

Due to limited space, we kindly ask you to register at press@barazani.berlin to join us in this closing event!

Additionally, we would like to share the book launch of Archive Books Ondjembo yo Null Vier - Fraitaxtsēs sores tsîn ge ra≠gâ by Ixmucane Aguilar

Additional info: Book Launch, Performance & Sonics with Ixmucané Aguilar, Wolfgang Kaleck, Prince Kamaazengi Marenga, Nesindano Khoes Namise, Sima Luipert and Ellison Tjirera. For more on the program, please visit the HKW website

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Barazani Berlin
Barazani Berlin

1904

120 Years Since Genocide in Namibia: conversations, screenings, soundscapes, food, poetry, and performances

 

@barazani (Spreeufer 6, Berlin) @Dekoloniale (Wilhelmstraße 92, 10117 Berlin)

15 August - 13 September 2024

 

Collective memory and rituals of mourning caused by the human loss and land dispossession experienced by the OvaHerero and Nama peoples under Germany’s colonial rule are the focus of Ixmucané Aguilar’s artistic documentary Ondjembo yo Null Vier - Fraitaxtses sores tsin ge razgâ.

This work opens a forum at different spaces in Berlin to reflect on remembrance, loss, resistance and resilience, with Namibian voices, performances, short-film screenings and shared Omatangara.

Marking 120 years since the genocide, a series of gatherings will take place, featuring conversations as spaces of memory, poetry reflecting moments of grief through vocal gestures and movements, films bridging the living and the dead, and voices challenging colonial inheritances and structural racism. This series of events engages with history and remembrance, from the Namibian genocide and beyond, highlighting how these blueprints continue to perpetuate ongoing colonial violence.

 

Program

August 15, 7pm | Dekoloniale, Wilhelmsztraße 92, 10117 Berlin Reflecting with voices from Namibia on 120 Years since Genocide, with guests speakers Sima Luipert and Ellison Tjirera, alongside poetry by Prince Kaamazengi.

August 17, 4pm  | Book Launch hosted by HKW, Ixmucané Aguilar – Haus der Kultur der Welt Ondjembo Yo Null Vier  –  Fraitaxtsēs sores tsîn ge ra≠gâ  The Gun of Null Vier – Even Friday’s Sun Sets

August 24, 7pm | Barazani.berlin, Spreeufer 6, Berlin Screening of short films The Land Has Grabbed a Lion by Its Tongue! and Mourn by Ixmucané Aguilar with performances by Prince Kamaazengi and Nesindano Namise Khoes.

August 30, 7pm | Barazani.berlin, Spreeufer 6, Berlin Poetic interludes on Palestine and Namibia with poets from both latitudes.

September 13, 7pm | Barazani.berlin, Spreeufer 6, Berlin Omatangara Fest, Final Narrative – Food, Voices, and Soundscapes.

 

Due to limited space, we kindly ask you to register at press@barazani.berlin to join us in this closing event!

Additionally, we would like to share the book launch of Archive Books Ondjembo yo Null Vier - Fraitaxtsēs sores tsîn ge ra≠gâ by Ixmucane Aguilar