Δ CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR “EL HADJI SY: PAINTING, PERFORMANCE, POLITICS”

With Dr. Yvette Mutumba, Research Curator Africa at the Weltkulturen Museum, and Co-Curator of the exhibition

Dr. Yvette Mutumba highlights the museum’s early engagement with contemporary art from Africa by presenting the first retrospective of the Senegalese painter and curator El Hadji Sy, whose involvement with the Weltkulturen Museum stretches back to 1985.

The Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt not only holds an exceptional collection of 70,000 historical ethnographic objects from four continents, it owns over 3,000 works of contemporary art from Africa. Collected from 1974 onward, these works constitute important art-historical testimonials from West, East, Southern and Central Africa, providing essential perspectives on art from the African continent produced before what has been termed the global turn of 1989.

Weltkulturen Museum
Schaumainkai 29, 60594 Frankfurt
Saturday, 7th October, 6pm

Entrance: €7 / reduced €3.50
Cost of tours included in admission fee.

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Δ OPEN STUDIO

“Sounding Objects”
Wukir Suryadi (Experimental Musician, Indonesia)

Sunday, 11th - Saturday, 17th October, 3-6pm

The museum’s guest artist and musician opens the doors to his studio in the Weltkulturen Labor. During his residency, Wukir Suryadi has taken the museum’s ethnographic collection as an inspiration to develop new instruments and compositions. Now, on a visit to his studio, you can engage in conversation with him directly and discover more about his artistic methods and approaches.

During his residence Wukir Suyradi will keep a “Picture Diary” on Instagram to give insights into his artistic research at the Weltkulturen Labor.
https://instagram.com/weltkulturen.museum/

About Wukir Suryadi

In English. Free
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ WORKSHOP

“Recording Indonesian Music”

Philip Yampolsky  (Ethnomusicologist, Illinois) and Endo Suanda (Ethnomusicologist, Indonesia)

Using photographs and music samples, the workshop traces the history of recording Indonesian music from the first commercial recording in 1903 to the eras of compact cassettes and CDs. In the process, it also highlights the different histories of music recording in Indonesia. Commercial recordings were subject to the laws of the market, and any music style not selling well was simply no longer produced. On the other hand, documentary recordings are independent of current trends, and primarily intend to preserve the wealth of Indonesia’s musical heritage.

In English
Free
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ DANCEABLE PERFORMANCE

Wukir Suryadi (Experimental Musician, Indonesia)

In an interactive performance, the Weltkulturen Museum’s guest artist and musician presents the results of his residency. The evening is dedicated to Wukir Suryadi’s artistic and musical exploration of the museum’s collection, and showcases new sounds an instruments produced during his stay in Frankfurt.

During his residence Wukir Suyradi will keep a “Picture Diary” on Instagram to give insights into his artistic research at the Weltkulturen Labor.
https://instagram.com/weltkulturen.museum/

About Wukir Suryadi

In English
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ CURATOR’S GUIDED TOURS IN THE EXHIBITION “IMAG[IN]ING MUSICAL INDONESIA”

With Alice Pawlik, Curator and Head of Image and Film Archive at the Weltkulturen Museum

Paying homage to Indonesia as the guest of honour at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, the Weltkulturen Museum’s exhibition in the Green Room, “IMAG[IN]ING MUSICAL INDONESIA”, traces the history of the diverse and contrasting musical landscape in Indonesia with examples of instruments, dance and performance.

Alice Pawlik guides through the exhibition. She highlights the complex musical world of the 17,058 Indonesian islands and discusses the way the exhibition addresses this topic by sampling various sources, such as photographies, films, literature and selected objects.

 

CURATOR’S GUIDED TOURS: Saturday, 17th October, 3pm and Wednesday, 4th November, 6pm

GUIDED TOURS: Tuesday, 13th October, Wednesday, 14th October and Thursday, 15th October at 5pm.

Saturday, 17th October, 3pm

€3 / reduced €1.50
Cost of tour included in admission fee.

Green Room, Weltkulturen Labor
Schaumainkai 37, 60594 Frankfurt

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Δ LECTURE

“My Friends from the Roof of Language”
Afrizal Malna (Author, Indonesia)

In poems taking a critical look at language, Indonesian writer of poetry and prose Afrizal Malna explores the complex relationship between language, body and space. Combining a humorous approach with a confrontational method, Malna uncovers the critical points of urban life in Indonesia, juxtaposing everyday images and objects in his “visual grammar of things”.

In 2009, the TEMPO selected his collection of poetry “Teman-temanku dari atap bahasa” (My Friends from the Roof of Language) as the best literary work of the year. Malna’s poems are presented in Indonesian and German.

In Indonesian and German
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ LECTURE SERIES

“Papua New Guinea – 40 Years after Independence“

“Deeper Relations. Multitemporal Ethnological Research in Papua New Guinea”
Verena Keck (Universität Heidelberg)

From September to December, the Weltkulturen Museum and the Pacific Forum are jointly presenting a series of monthly lectures entitled “Papua New Guinea – 40 Years after Independence”. In the series, scholars reflect on the topic from the perspectives of their different disciplines.

In German
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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Δ WELTKULTUREN CINEMA

“Die Insel der Dämonen” (Island of Demons) (1933, 75 Min.) – A film by Victor Baron von Plessen, Friedrich Dalsheim and Walter Spies

Wednesday, 28th October, 7pm

A masterpiece of ethnographic cinema – now publicly screened again for the first time.
Bali – the last paradise on earth or a lived utopia? The inhabitants of Bedulu, a small Balinese village, live happily and peacefully, at one with nature. The trouble starts when Wajan, the son of the village witch, falls in love with Sari, the daughter of a respected figure in the village. The film recounts the story of their love, caught the anger of a demon and social difficulty.

Between 1929 and 1938, Baron von Plessen visited Indonesia as an ornithologist and anthropologist on several major expeditions. In 1932, “Island of Demons” was filmed with local Balinese amateur actors at original locations on the island. The film was premiered in Germany on 16th February 1933.
 

ln German
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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