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Wednesday, 1. December 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ ***CANCELLED***
“RED IN FOCUS”
Theme related guided tour with Oliver Hahn (research assistent Oceania collection)Δ ***CANCELLED***“RED IN FOCUS”Oliver Hahn in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
The intensive red of the feather money (mangahau) from the Melanesian Santa Cruz Islands is produced by the artful arrangement of up to 60,000 small cinnabar red feathers of the honeyeater (Myzomela Cardinalis). If the red fades over time, then the feather money roll also loses its value. Feathers, bark, barkcloth, snail shells, Job’s tears seeds. Collected by Volker Schneider, 1980s.
Exhibition view “Green Sky, Blue Grass. Colour Coding Words”, Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
The headdress Àkkàpa’ri is stuck into a ‘hat’ made from painted beeswax which is glued into the hair. This headdress is made and worn exclusively by men. The colour of the feathers used is dependent on personal privileges. Feathers, cotton and wood. Kayapó Mekrãgnoti, Pará, Brazil. Collected by Gustaaf Verswijver, 1992. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Theme related guided tour with Oliver Hahn (research assistent Oceania collection)
In many cultures, the colour red plays a significant role in the way people see the world, whether it is painted on their bodies for beautification and protection, or serves as a sacred colour, or features in the material culture. Consequently, it is a colour that also appears in many different sections of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”.
Oliver Hahn guides through the exhibiton. He investigates the meaning of red as a colour in various cultures by looking at case studies from the Amazon region, New Guinea and Polynesia.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Sunday, 5. December 2021 - 14:00 - 16:00
∇ SESSION #1 ***FULLY BOOKED***
SHIFT collective in conversation with Nora Al-Badri and Brian Njenga
“Shaping the Void? The potential and challenges of digital 3D models to re-imagine museum collections”Δ SESSION #1 ***FULLY BOOKED***SHIFT collective in conversation with Nora Al-Badri and Brian Njenga
“Shaping the Void? The potential and challenges of digital 3D models to re-imagine museum collections”
SHIFT invites Nora Al-Badri and Brian Njenga for a public discussion on the intersection of 3D modelling, activism, digital reproduction, access, ownership and museums.
Brian Njenga, is a 3D artist with a background in graphic design and games and has created a virtual museum of Kenyan objects of cultural heritage which are no longer in Kenya. This currently exists as a beta version, The Heritage Project (2021).
Nora Al-Badri is a research-based, conceptual artist whose practice explores the emancipatory potential of new technologies to open public, political discussions. Often these projects provoke questions about extractivism, the location and ownership of objects of cultural heritage, such as The Other Nefertiti (2015) and Fossil Futures (2017).
Both positions differ in terms of their fields of engagement, the nature of their expertise and the place from which they work and disseminate their expressions (Berlin, Nairobi).
SHIFT (Sam Hopkins, Marian Nur Goni, Simon Rittmeier) is a transnational collective working on the intersection of art and research, particularly on issues related to African objects diaspora in the aftermath of colonialism.
Nora Al-Badri and Brian Njenga will join the event virtually.
As part of the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
The session is followed by the highlight guided tour with Eric Otieno Sumba.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the exhibition visit included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Sunday, 5. December 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Iris LoewΔ GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Iris Loew
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Iris Loew shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Sunday, 5. December 2021 - 16:00 - 17:00
∇ HIGHLIGHT GUIDED TOUR WITH ERIC OTIENO SUMBA ***FULLY BOOKED***
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”Δ HIGHLIGHT GUIDED TOUR WITH ERIC OTIENO SUMBA ***FULLY BOOKED***Eric Otieno Sumba. Photo: S. Schirdewahn
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Snuff box (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 19th / 20th century; Horn, leather, iron; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: probably Carl Georg Schillings; Previous owner: Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museum (now: Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden); In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1910; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Ndoome, ‘Dance Shield’; Kikuyu, Kenya; 19th/20th century; Wood, colour pigments; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Dealer: William Ockleford Oldman; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1911; Photo: Peter Wolff
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Kamba figure (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 1974; Wood; Artist: Joseph Mulli; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Hirizi, Necklace (Talisman/Charm); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century Silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Kanga on the 8th anniversary of Kenya's independence (12.12.1971); Cotton; Producer: Tasini, Tanzania, 1971; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Elongo, Shield; Maasai, Kenya, 19th/20th century; Wood, buffalo skin; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Previous owner: The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, Great Britain; In the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt since 1955; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Finger ring; Swahili (?), Kenya, 20th century; Coin, silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974, Photo: Peter Wolff
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Hirizi ya fedha, Amulet (protective silver amulet); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century; Silver; Artist/craftsperson: unknown goldsmith in Mombasa; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
Eric Otieno Sumba is a social theorist, political economist, writer, and facilitator. He is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel, Germany, and a contributor to various online and print publications.In his guided tour he will give an insight into the significance of the international project and the exhibition.
About the exhibition
How can we make Kenyan cultural assets that are in the possession of institutions in the Global North accessible to present-day Kenyan society? Since 2018, this question has been addressed by the “International Inventories Programme” (IIP), which brings together Kenyan and European artists and scholars. After shows in Nairobi and Cologne, the exhibition project “Invisible Inventories” can now be seen at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Wednesday, 8. December 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ HIGHLIGHT GUIDED TOUR WITH ERIC OTIENO SUMBA ***FULLY BOOKED***
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”Δ HIGHLIGHT GUIDED TOUR WITH ERIC OTIENO SUMBA ***FULLY BOOKED***Eric Otieno Sumba. Photo: S. Schirdewahn
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Snuff box (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 19th / 20th century; Horn, leather, iron; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: probably Carl Georg Schillings; Previous owner: Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museum (now: Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden); In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1910; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Ndoome, ‘Dance Shield’; Kikuyu, Kenya; 19th/20th century; Wood, colour pigments; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Dealer: William Ockleford Oldman; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1911; Photo: Peter Wolff
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Kamba figure (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 1974; Wood; Artist: Joseph Mulli; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Hirizi, Necklace (Talisman/Charm); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century Silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Kanga on the 8th anniversary of Kenya's independence (12.12.1971); Cotton; Producer: Tasini, Tanzania, 1971; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Elongo, Shield; Maasai, Kenya, 19th/20th century; Wood, buffalo skin; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Previous owner: The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, Great Britain; In the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt since 1955; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Finger ring; Swahili (?), Kenya, 20th century; Coin, silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974, Photo: Peter Wolff
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Hirizi ya fedha, Amulet (protective silver amulet); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century; Silver; Artist/craftsperson: unknown goldsmith in Mombasa; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
Eric Otieno Sumba is a social theorist, political economist, writer, and facilitator. He is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Development and Postcolonial Studies at the University of Kassel, Germany, and a contributor to various online and print publications.In his guided tour he will give an insight into the significance of the international project and the exhibition.
About the exhibition
How can we make Kenyan cultural assets that are in the possession of institutions in the Global North accessible to present-day Kenyan society? Since 2018, this question has been addressed by the “International Inventories Programme” (IIP), which brings together Kenyan and European artists and scholars. After shows in Nairobi and Cologne, the exhibition project “Invisible Inventories” can now be seen at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Wednesday, 8. December 2021 - 19:30
∇ ONLINE GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Claudia GaiaΔ ONLINE GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Claudia Gaia
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Using various objects from the exhibition, Claudia Gaia shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Zoom lecture and talk
Free of charge
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Saturday, 11. December 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit MohrΔ GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit Mohr
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Berit Mohr shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Sunday, 12. December 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR ***FULLY BOOKED***
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
with Lea Sante (Weltkulturen Education)Δ GUIDED TOUR ***FULLY BOOKED***In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Snuff box (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 19th / 20th century; Horn, leather, iron; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: probably Carl Georg Schillings; Previous owner: Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museum (now: Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden); In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1910; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Ndoome, ‘Dance Shield’; Kikuyu, Kenya; 19th/20th century; Wood, colour pigments; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Dealer: William Ockleford Oldman; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1911; Photo: Peter Wolff
Kamba figure (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 1974; Wood; Artist: Joseph Mulli; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Hirizi, Necklace (Talisman/Charm); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century Silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Kanga on the 8th anniversary of Kenya's independence (12.12.1971); Cotton; Producer: Tasini, Tanzania, 1971; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Elongo, Shield; Maasai, Kenya, 19th/20th century; Wood, buffalo skin; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Previous owner: The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, Great Britain; In the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt since 1955; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Finger ring; Swahili (?), Kenya, 20th century; Coin, silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974, Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Hirizi ya fedha, Amulet (protective silver amulet); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century; Silver; Artist/craftsperson: unknown goldsmith in Mombasa; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
with Lea Sante (Weltkulturen Education)
How can we make Kenyan cultural assets that are possessed by institutions in the Global North accessible to present-day Kenyan society? Since 2018, this question has been addressed by the “International Inventories Programme” (IIP), which brings together Kenyan and European artists and scholars.
After shows in Nairobi and Cologne, the exhibition project “Invisible Inventories” can now be seen at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt. Lea Sante gives an insight into how the international project came about and its significance.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
schließen -
Wednesday, 15. December 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
with Lea Sante (Weltkulturen Education)Δ GUIDED TOURIn the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Snuff box (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 19th / 20th century; Horn, leather, iron; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: probably Carl Georg Schillings; Previous owner: Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologisch-Ethnographischen Museum (now: Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden); In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1910; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
In the exhibition “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Wolfgang Günzel 2021
Ndoome, ‘Dance Shield’; Kikuyu, Kenya; 19th/20th century; Wood, colour pigments; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Dealer: William Ockleford Oldman; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1911; Photo: Peter Wolff
Kamba figure (Frankfurt); Kamba, Kenya, 1974; Wood; Artist: Joseph Mulli; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Hirizi, Necklace (Talisman/Charm); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century Silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Kanga on the 8th anniversary of Kenya's independence (12.12.1971); Cotton; Producer: Tasini, Tanzania, 1971; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Elongo, Shield; Maasai, Kenya, 19th/20th century; Wood, buffalo skin; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Previous owner: The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, Great Britain; In the Weltkulturen Museum Frankfurt since 1955; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Finger ring; Swahili (?), Kenya, 20th century; Coin, silver; Artist/craftsperson: not documented; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974, Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Hirizi ya fedha, Amulet (protective silver amulet); Swahili, Kenya, 20th century; Silver; Artist/craftsperson: unknown goldsmith in Mombasa; Collector: Dr Johanna Agthe; In the Weltkulturen Museum since 1974; Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
Exhibition view “Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”; Weltkulturen Labor; Photo: Peter Wolff 2021
“Invisible Inventories: Questioning Kenyan Collections in Western Museums”
with Lea Sante (Weltkulturen Education)
How can we make Kenyan cultural assets that are possessed by institutions in the Global North accessible to present-day Kenyan society? Since 2018, this question has been addressed by the “International Inventories Programme” (IIP), which brings together Kenyan and European artists and scholars.
After shows in Nairobi and Cologne, the exhibition project “Invisible Inventories” can now be seen at the Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt. Lea Sante gives an insight into how the international project came about and its significance.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Saturday, 18. December 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Severine MeierΔ GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Severine Meier
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Severine Meier shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Sunday, 19. December 2021 - 15:00 - 17:00
∇ LIVE WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
“Sky Blue, Crocodile Green, Lemon Yellow”
with a tour of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”Δ LIVE WORKSHOP FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDRENChildren in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Peter Wolff
Children in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Peter Wolff
Children in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Peter Wolff
The headdress Àkkàpa’ri is stuck into a ‘hat’ made from painted beeswax which is glued into the hair. This headdress is made and worn exclusively by men. The colour of the feathers used is dependent on personal privileges. Feathers, cotton and wood. Kayapó Mekrãgnoti, Pará, Brazil. Collected by Gustaaf Verswijver, 1992. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“Sky Blue, Crocodile Green, Lemon Yellow”
The world of colours is truly thrilling. What colours are there and where do we find them? In nature we come across colours wherever we look: in plants, in the animal kingdom, and in rocks and minerals. Berries dye our hands red or blue. Colours can also be seen in many different combinations on animals: for example on a butterfly’s wings, the feathers of birds, and the skin and fur of various creatures.
We will discover all the colours in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. After that we will produce our own colours from natural materials.
For children aged 6 and over.
€6 per child.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Sunday, 19. December 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit MohrΔ GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit Mohr
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Berit Mohr shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Wednesday, 22. December 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit MohrΔ GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit Mohr
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Berit Mohr shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
schließen -
Wednesday, 29. December 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Iris LoewΔ GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Iris Loew
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Iris Loew shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
schließen