Sebastian Hirn UNWRITTEN ARCHIVES – (RE)CONSTRUCTING THE PAST

Sebastian Hirn UNWRITTEN ARCHIVES – (RE)CONSTRUCTING THE PAST "Unwritten archives – (re)constructing the past" is a research-based, interdisciplinary work. In a collaboration off Namibian and German artists the project is trying to give a deeper understanding of the colonial German history in former “Deutsch-Südwestafrika” and the process of coping with the genocide of Herero and Nama addressing different layers of senses. In a mixture of multi-channel video installation, theater and danse, using archive material, diaries, literature and interviews »unwritten archives – (re)constructing the past« is trying to give all the people a voice which were not heard enough, yet. With: Toni Baldoni, Andreas Bittl, Alessandra Defazio, Anna Dwornicki, Wolfgang Egartner, Florian Glas, Florian Götte, Ralf Hall, Sebastian Hirn, Muni Hoveka, Ines Hollinger, Constanze Knapp, Joseph Köttl,, Barbara Lucke, Hans Otto, Prince Marenga Kambazembi, Amon Ritz, Iphigenie Sesterhenn, Christiane Simbürger, Stefan Staub,, Stephanus Sylvester Swartbooi, Hildegard Titus, Gift Uzera, Julia Turbahn, Moritz Urbanek Funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich and the Verein Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst e.V.. 

The research was supported by the Cultural Department of the City of Munich, the Goethe Institute Munich and pro Helvetia.