Demythologize That History and Put it to Rest / episode#1
Performance by Christian Etongo in front of Otto Von Bismarck Denkmal Berlin. Photos by: António Pedro Mendesa project by Marcio Carvalho
various venues, Berlin, Germany, Lisbon, Portugal
18 Apr 2018 – 13 Sep 2018
Demythologize That History and Put it to Rest focuses on the
monuments of two historical personalities who exerted huge influences on
the colonization of Africa by the European powers during the so-called
Congo Conference (1884/85) in Berlin: Otto von Bismarck (Tiergarten,
Berlin) and King Charles I (Palacio da Ajuda, Lisbon). Eight
performances by artists from Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Iraq, Mozambique,
and Portugal aim to demythologize these two heroic monuments. They
respond to how history is exhibited and portrayed in the public space
and at the same time question how art can bring about social change.