Alumna Melanie Garland curates exhibition that explores contemporary urban migration and alternative placemaking in Europe and South America
The exhibition Somewhere Inbetween adopts a collaborative and trans-academic approach, bringing together civil society, architects, artists, social scientists and students to explore contemporary urban migration and alternative placemaking in Europe and South America. It also reflects on experimental ethnography through artistic and social practices.
It will be on view from October 24th-30th 2024 at the Lichthof Ost, Humboldt University, Unter den Linden 6, Berlin
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The exhibition features archives from the Dzjangal (France), Tiburtina (Italy) and Los Arenales (Chile) communities, recognizing the communal processes developed in resisting border regimes. Inspired by Édouard Glissant's "archipelago" thinking, the archives are part of a museographic design that explores alternative relations in contemporary migration through seas and oceans, featuring sound installations and an architectural design by TanzaLab that contributes to connect these communities through water narratives.
In addition, the exhibition includes video experiments by IfEE students on "Walking Art" as a research method and workshops on Radio Collective Listening, Sonic Consonance & Dissonance, and Critical Walking, facilitated by sound studies scholar Carla J. Maier, artist-researcher Amanda Gutiérrez, and musician Pia Achternkamp. These methods arise from past collaborations with the Dzjangal, Tiburtina, and Los Arenales communities, promoting different ways of sharing narratives and experiences.
The exhibition Somewhere Inbetween stems from the doctoral project of the artist-researcher Melanie Garland at the Institute for European Ethnology (IfEE) at Humboldt University, supervised by Prof. Regina Römhild and Prof. Bonaventure Ndikung, and serves as a method for exploring contemporary migration through multimodal and collaborative ethnography. Rooted in an interest in public and engaged anthropology, Somewhere Inbetween seeks to create a space for collaboration between academia and civil society, transforming the university's exhibition space into an experimental ground for transdisciplinary exchange.
Contributions by Jungala Radio-Dzjangal, Kathy O' Hare & Ciaran Henry, Los Arenales & Elizabeth Andrade, Cristian Ochoa, Tiburtina & Davide Franceschini, IfEE students; Johanna Dick, Lene Kruse, Alex Maurer, Flora Mettal, Paula Mohne, Nora Pomettini, and Piero Trias. Special thanks to Alejandra Atalah, Pablo Hassmann, hn.lyonga, Bastian Manteuffel and Myriam Perrot.
OPENING: October 24th at 7 PM
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