Ausstellungseröffnung: "Liquid Archive" von Jasmine Togo-Brisby

For the opening of the exhibition of the second chapter (summer) Liquid Archive, the Global Heritage Lab of the University of Bonn invites you to an encounter with the works of the artist Jasmine Togo-Brisby. The starting point of the exhibition is the question: What memories does water carry? Using video works and photographs, the artist examines the consequences of colonial violence that still have an impact today, in particular the history of so-called "blackbirding" - the abduction of people from the Pacific region to work on Australian plantations.

Water appears as a "liquid archive": a repository of loss, resistance and care in which personal and collective memories live on for generations. Based on her own family history, Jasmine Togo-Brisby combines historical reappraisal with questions of resilience, healing and the relationship between humans, nature and colonial legacies. The exhibition is part of the research and exhibition project Knowing Plants. Ecologies of Memory and Practice of the Global Heritage Lab.

The opening of the exhibition offers the opportunity to enter into a dialog with the works and to reflect together on memory, ecological interdependencies and the continuing effects of colonial history.