»Unauthorized und Unverschämt« Simone Dede Ayivi & Kompliz*innen

The installation "Unauthorized and Unashamed" looks at German history from a Black perspective. Simone Dede Ayivi & accomplices take a look at the post-war period and move forward to the beginnings of the more recent Black movement. The biographies of those who were born to Black US soldiers and white German mothers in the post-war years are examined.

Simone Dede Ayivi & accomplices have interviewed a generation and met people who talk about their upbringing, their struggles and the realities of Afro-German life. Their stories are accompanied and shaped by exclusion and official racism in Germany. But they are also, and above all, stories of resistance and community building.

Information on accessibility:

The performance lasts 60-70 minutes without intermission.
German spoken and written language will be used.

The sound is transmitted by radio signal via wireless headphones. The volume can be adjusted individually.
Direct spotlights are aimed at the audience in the installation area.

The audience can move through the room on a path of their own choosing. In the middle of the room is a carpet of artificial turf that does not need to be crossed to move through the room.

The focus of the installation is not frontal. In order to experience all the visual displays, it may be necessary to move around the space.

All public areas of the Schwankhalle are accessible at ground level and without steps.