A uterus for Nadula
BKa Berner Kulturagenda,
June 2025
"It is unknown whether a child was ever baptized Nadula. The doll, like so many other Namibian cultural artifacts, ended up in a European museum, in this case the Ethnographic Museum in Neuchâtel. There, it was kept in a box for decades. At the end of May, Tuli Mekondjo visited the Ethnographic Museum in Neuchâtel and viewed the collection items from Namibia. Now, Nadula will inhabit the hut as part of the installation. "The idea is to give her a home. I want to give her the opportunity to be reborn through this womb, so to speak."
Renewed Bern Kunsthalle works to reframe Switzerland’s history
THE ART NEWSPAPER,
June 2025
"Mekondjo’s research delved into the erasure of ancestral cultural practices in Africa—another kind of extraction wrought by European colonialism. Her new installation, created in dialogue with the Museum of Ethnography in the nearby Swiss town of Neuchâtel, references ritual objects known as “crafted children” that Western missionaries, ethnographers and travellers removed from Namibia during the colonial era. Family members would fashion such dolls for young girls to augur the birth of their own children"
Wireless in old Prussia: Exhibition on radio communication during the colonial era
Märkische Allgemeine,
May 2025
"The exhibition "Signals of Power" incorporates not only its timeline but also cinematic elements. In her video installation, Namibian artist Tuli Mekondjo explores the historical and current power relations between Germany and Namibia through ritual performances at the sites of former and current radio stations in Windhoek and Nauen."
“Signals of Power” at the Brandenburg Museum
TAGESSPIEGEL,
May 2025
"When the German Empire dreamed of a "place in the sun", the Nauen radio station was built. The Bradenburg Museum is now initiating a long-overdue dialogue about the colonial legacy of the Mark"
The Distance Within by Nicola Brandt
DAILY MAVERICK,
April 2025
"In The Distance Within, Nicola Brandt travelled the country extensively, documenting landscapes and people, structures and encounters, to reveal ensnared histories of German colonialism, National Socialism and apartheid. Markers of these histories range from the ephemeral and private, such as a dilapidated mound of stones as a roadside memorial, to official sites of remembrance and resistance, particularly for colonial atrocities.".
The Black Unicorn Connecting with Artists’ Voices and Stories
Larry's List ,
January 2025
Featuring deaf Zimbabwean artist Raymond Fuyana. "Chris Lyons’ art collection features black artists worldwide with artworks in both abstract and figurative styles. It includes pieces from established artists like Stanley Whitney, Nina Chanel Abney, Derrick Adams, and Vaughn Spann..."