Visitor's guide Congoville

Congoville through the eyes of the artists The artists are Congolese, African, of African origins, or have a long-standing practice about the colonial legacy and its ongoing influence. Through their work Congoville becomes tangible: some artists literally work with the site’s colonial past, others establish broader connections. They tell the stories that need to be told and open perspectives on a different future.

“Today, as a free open-air museum, the Middelheim Museum has the democratic potential to invite diverse visitors to look at colonial and postcolonial history through the eyes of black flâneurs of the world, and to transform Congoville from a creation of colonial exploitation to a map for a future postcolonial Utopia.”

Sandrine Colard, curator Congoville