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As part of the Kl\u00f6ntal Triennale, Vitjitua Ndjiharine <\/strong>presents an installation featuring vibrant textiles adorned with layered motifs of branching paths and patterns. These motifs are inspired by streets, maps, paths, and spatial constellations of social infrastructure from her native Namibia. In her artistic work, Ndjiharine addresses the restitution of cultural assets stolen during German colonial rule in Namibia, some of which are now being repatriated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The textile industry in Switzerland was also entangled in asymmetrical global markets and power dynamics, such as the cotton harvested by enslaved laborers in the United States, and the adaptation of motifs perceived today as contentious cultural appropriations. This history remains underexplored, urging new perspectives and narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Displayed on the fa\u00e7ade of the Legler Areal, the artist\u2019s textile banners spark discussion on the restitution of meanings and objects, exploring both official and unofficial histories. The collages deconstruct and recontextualize motifs within Networked Constellations<\/em>, (2023\u20132024) blending the imaginary, symbolic, performative, political, and intersectional to encourage fresh interpretations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vitjitua Ndjiharine<\/strong> (*1988, NA, lives in Windhoek) earned her bachelor\u2019s degree in studio art from the City College of New York in 2017. In 2018, she received a research grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation in collaboration with Research Centre Hamburg\u2019s (Post-)Colonial Legacy, working with the Museum of Ethnology in Hamburg and the National Archives of Namibia. Through this work, she developed strategies to deconstruct and recontextualize the pedagogical function of images and texts in colonial archives. In 2022, she was artist-in-residence at Dekoloniale Berlin. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Belgrade, Stuttgart, and Windhoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vitjitua Ndjiharine zeigt im Rahmen der Kl\u00f6nal Triennale eine Installation mit farbenfrohen Textilien, die vielschichtige \u00dcberlagerungen von verzweigten Pfaden und Mustern darstellen. Diese Motive sind inspiriert von Strassen, Landkarten, Wegen sowie durch Konstellationen von Raum und sozialer Infrastruktur, die sie zumeist in ihrer Heimat Namibia findet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In ihrer k\u00fcnstlerischen Arbeit besch\u00e4ftigt sie sich mit der Restitution von kulturellem Gut, das \u2013 wie in ihrem Fall in Namibia \u2013 w\u00e4hrend der deutschen Kolonialherrschaft entwendet worden war und nun teilweise zur\u00fcckgegeben werden soll. Auch die Textilindustrie in der Schweiz war in asymmetrische Markt- und Machtkonstellationen des globalen Marktes verstrickt: etwa mit der verwendeten Baumwolle aus den USA, die in Sklavenarbeit hergestellt wurde. Oder die Adaptionen von Motiven, die aus heutiger Sicht als fragw\u00fcrdige kulturelle Aneignung wahrgenommen werden. Dieser Teil der Geschichte ist nicht restlos aufgearbeitet und ruft nach neuen Perspektiven und Narrativen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die von weit her sichtbaren Banner auf der Fassade des Legler Areals besch\u00e4ftigen sich mit solchen Fragen um Restitution von Bedeutungen und Gegenst\u00e4nden, mit der offiziellen Geschichtsschreibung und deren inoffiziellen Dimensionen. Die Collagierungen dekonstruieren die Motive und kontextualisieren sie neu. \u00abNetworked Constellations\u00bb (2023\u20132024) l\u00e4sst Imagin\u00e4res, Symbolisches, Performatives, Politisches, Verborgenes, Offensichtliches und Intersektionalit\u00e4t ineinanderfliessen und erm\u00f6glicht so neue Lesarten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Portrait Vitjitua Ndjiharine, Foto: Gustavo Garcia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Vitjitua Ndjiharine (*1988, NA, lebt in Windhuk) schloss 2017 ihr Bachelor-Studium in Studio Art am City College of New York ab. Ihre akademische Laufbahn setzte sie 2018 fort, als sie ein Forschungsstipendium der Gerda Henkel Stiftung in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Forschungszentrum f\u00fcr \u201eHamburgs (post-)koloniales Erbe\u201c erhielt. Dieses Stipendium erm\u00f6glichte es ihr, in den Archiven des Ethnologischen Museums in Hamburg und des Nationalarchivs von Namibia zu arbeiten. Durch diese Arbeit entwickelte sie Strategien zur Dekonstruktion und Neukontextualisierung der p\u00e4dagogischen Funktion von Bildern und Texten in kolonialen Archiven. 2022 war sie Artist in Residence der Dekoloniale Berlin. Ihre Arbeiten wurden international an Orten wie New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Belgrad, Stuttgart und Windhoek ausgestellt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Foto: Vitjitua Ndjiharine: Networked Constellations, 2024 im Rahmen der Ausstellung: Radical Playgrounds: From Competition to Collaboration, Berliner Festspiele 2024 | Gropius Bau Berlin. \u00a9 Peter Spillmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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