2022 PROGRAMME  


EXHIBITION

HEIMAT IM WANDEL
HOMELAND IN TRANSIT

5 - 22 MAY 2022
VILLA MEIER-SEVERINI
ZOLLIKON, SWITZERLAND

 

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HEIMAT im WANDEL / HOMELAND in TRANSIT

Sonam Dolma Brauen, Hung Fai, Lee Ka Sing, Leung Chi Wo, MAP Office, Lulu Ngie and Wai Pong Yu

Co-curated by Martin Brauen and Angelika Li

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Vernissage:  5 May 2022, 18-20h

Opening performance by Matthias Ziegler (Bassflöte, Kontrabassflöte)

Exhibition:  6 – 26 May, Thur-Fri 17-20h, Sat-Sun 11-17h

Finissage:  22 May, 18-20h

Venue: Villa Meier-Severini, Zollikerstrasse 86, 8702 Zollikon, CH  

Organised by Kulturkreis Zollikon

Press Preview:  5 May by appointment

Enquiries:    

Martin Brauen/ www.sonambrauen.net/

Angelika Li/ www.onkili.com/  

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‘Tibet and Hong Kong share common lines in their unknown destinies and possibilities. They seem to be threaded into dialogues as shown in the works brought together in this exhibition linking cultural landscapes, memories and human conditions.’

Martin Brauen and Angelika Li

Co-curators, Heimat im Wandel

February, 2020

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The word ‘homeland’ has complex meanings: a clearly defined place/space, a tradition/culture that you share with others, a common history, belonging to a certain community in which you feel at home - and thus also feelings such as security and trust. It evokes a permanent form on the surface, yet when we dive a little deeper into our memories and emotions, the word urges us to reflect on its shifting nature. The definition of ‘homeland’ fluctuates under socio-political pressures which can lead to alienation and discontent, and potential fragmentations in our societies.

Postponed since March 2020 due to the pandemic, the second exhibition has transformed into the seventh chapter in the Homeland in Transit series with the German title HEIMAT im WANDEL in which Martin Brauen, cultural anthropologist specialising in Tibet and the Himalayas and curator, and Hong Kong curator Angelika Li attempt to interweave respective perspectives and experiences of Swiss-Tibetan artist Sonam Dolma Brauen, and six Hong Kong artists Hung Fai, Lee Ka Sing, Leung Chi Wo, MAP Office, Lulu Ngie and Wai Pong Yu. Despite many differences, the two places share something in common: the sense of homeland of its inhabitants is constantly being questioned and reinterpreted. How do the artists perceive these transformations and how do they represent it in their art? 

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