Vögelperspektive

During four nights, two videos were projected in which feathers of famingos from the zoo of Barranquilla and feathers of parrots that live on the banks of the Rhine are slowly transformed. These videos run parallel to each other on plinths and facades of different buildings that are related to the colonial history of the city of Cologne. Taking as a starting point the story of the young Jambga who died in 1898 in this city and who was part of the 'Volkeraustellungen' a tour that begins at the city zoo and for four nights travels through the city looking for these urban icons is proposed. Thus, the procession visited the Rautenstrauch Joest museum and different squares to end at the Melaten cemetery where Jambga is buried. While the tour was being made, recordings of flamingos and parrots could be listened to and then a piece entitled Metamorphosis by John Cage was played while the videos were projected.

For the exhibition in Wildpalms the installation was adapted to the front space of the gallery.