C& Magazine #10: Another ’89
<p>This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of 1989, and its far-reaching political and cultural repercussions now span three decades—a period that has seen the production of countless documentaries, stories, books, and exhibitions. The “reunification” is characterized by ever-recurring emotional images and scenes on television, while the experiences and circumstances of those who were and are not perceived as part of the German majority society are far less firmly established in the ’89 narrative. May Ayim addressed this in her poem “blues in black and white.”</p> <p>Titled “Another 89,” this issue focuses on all those German stories between 1989 and 1990 that were rarely mentioned or wholly disregarded. This includes artistic examinations of the stories of Angolan and Cuban migrant workers who from 1989 onwards were forced to return to their home countries, regardless of their family and social ties. It also looks at the perspectives of Afro-German artists who grew up in the former GDR. Furthermore, the issue explores the influence of the Iron Curtain and the year 1989 on “global” art history outside of the German context—from the international iconography of Angela Davis’s image to artistic activism in Chile and a bust of Karl Marx traveling to Ethiopia. This bust was ceremoniously installed there to emphasize the connection with the East German “brother state.” Today, billboards of major Ethiopian beer brands tower high behind an aging Marx …</p> <p>“Another 89” is an anniversary issue in a double sense, because it is also C&’s tenth print issue! So it’s a special edition, developed and produced in collaboration with ten students from the Institute for Art in Context at the University of the Arts in Berlin. Many thanks for the amazing pieces, thoughts, and suggestions!</p>
Conceptor: Julia Grosse, Yvette Mutumba
Editors: Julia Grosse, Yvette Mutumba, Will Furtado, Theresa Sigmund, Olivia Buschey, Elisabeth Wellershaus, Mearg Negusse
Designers: Britta Rogozinski, SHIFT Design
Contributors: Ann Mbuti, Wen-Ling Chung, Will Furtado, Christina Harles, Hengame Hosseini, Dagmawit Hunz, Diane Izabiliza, Jule Lagoda, Genevieve Lipinsky, Yashar Mazidi, Mearg Negusse, Peggy Piesche, Astarte Posch, Zoë Ritts, Pablo Santacana López, Stefania Vittorio, Polly Yim
Photographer: Benjamin Renter
Copy-editors: Ekpenyong Ani, Simon Cowper, Jenifer Evans, Elisabeth Wellershaus
Translators: Ekpenyong Ani, Simon Cowper, Jenifer Evans, Elisabeth Wellershaus
Part of: C& Magazine
ISSN: 2701-3375