The virtual exhibition space on Berlin's Schlossplatz, BARAZANI.berlin, is now archived. Once, on this site, the unaddressed history of German colonialism lay like a curse. Nationalist groups, with financial backing from far-right extremists and anti-Semites, had reconstructed the palace of dictator Kaiser Wilhelm II, filled it with ethnological collections from colonial contexts and named it the #HumboldtForum. In response, DECOLONIZE Berlin and its "Working Group on Museums and Collections" occupied Schlossplatz and founded BARAZANI.berlin on December 14, 2020, as a stand against historical revisionism.
Between 2007 and 2012, the vacant lot known as the "Neue Schlossfreiheit" had captivated the public. Later, it became a site of resistance against neocolonialism and white dominance. Artists and activists from within and beyond the Schengen Area are connected to this virtual reality to envision a fairer world. Under the open skies of cyberspace, actions, demonstrations, performances, and art exhibitions unfolded—an era now preserved in archival memory.
www.BARAZANI.berlin/enter
