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Invisible City

Artist Meets Archive #4 Exhibition Festival diversity tip

How visible is a city's colonial past? Jimmi Wing Ka Ho traces the history of the Chinese metropolis of Qingdao, which was under German occupation from 1898 to 1914. Based on historical images from the RJM archive, he examines the traces of the violent transformation of the city and the associated narratives that have survived to this day. The photographs and video works created on site open up a variety of - sometimes contradictory - perspectives and blur the boundaries between archival memory and personal experience.

Artists
Jimmi Wing Ka Ho

Veranstaltungsort

Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
Cäcilienstraße 29
50676 Köln

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Neumarkt
Linie: 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 14, 16, 18
Bus: 136, 146

Dauer und Eintritt

17.05. – 05.10.2025
6,00 €, reduced 4,00 €

Vernissage und 
Special Events

Spot On
18.05.2025
11:00 Uhr

Matinée in the exhibition with the artist and the curator Lucia Halder
(English)

Open Archive
05.06.2025
17:00 Uhr

Insights into selected photographic holdings with Lucia Halder (Research Associate) in the museum’s library
Meeting Point: Foyer, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
free of charge, max. 20 people
Binding registration at anmeldung@photoszene.de (German)

Exhibition tour
21.05.2025
16:00 Uhr

Guided tour with curator Lucia Halder
(German)

Dealing with colonial family heritage
21.05.2025
16:00 Uhr

In the museum’s library
Journalist Nicola Kuhn ("Der chinesische Paravent") and photographer Anne Schönharting ("Das Erbe") in conversation about colonial family histories
(German)

Öffnungszeiten

Tue-Sun 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mo closed
Thu 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
First Thu of the month 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

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  • Schwarz-Weiße Innenaufnahme aus einem dunklen Raum, mit Blick auf die Skyline einer Stadt durch ein Fenster. "The View of St. Michaels Cathedral", Qingdao, 2024 © Jimmi Wing Ka Ho
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    Invisible City

    Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
    17.05. – 05.10.2025

  •   © Lucia Jacobs
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    NEXT! Festival of the young photo scene Group exhibition: “What do you see and what do I see?”

    „Was siehst du und was sehe ich?“

    Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, @ The Kitchen
    16.05. – 15.06.2025

  •  "Stille Provinzen 4", 2020, Analoge Fotografie, chromogener Abzug auf Aluminium 100 x 100 cm © Nicole Ahland und VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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    Stille Provinzen

    Kunst-Station Sankt Peter
    17.05. – 29.06.2025

  • © Frank Van Groen  © Frank van Groen
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    VERWURZELT

    Verwurzelt – eine fotografische Reflexion

    August-Sander-Park, Köln
    16.05. – 25.05.2025

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