Eröffnung: Out of Focus Leonore Mau und Haiti. Eine Ausstellung von U5

In the organizer's words:

On Monday, November 3 from 7 p.m., the opening of the exhibition"Out of Focus. Leonore Mau and Haiti" takes place. The Lenbachhaus cordially invites you and your friends to attend.

The photographer Leonore Mau (1916-2013) traveled to Haiti in the 1970s during the dictatorship of Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier. She was traveling together with the writer Hubert Fichte (1935-1986). The trip was part of a long-term research project on Afro-diasporic religions. The project took Mau and Fichte to Benin, Brazil, Grenada, Senegal and Venezuela, among other places. Mau's photographs were published in the photo books "Xango" (1976) and "Petersilie" (1980) and in travel reports in many German magazines. The majority, however, have neither been published nor shown in exhibitions, and are in the photographer's estate at the bpk picture agency in Berlin.

"Out of Focus" is a collaborative examination of Leonore Mau's photographs taken in Haiti. The exhibition seeks a decolonial approach to these images and asks how working with this archive can contribute to changing the image of Haiti, which is still characterized by stereotypes today.

With speeches by
Mo Lüttig (they/them), City Councillor of the City of Munich on behalf of the Lord Mayor
Matthias Mühling, Director of the Lenbachhaus

There will be simultaneous translation into German sign language.
No registration required. Free admission.