Where do the works we admire in museums come from, and where should memory live? These questions now run through the debates of museums, parliaments and universities. Le Cercle and Diaspora Creatives open a space for dialogue at the Weltmuseum Wien, a venue whose collections, drawn from around the world, provide a singular setting for this evening.
To give this reflection substance and emotion, the evening is built around a screening of Béhanzin: The Last Roar, presented by its producer, Regina Zitti. The film relives the final years of the last king of Dahomey in the face of colonial conquest and reveals the man behind the myth. Restored period footage, faithful colorization and sound reconstruction are combined with artificial intelligence in the service of historical memory. The screening is the starting point for a broader conversation about what can be given back to the memories held in objects, images and stories.
The screening will be followed by a roundtable bringing together voices from diplomacy, research, the arts and cultural institutions. Restitution, the governance of memory, and cinema as a way of reclaiming narratives are among the paths explored in dialogue with the audience.
An evening designed to connect and build bridges between diplomacy, research, the arts and cultural institutions, in a spirit of discovery and exchange.
ANMELDUNG: https://www.weltmuseumwien.at/programm/behanzin-the-last-roar