Sound Stories from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands
In December 2022 the Grassi Ethnological Museum in Leipzig, Germany has opened the exhibition “Winds of Change - Sound Stories from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands” as part of their REINVENTING GRASSI project. Rolf Killius is the curator, researcher and media producer for this exhibition. It is based on his lengthy research on the Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
The main topic of the exhibition is to display different natural and cultural facets of these island groups, such as ecology, natural beauty and disasters, climate change, peopling of the island, tourism, the music and dance, animal world and impact of industrialisation and traffic.
The exhibition display combines historical objects from the Museum’s collection (such as Hentakoi and Kareau from the Nicobar islands) with newly made sound recordings, photographs and a multi-screen projection of images. The main intention is that each exhibition visitor should have an immersive experience, which is both: aesthetically pleasing and thought-provoking.
In this project Rolf Killius and the Grassi Museum collaborate with the Nicobari community leader Prince Rashid Yusoof and members of other communities and personalities based on these Islands..
The exhibition is part of the Grassi’s Reinventing Project:
