29.10.2026—30.10.2026
I want revenge, grandma
Venue:
Uferstudios 14
Badstr. 41A
Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
Badstr. 41A
Uferstr. 23
13357 Berlin
Tickets:
Pay what you can (3/5/10/15/20/25)
Duration:
approx. 60 Min
Dates:
Description
What defines the colonial relationship between Liberia and Germany? What does this relationship tell us about the larger context of Europe strangling Africa and her people for centuries? In this sensorial and multi-layered performance, Colleen Ndemeh invites audiences to do the work of confronting, remembering, and cracking open – hard shells, old wounds, dusty museum vitrines.
Using her framework of the four R – “restitution, reparations, revenge and return” – she analyzes the past while staying connected to concrete demands for the present and future. She uses her Kpelle roots as a technology for opening pathways towards what comes next.
What comes after centuries of colonial violence?
Credits
Creation, performance: Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald
Video editing: Julia Cohen Ribeiro
Sound design: Nancla
Light design: Catalina Fernandez, Lou Oelrich
Mentoring, support: Atabey fka Carlos Maria Romero, hn lyonga, iki yos peña narváez
A production by Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald in cooperation with HZT Berlin.
Biographies
Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald
Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald is a multidisciplinary performance artist, activist, and cultural worker of Kpelle (Liberian) and Irish-American descent. She studied an MA in Performance at the University of the Arts Berlin – HZT (Germany). She has performed and taught in the Americas, West Africa and Europe, including events such as Tanztage Berlin (2025) and the Venice Biennial (2024). In 2016 she co-founded Kukily, an Afro-feminist arts collective working across borders and disciplines.