This bronze artwork consists of several organically shaped discs featuring growth rings. Each disc represents an individual and their story, standing for people who suffered under colonial structures and crimes:
Cula, Akafede Dalle, “Miranha” and “Juri”
On site you can scan the QR code with your smartphone to access a digital component of the artwork. There you can explore in-depth information about the individuals. With spoken-word pieces and augmented reality sculptures, the artist addresses a speculative future for the people involved.
The sculpture “Living Layers” was created as part of the “Sensing Sites” project, which emerged from a broad civil society initiative and is supported by a wide range of actors critical of colonialism who are working to address colonial crimes.
The project was realized with the support of Public History Munich and Public Art Munich at the Department of Arts and Culture as well as the Municipal Cemeteries of the City of Munich.
Nando Nkrumah is a visual artist whose practice encompasses paintings, sculptures, and digital works that address the empowerment and liberation from post-colonial structures. By employing digital techniques such as augmented reality, he transforms public spaces and institutions to open up new areas and renegotiate power dynamics.
Opening Program:
Fri., Oct. 23, 2026, 7:00 PM, Gasteig HP8
Hans-Preißinger-Str. 8, 81379 Munich
Opening of the *Sensing Sites* accompanying program
with Head of the Department of Arts and Culture Marek Wiechers
Director of the Munich City Library Dr. Arne Ackermann
*samo* project team Sarah Bergh & Modupe Laja
Patron Dr. Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
Artist Nando Nkrumah
Musician Njamy Sitson
and the KMZ Collective
Sat., Oct. 24, 2026, 11:45 AM: LMU Institute of Pathology
Thalkirchner Str. 36 (corner of Winckelstraße), 80337 Munich
Performance by Njamy Sitson and inauguration of the installation
by Nando Nkrumah
with the Head of the Department of Cemeteries and Funeral Services and Head of the Department of Health Beatrix Zurek
and the artist.
Followed by: Cemetery tour with Decolonize München.
