{"id":28740,"date":"2021-08-31T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villafreischuetz.org\/?page_id=28740"},"modified":"2025-07-07T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T09:46:42","slug":"the-cloak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.villafreischuetz.org\/en\/the-cloak\/","title":{"rendered":"THE CLOAK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

THE ETHIOPIAN CLOAK<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n
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The cloak in front of Villa Freisch\u00fctz (Photo: Georg Tappeiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Our current exhibition is about a journey a special object made some time ago: a stately cloak from Ethiopia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did the cloak get to Villa Freisch\u00fctz? And should the cloak be returned to Africa? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We ask these important questions as part of the Euregio museum year with the motto \u2018museum moves\u2019. With this exhibition we join the debate about colonialism and colonial objects in museums. Rethinking this difficult part of Italy\u2019s and South Tyrol\u2019s history might open our eyes for injustices today. So the cloak takes us on a journey to ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are deliberately opening up the exhibition for discussion, especially towards Ethiopia. In the following, we therefore present the exhibition texts, not only in German<\/a> and Italian but also in English<\/a> and Amharic<\/a>, and give a filmic insight into the exhibition. Feedback can be sent to the curatorial team Ariane Karbe and Hannes Obermair via the comment function and at info@villafreischuetz.org<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We don’t yet know what the feedback will lead to: perhaps we will show the exhibition again next spring – in a completely different way. Or we might dedicate an (English) episode of the podcast, that accompanies the exhibition to the reactions. Or\u2026 we are curious!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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