Invisible City
German-Chinese colonial history has rarely been the object of public notice. Jimmi Wing Ka Ho takes up this point and traces the history of the city of Qingdao, which was under German occupation from 1898 until 1914. Starting from holdings from the photographic archive of the RJM, he takes along his camera on an evidential search into Qingdao’s colonial past, examining its influence on the urban profile to this day and the memories that are transmitted. In dialogue with historical material, the photographs and video works created on location open up diverse – sometimes contradictory – angles and cause the boundaries to blur between archival memory and lived experience.
Supported by The International Photoszene Köln - Artist meets archive program