To Tsumeb maps the histories between mining minerals, railways and the German colonisation of Namibia through a piece of copper-rich malachite in the Technological University of Berlin’s Mineral Collection. Collaging footage from German train systems and their lack in Namibia, the film documents the legacies of Germany’s empire, western complicity and what role accountability has within the curation of mineral collections.

Duration: 07:13

Shown at: Berlin Science Gallery, TU Berlin 2024

Originally commissioned as part of the Earth, Water, Sky program, curated by Ariane Koek and funded by Fondation Didier et Martine Primat.

Please mail n.schmidtke(@)outlook.ie for the link to the film.