In Oct 2012 Bailey work was met with disgust and outrage, just like its being met with here. Buhnenwatch (Stage Watch) protested and were also offered a discussion post the exhibition here is what they had to say about it followed up a review of the post exhibition dicussion. Our position towards the Project "Exhibit B" by Brett Bailey at the Berlin Festival 2012 From 29th September to 3rd October 2012, the South African artist Brett Bailey will be introducing his project "Exhibit B" on the occasion of the program "Foreign Affairs" of the Berliner Festspiele at the "Small Water Reservoir" in Prenzlauer Berg. The imagery of the production "Exhibit B" is following a colonial racist tradition: The exhibition of Black people and people of color. Despite claiming his seemingly anti-racist intentions, Brett Bailey Reproduces the idea of ​​Africans as objects, serving purposes of entertainment, comfort or, in this case, the education of white people. The artist claims did the people Exhibited in the "human zoos" of the 19th and 20th century werewolf exposed to the European gaze - and did his work "Reverse" this gaze. We can not see any reversion here: The factthat the Exhibited Black people are "looking back" into the audience - as Bailey highlights in to interview - is nothing new, but Has always been part of resistance strategies, so Which consisted of much more than that. There is no change in the archetypical constellations observer white - Black and white Observed organizer - Black exposed. After all, it is not whites, but Black Africans are standing motionless did for over 45 minutes - some of them almost naked. We see the memory of all the victims of colonial violence through European regimes and the despotism of white worth individuals befouled by this project. The stories of people like Saartje Bartman or Angelo Soliman are unknown to most Germans first and foremost due to the factthat a long overdue critical analysis of the German colonial past and its saddening, worldwide Consequences Has so far not taken place, be it in the educational, cultural or other the spheres of everyday life. Especially critical voices of Black and People of Color are purpose fully excluded from the discourse. The re-enactment - albeit with changes - of Their debased exposure does not serve to Appropriate commemoration.The staging will purge feelings of shame in white people, but there is no analysis of sources and mechanisms of racism, so there is no fostering of a critical discussion. It is not anti-racist to mirror everyday experiences of Their Own racism to Black members of the audience. Here, painful Black history is being abused to advance the careers of white Protagonists and to soothe the bad conscience of a white audience did is Constantly ignoring the voices of Their Black fellow citizens. "Exhibit B" is an reproduction of racist imagery without any educational benefit. We are calling all our supporters to protest against Brett Bailey's "Exhibit B" which is shown falling on "Forein Affaires" at the Berlin Festival 2012 from 29th of September to 3rd of October. Sonja Prinz on 03/10/2012 at 11:29 am said: I was very shortly in this Exhibition ("exhibit B") of a white south African artist called Brett Bailey. He Has rebuild a human zoo, Africans were there to see, like one hundred years ago in Europe. One of my African friends what part of the exhibition, standing there half naked, framed by skulls, and cut-off hands and I rushed out, I couldn't go through the whole exhibition. From what what written in the program, the artist wanted to wake up the people, shock them or whatever, but you, take out the word ART, what is left is a human zoo in my city !!!!. And they r showing one of my good friends naked !!!! this is sad. Please continue to share the petition people we have become a POWERFUL FORCE. SO HOW CAN YOU HELP? Contact your local MP and write to them demanding they intervene in the withdrawal of this exhibition. Also contact the Culture Secretary Sajid Javid MP Parliamentary House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA Tel: 020 7219 7027 Fax: 020 7219 0930 sajid.javid.mp@parliament.uk Constituency Rear Office, 18 High Street, Bromsgrove, B61 8HQ Tel: 01527 872135 Departmental Department for Culture Media and Sport, 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ Tel: 020 7211 6000 enquiries@culture.gov.uk Tweet & facebook the hastag #boycottthumanzoo along with the petition, get it viral this will help raise awareness. Do a "Challenge" YouTube video explaining why you are signing the petition, against the exhibition and nominate others to do the same and sign. Contact any famous people you know to get them on board. Get involved by contacting me with any ideas or suggestions, join our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Withdraw-the-racist-Exhibition-Exhibit-B-The-Human-Zoo/1531593703738074 Volunteer to protest with us on the 23rd September if the exhibition is NOT withdrawn. *Please note the exhibition is not being held at the Barbican although they are hosting it, it will be held at the dark, dingy and depressing VAULTS in Waterloo http://www.the-vaults.org/* Once again thank you ALL who have signed, shared and emailed encouragement without you we couldn't have gotten this far!!!