Die Ausstellung eröffnet einen bislang kaum beleuchteten Blick auf ein global vernetztes Mittelalter – offen, neugierig und im Austausch mit den Religionen Asiens.

Grundlage dazu bietet das von der VW-Stiftung mitfinanzierte Buchprojekt „The Buddha and the Medieval West“ von Romedio Schmitz-Esser (Historisches Seminar der Universität Heidelberg). Die grundlegende Idee, Asien und Europa nicht getrennt zu sehen, entspricht dabei ganz den ursprünglichen Ideen der von Portheim-Stiftung.

Allerdings sind die Lücken, die die Zeit des Nationalsozialismus in der ursprünglichen Sammlung hinterlassen haben, dramatisch und betreffen gerade die mittelalterlichen Bestände, die fast komplett in der NS-Zeit veräußert worden sind.

Mit einer 2019 unterzeichneten Charta hat die deutsche Bundesregierung die historische Verantwortung für ihre koloniale Vergangenheit übernommen.  Die Behandlung und Zukunft kamerunischer Kulturgüter, insbesondere der königlichen Schätze, stehen im Mittelpunkt der Gespräche zwischen der kamerunischen Regierung, vertreten durch den interministeriellen Ausschuss für die Rückführung illegal ins Ausland verbrachter Kulturgüter, und deutschen Museen.

Über seinen Ansprechpartner in Deutschland, den Prinzen von Bangoua, steht der interministerielle Ausschuss in Kontakt mit Museen in Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Leipzig, Köln, Stuttgart, Hannover, Bremen, Frankfurt, München, München Hamburg, und sogar in anderen europäischen Ländern, darunter das Museum von Angoulême in Frankreich, das Weltmuseum in Wien und Museen in der Schweiz, die kamerunische Sammlungen beherbergen.  Die traditionellen Führer fordern die Rückgabe der königlichen Schätze und der Schätze ihrer Vorfahren. Diese Stimmen werden gehört, die Museen lernen dazu und wenden nach und nach traditionsbewusstere Praktiken an, wobei einige bereits die Herkunftsgemeinschaften in die Provenienzforschung einbeziehen. Aber was blockiert den Rückgabeprozess?

Der interaktive Vortrag von Prinz Bangoua Legrand, Mitglied einer Königsfamilie und Vertreter Kameruns in der Frage der Rückgabe in Deutschland, bietet eine neue Perspektive auf die Frage der Rückgabe und die damit verbundenen Hindernisse.

Eine Veranstaltung des ZEGK - Institut für Europäische Kunstgeschichte der Universität Heidelberg.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Bestselling true-crime writer John Gaunt doesn’t just research his subjects — he inhabits them. To write his books, he goes and lives in the houses where crimes were committed, believing that walls remember what people forget. However, his latest project is painfully personal: he has moved back into the house where his wife was murdered 20 years ago. Once again, immersion is his method. But this time, he is taking things to a new level. Inside the house, he stages live re-enactments of real crimes that happened there through the ages — performed by actors and witnessed by an audience. John claims it's an attempt to prove the validity of Stone Tape Theory—the idea that stone can absorb moments from the past and replay them. But his publishers are worried that John is losing his grip on reality and send an agent to shut the project down. John begs for one final hour to prove that the house still remembers.

Is he about to uncover something extraordinary — or has he finally lost his grip on reality? Step inside. Join the audience. Decide for yourself. You choose which rooms to enter, which stories to follow—and how deeply you allow the house to draw you in.

​*Free roam theatre is a special kind of theatre: Instead of sitting still while others present a story to you, you are the one moving through the world of the play, choosing where to go, who to follow, and which moments to linger in. As a result, you will have a unique experience unlike that of anyone else: a story pieced together through your decisions and your journey through the house. Come and make it happen!

Age recommendation 14 years

Please visit www.ph-theater.de for tickets and more informations.

Lisa Bless durchwandert Erinnerungen und die Erzählungen ihres Großvaters aus Krieg und Nachkriegszeit und öffnet Räume, in denen Vergangenheit nachhallt und Fragen gestellt werden. Im Zusammenspiel von Körper, Stimme und Narration entsteht ein Raum, in dem persönliche und gemeinsame Geschichte aufeinandertreffen.

Ein Solostück über Identität, Verantwortung und die Frage, wie wir heute miteinander leben und erinnern wollen.

Konzept, Choreografie, Kostüm: Lisa Bless
Dramaturgie: Natalie Broschat
Sounddesign: Elama Mampomo & Savio Suriano

Gefördert vom Kulturamt der Stadt Heidelberg, Proberaum ermöglicht durch INTER-ACTIONS, Studio Actions

Tickets (12€) direkt an der Abendkasse im Völkerkundemuseum

Lisa Bless durchwandert Erinnerungen und die Erzählungen ihres Großvaters aus Krieg und Nachkriegszeit und öffnet Räume, in denen Vergangenheit nachhallt und Fragen gestellt werden. Im Zusammenspiel von Körper, Stimme und Narration entsteht ein Raum, in dem persönliche und gemeinsame Geschichte aufeinandertreffen.

Ein Solostück über Identität, Verantwortung und die Frage, wie wir heute miteinander leben und erinnern wollen.

Konzept, Choreografie, Kostüm: Lisa Bless
Dramaturgie: Natalie Broschat
Sounddesign: Elama Mampomo & Savio Suriano

Gefördert vom Kulturamt der Stadt Heidelberg, Proberaum ermöglicht durch INTER-ACTIONS, Studio Actions

Tickets (12€) direkt an der Abendkasse im Völkerkundemuseum