The exhibition falling figures, which premiered in 2020, examines the idea of ​​a possible memorial to Europe's colonial past from the perspective of the colonized countries. Colonial memorials are noticeable everywhere in Ivory Coast, with statues of former colonists at intersections and magnificent buildings on the beach. In Germany, too, colonial history is omnipresent in street names, statues and subway stations. After decades of pressure from activists, street and train station names have now been changed. From the black and white treatment to the color treatment, from a position of captivity to freedom, the series tells the story of black empowerment in a different way.

Medine Tidou is a Franco-Ivorian photographer and marketing manager who has been living in Berlin for 10 years. She came to Europe 18 years ago at the age of 15 during the war in Ivory Coast. Since then, Médine Tidou has evolved into a documentary, portrait and conceptual photographer, focusing on issues such as non-binary and gender identity, sexual, cultural and social inequalities, recasting them as figures of empowerment.

Since 2021, the photographer's involvement in the art scene has expanded to another level as she is currently opening a space dedicated to photography with a photo studio and gallery in Berlin Neukölln. After a series of successful exhibitions in France and Germany, including at Callie's Art Institution and the Galerie im Saalbau in Berlin, Médine won third prize in the Berlin Neuköllner Art Prize 2022.

Her series released in 2019 Afro futures is a photographic essay that blends sci-fi fantasies and traditions, appropriating clichés to emphasize each model's individuality and celebrate the womxn noire & proud. Behind each portrait lies a look at the photographer's duality and desire to blend into the European landscape without giving up her Ivorian identity. Médine Tidou escapes from the globality and universality of tomorrow's "typical" vision to fully integrate those around her. She gives them a unique representation that blends a modern techno-mythology with today's "cultural" codes. With these series, she transforms the everyday black queen into an afrofuturistic goddess.

falling figures is curated by the multicultural, interdisciplinary performance researcher and artist Nane Bald.