REVIEW: CC: World

Asa consequence of the pandemic, the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) now greets visitors with the sights and sounds of digitalized content while its building within Berlin’s Tiergarten — known locally as the “pregnant oyster” — remains indefinitely closed. As someone who first visited the HKW three years ago, I wondered how the museum coped with the conflicting pressures of operating amidst a global health crisis. Undoubtedly, this anomalous situation required the persistence and adaptability of the HKW, and by extension, virtually every museum, gallery, and cultural institution worldwide. In an aptly timed response, the pandemic became the focal point for the HKW’s ambitious online exhibit called CC: World, which launched on June 25, 2020, and is part of the museum’s ongoing New Alphabet project. Based on the title, CC: World is a digital space that explores the social, economic, and political impacts of the pandemic through a variety of letters in the form of videos, texts, and sounds. The exhibition involved over 30 international artists and researchers and is presented through a dedicated <a href="http://www.ccworld.hkw.de/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">website</a> — an exclusively online approach that mirrors the “new normal” of cross-cultural, yet socially distant engagement. <a href="https://robi-cabutaje.medium.com/review-cc-world-56a759cd463d">Click Here</a>