June 8 - October 31, 2025 daily 10 am - 6 pm and on concert days 10 am - 7.30 pm Love is the Message, The Message is Death Video (Color, Sound) 2016, 7:25 min © Artur Jafa Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone and Sprüth Magers, New York
The video shows film sequences of the reality of life for African-Americans: protests and police violence, celebrations, pop events, trance and dance as well as pleas for freedom. There is footage of civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s, of Malcolm X, Drake, Beyoncé and Walter Scott, a 50-year-old African American who was shot dead by a white police officer in 2015. The video is in the possession of major museums in New York, among others. The video is owned by major museums in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Atlanta and will now be shown in the chapel in Kasnevitz on the island of Rügen with the kind permission of the artist. Arthur Jafa (born November 30, 1960 in Tupelo, Mississippi) is an American artist and filmmaker. In his works, he confronts injustices, racist worldviews and the realities of oppressed identities. His goal is to create a just and safe space for ALL.