Marny Garcia Mommertz

Marny Garcia Mommertz is a writer, curator, and cultural producer whose work centers Afrodiasporic archives and histories, with a particular focus on connections between Germany and Cuba. Her professional experience spans roles at the Goethe-Institut Salvador Bahia, HMKV (Hartware MedienKunstVerein), and as Managing Editor of C& América Latina Magazine.

Marny navigates her work across multiple linguistic and cultural contexts, in German, English, Spanish, BR Portuguese and French. She holds a M.A. in Curatorial Practice from the University of Bergen and an M.A. in Museum Studies from the University of Amsterdam. Currently, she is a PhD student in the Art & Archeology Department at Princeton University.

Work in Progress: “What would Fasia say?” (2024)

Screenshot of “What would Fasia say?” 2024, Marny Garcia Mommertz.
Contains:
1. Tina Campt, Interview with Fasia Jansen in Oberhausen, 1992.
2. "Cerro, La Habana" (2022), Clémence Garcia-Lindenmeyer.

"What would Fasia say?" (WT) is a 21-minute work in progress weaving together public and archival material to imagine Fasia Jansen, a Black German Holocaust survivor, singer and activist, in today’s Cuban society and German politics. The work’s main narration comes from a 1992 interview with Jansen, conducted by Tina Campt. Through visuals placing Jansen in Afro-Cuban settings and in the context of Germany’s evolving political climate—marked by the rise of the far-right AfD and migration challenges—the film explores how her legacy continues to resonate across a diasporic network.

This work was funded by the NRW Exhibition Fund from the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia.