Resonating Images from Peru
Intimate portraits, everyday scenes and documentary images: the historical photographs and music recordings made by Hans Heinrich Brüning (1848 – 1928) continue to resonate strongly in Peru, opening up new perspectives on identity and cultural self-determination. The German amateur researcher assembled a multimedia collection over five decades in the Lambayeque region, documenting local life and cultural history with great dedication.
This collaboratively curated exhibition brings together reappropriations by local actors and artistic reinterpretations, such as photo-ceramics or embroidered photographs. They transform these colonially shaped documents into living archives and show how Brüning’s collections continue to echo through communities and connect people across generations and borders.
In collaboration with Prof. Gisela Cánepa (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú ) and Dr. Walther Maradiegue (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn). The exhibition is taking place as part of the 9th Hamburg Photography Triennial 2026. Funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Department of Culture and Media.
TRIENNALE TICKET:
1 Ticket – 8 Venues and Institutions – 11 Exhibitions – 10 Days!
The Triennale Ticket is valid during the Opening Days from 4 to 14 June 2026 and grants one-time entry to each of the 11 exhibitions across the 8 institutions.
Participating institutions:
Bucerius Kunst Forum
Deichtorhallen Hamburg (Halle für aktuelle Kunst, Sammlung Falckenberg, PHOXXI – Haus der Photographie temporär)
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Kunsthaus Hamburg
Kunstverein in Hamburg
MARKK. Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt.
Museum der Arbeit
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe
Price
Standard price: €35
Concession price: €25*
Free admission for children and young people under 18
Hamburg Card (€28, concession €18)
*Discounts apply to students, apprentices and volunteers up to the age of 27, as well as people with severe disabilities, the unemployed, those on social security and senior citizens
Sales
The Triennale ticket is available as a printed ticket and is sold only at the ticket offices of the participating museums. It is not available online.
Sales start: early May 2026
Theme Day: “Resonating Images from Peru”
7 June, 11 am – 6 pm
11 – 12 am Collaborative Curation, Talk in english with Gisela Cánepa, Walther Maradiegue & Christine Chávez (Curators) & Mark Sealy (Artistic Director of the 9th Triennial of Photography)
1 pm Curators‘ tour in Spanish with Walther Maradiegue & Gisela Cánepa (Curators)
2 pm Guided tour in German
3 pm Artist Talk with Marystela Camacho (Artist), Host: Christine Chávez (MARKK) & Gisela Cánepa (PUCP)
