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Wednesday, 1. September 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ “RED IN FOCUS” THEME RELATED GUIDED TOUR
with Oliver Hahn (research assistent Oceania collection)Δ “RED IN FOCUS”The intensive red of the feather money (mangahau) from the Melanesian Santa Cruz Islands is produced by the artful arrangement of up to 60,000 small cinnabar red feathers of the honeyeater (Myzomela Cardinalis). If the red fades over time, then the feather money roll also loses its value. Feathers, bark, barkcloth, snail shells, Job’s tears seeds. Collected by Volker Schneider, 1980s.
Theme related guided tour with Oliver Hahn (research assistent Oceania collection)
In many cultures, the colour red plays a significant role in the way people see the world, whether it is painted on their bodies for beautification and protection, or serves as a sacred colour, or features in the material culture. Consequently, it is a colour that also appears in many different sections of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”.
Oliver Hahn guides through the exhibiton. He investigates the meaning of red as a colour in various cultures by looking at case studies from the Amazon region, New Guinea and Polynesia.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”. The number of participants is limited to ten people.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Saturday, 4. September 2021 - 14:00 - 16:00
∇ PENULTIMATE PENULTIMATE CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR GUIDED TOUR
“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”
At the end of the exhibition, 30-minute short curators’ guided tours invite you to discover it.Δ PENULTIMATE CURATORS’ GUIDED TOURStephanie Endter and Julia Albrecht (from left to right) in the exhibition “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”
“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”
At the end of the exhibition, 30-minute short curators’ guided tours invite you to discover it.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT provides an opportunity to see or hear things from (potentially) unfamiliar perspectives. Combining objects from the collection with five artistic responses to the matter, the exhibition takes a critical stance to colonialism and its consequences, which are still felt today.
During a walk through the exhibition, the curators talk about the thematic focuses and how they approached them as curators.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
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Sunday, 5. September 2021 - 14:00 - 16:00
∇ LAST CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR GUIDED TOUR
“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”
At the end of the exhibition, 30-minute short curators’ guided tours invite you to discover it.Δ LAST CURATORS’ GUIDED TOURStephanie Endter and Julia Albrecht (from left to right) in the exhibition “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”
“HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”
At the end of the exhibition, 30-minute short curators’ guided tours invite you to discover it.
HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT provides an opportunity to see or hear things from (potentially) unfamiliar perspectives. Combining objects from the collection with five artistic responses to the matter, the exhibition takes a critical stance to colonialism and its consequences, which are still felt today.
During a walk through the exhibition, the curators talk about the thematic focuses and how they approached them as curators.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€3 / €1.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 37
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Sunday, 5. September 2021 - 19:30
∇ “WHAT IS REMEMBERED …” ARTIST TALK (ONLINE)
with the artist and filmmaker Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Julia Albrecht, one of the curators of the exhibtion “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”, and the Frankfurt galerist Sakhile Matlhare from the art gallery Sakhile&MeΔ “WHAT IS REMEMBERED …” ARTIST TALK (ONLINE)Film still “What is remembered … not only the footprints but the water too”, Kitso Lynn Lelliott, 2013
Kitso Lynn Lelliott. Photo provided by the artist.
Exhibition view “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”, Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
with the artist and filmmaker Kitso Lynn Lelliott, Julia Albrecht, one of the curators of the exhibtion “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”, and the Frankfurt galerist Sakhile Matlhare from the art gallery Sakhile&Me
Kitso Lynn Lelliott talks about the background of her video “What is remembered… not only the footprints but the water too” (Video, 4:29 Min., Johannesburg, South Africa, 2013 ), which was presented as part of the exhibition “HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT. From Being Rendered Invisible and Becoming Visible”. She will also share some insight into her other video/installation projects. Kitso Lynn Lelliott lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The work “What is remembered…” which is shown in the exhibition is part of the video installation Transatlantic Saudades, which was created during an artist residency in Brazil. In her work, Lelliott examines the relationship between knowledge, power and memory. What knowledge is preserved and what or whose knowledge and traces are erased in the process? The idea of memory is used as a vehicle through which to connect the personal experiential with broader historical narratives.
Kitso Lynn Lelliott‘s work has been shown at film festivals and exhibited in galleries and museum shows around the world including the Iwalewahaus Bayreuth and the Johannesburg Art Gallery.
We will watch the Video “What is remembered… not only the footprints but the water too” at the beginning of the talk.
The Zoom talk will be held in English.
Free
Please register via E-Mail
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Wednesday, 8. September 2021 - 19:30 - 20:30
∇ ONLINE GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with sign language interpreter Christopher Moeller and with Severine MeierΔ ONLINE GUIDED TOURExhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with sign language interpreter Christopher Moeller and with Severine Meier
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Using various objects from the exhibition, Severine Meier shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved. Sign language interpreter Christopher Moeller will be translating.
Zoom lecture and talk
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
Free of charge
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Saturday, 11. September 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”Δ GUIDED TOURExhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Severine Meier
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Severine Meier shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Saturday, 18. September 2021 - 11:00 - 16:00
∇ LIVE WORKSHOP FOR ADULTS
Experiencing the “blue wonder”: workshop on dyeing with indigo
With a tour of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”Δ LIVE WORKSHOP FOR ADULTSNila (Indonesian), indigo leaves and twine coloured with indigo; Bali, Indonesien; Photo: Threads of Life Indonesian Textile Arts Centre, n.d.
Experiencing the “blue wonder”: workshop on dyeing with indigo
Using leaves from the indigo plant to create a blue dye is an ancient cultural technique which has been probably known about since the third century BCE. As late as the nineteenth century, indigo was one of the most important substances for dyeing textiles. This “colour from India” has played a significant role in many different places – whether it was expanding the British empire or in the dispute among blueprint dyers in Europe. Parallel to the invention of riveted trousers, synthetic indigo was successfully produced around 1870; when the two were combined the result was blue jeans.
After visiting the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds” we will take the fabrics that participants have brought along and dye them indigo blue, in the process observing the change in colour from yellow to blue that occurs in contact with the air.
To ensure a wide range of patterns we will prepare our textiles before they are dyed, using batik and tie-dye techniques. The course includes background information that will serve as the basis for a conversation on batik, reserve techniques and indigo dyeing, along with a critical (post-)colonial classification of these cultural techniques.
Please bring along fabrics, items of clothing or thread from natural fibres such as wool, cotton or linen, possibly hemp (maximum of 500–600 grams)
€ 21 / reduced € 10.50
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”. The number of participants is limited.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Saturday, 18. September 2021 - 15:00 - 17:00
∇ VISUAL WORKS BY THE AVIM
Curators’ talk in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with co-curator Tomi Bartole and curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann (curator Oceania)
in English languageΔ VISUAL WORKS BY THE AVIMCo-curator Tomi Bartole in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds” Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Peter Wolff
Sebastian Katuk, 2019: Kinin Kumnya. Acrylic on paper. Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Tomi Bartole, 2019. Collection Weltkulturen Museum
Sago palm sheath with the motif Kinin Kumnya (‘Mother of Fish’), Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Eike Haberland, Sepik Expedition, 1961. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
This painting is part of the wall cladding of a men’s house. The motif Kinin Kumnya (‘Mother of Fish’) was painted onto a sago palm sheath in red, black and white paint. It refers to a myth about the origin of all fi sh. Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Eike Haberland, Sepik Expedition, 1961. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Sebastian Katuk, 2019: Kinin Kumnya I. Acrylic on paper. Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Tomi Bartole, 2019. Collection Weltkulturen Museum
Christian Kmbsa, 2019: Kinin Kumnya 3. Acrylic on paper. Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Tomi Bartole, 2019. Collection Weltkulturen Museum
The contemporary painting from Andrias Aimo depicts Etoka Enunga, a spirit that lives in both weapons and slit drums. If this motif is applied to arrows, then they should fly further and have greater penetration power. If it is painted onto slit drums then they can be heard over long distances and are effective during hunting. Andrias Aimo, 2019: Etoka Enunga. Acrylic on paper.Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Tomi Bartole, 2019. Collection Weltkulturen Museum.
This triptych, painted on three sago palm sheaths joined together, also originates from the interior lining of the men’s house from Avim. It shows the motif Tokopai (‘Creation Pot’). In the myth the culture hero Api fi lls it with his penile blood, from out of which people and spirits arise. During the male initiation, i.e. circumcision, the blood is collected in a bowl, mixed with sago and eaten. Avim, Upper Karawari, New Guinea. Collected by Eike Haberland, Sepik Expedition, 1961. Collection Weltkulturen Museum. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Creation of a painting. Avim, Upper Karawari, Papua New Guinea. Photo and documentation by Tomi Bartole, 2019
Creation of a painting. Avim, Upper Karawari, Papua New Guinea. Photo and documentation by Tomi Bartole, 2019
Exhibition view “Green Sky, Blue Grass. Colour Coding Words”, Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “Green Sky, Blue Grass. Colour Coding Words”, Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Curators’ talk in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
Tomi Bartole (co-curator) in conversation with Matthias Claudius Hofmann (Oceania curator and curator of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”). In English.
Two rooms in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds” present contemporary paintings from the village of Avim in Papua New Guinea, which were commissioned by anthropologist Tomi Bartole while he was conducting field research there in 2019. These contemporary paintings correspond to historical paintings on sago palm sheaths which were acquired in Avim during the 1961 Sepik expedition and have since been part of the Oceania collection at the Weltkulturen Museum.
Both the historical and contemporary paintings show mythical motifs that relate the story of the Avim, while they are also being viewed as the spirits with whom Avim people interact. The Avim use the paintings and their powerful colours to pass on their sacred knowledge to the next generation. The works are visible proof that despite years of missionary work and cultural change, the aesthetic concepts and mythical motifs of the pre-Christian era have been preserved, and these are expressed in stunning visual form in the paintings.
The conversation will concern the way in which the paintings were produced during Tomi Bartole’s field research, the cooperation and joint development of the subject matter in the exhibition, and the history of the relationship between the Avim and the Weltkulturen Museum, which extends back to 1961 and has now been revived by Bartole through this research.
Dr. Tomi Bartole is an anthropologist who conducted fieldwork among the Avim people of Papua New Guinea in 2013/2014 and 2019. His research interests concern rituals and ethnological issues about religion and politics.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”. The number of participants is limited to ten people.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Saturday, 25. September 2021 - 15:00 - 16:00
∇ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”Δ GUIDED TOURExhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Berit Mohr
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Touring the exhibition, Berit Mohr shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
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Sunday, 26. September 2021 - 15:00 - 17:00
∇ LIVE WORKSHOP FOR CHILDREN
“Sometimes I dream in colours”
with a tour of the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”Δ LIVE WORKSHOP FOR CHILDRENChildren in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Photo: Peter Wolff
Exhibition view “Green Sky, Blue Grass. Colour Coding Words”, Weltkulturen Museum 2021, Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky Blue Grass. Colour coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“Sometimes I dream in colours”
Whether it’s cherry red, curry yellow or sky blue, colours can give us a taste for something, attract our attention or warn us of dangers. So how do we actually communicate with colours? And what role do they play in our everyday lives?
In this workshop we will look around the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour coding worlds” and capture our experiences in a colour collage.
For children from 6 years old.
€6
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Wednesday, 29. September 2021 - 18:00 - 19:00
∇ ***FULLY BOOKED*** CURATORS’ GUIDED TOUR
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann (curator Oceania)Δ ***FULLY BOOKED*** CURATORS’ GUIDED TOURCurator Matthias Hofmann in the exhibition “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibition view “GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”. Weltkulturen Museum 2021. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky, Blue Gras. Colour Coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
Exhibitionview. Green Sky Blue Grass. Colour coding Worlds. Photo: Wolfgang Günzel
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann (curator Oceania)
Our world is full of colour, but do all cultures see it in the same way? While the scientific basis for perception is identical for everyone, light waves can’t really explain how we name our impressions of colour, the number (and kind) of categories we divide these colours into, or the meanings and associations we ascribe to them.
Using various objects from the exhibition, curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann and co-curator Vanessa von Gliszczynski show how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
During a tour of the exhibition, the curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.
Please register via the booking button “TERMIN BUCHEN”. The number of participants is limited to ten people.
€7 / €3.50
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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