Conversation in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
Führung in der Ausstellung DER ROTE FADEN, Weltkulturen Museum 2016.
Δ COMBINATION TOURWith Eva Neukirchner (Ethnologist)
„THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking“
Why are the principles for the first computer based on a loom? Why do so many maths teachers in Peru come from the families of weavers? What meanings lie behind the language of textile idioms? On this tour, Eva Neukirchner provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.
Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
"AND THE BEAT GOES ON...Barkcloth from the Collections of the Weltkulturen Museum"
Textiles made from tree bark have a long tradition in the arts around the world. In Oceania, eighteenth-century European explorers were fascinated by the large panels of barkcloth, often printed or painted with abstract patterns. But producing textiles from the inner bark of trees is also a widespread practice in parts of Africa, in South America and South-east Asia. Eva Neukirchner offers a fascinating insight into this alternative textile production technique, and outlines the significance of barkcloth in everyday life, rituals and art.
Further information about the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON... here.
€8.50 / reduced €4
Cost of tour included in admission fee
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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