August 2017

  • Wednesday, 2. August 2017 - 18:00
    ∇ CONSERVATORS GUIDED TOUR
    “Simply iron?”
    With Mareike Mehlis (conservator)
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    • Smoothing of cloth with a ultrasonic nebuliser. Photo: Weltkulturen Museum
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    “Simply iron?”
    With Mareike Mehlis  (conservator)

    What does the work of conservators involve? What are their tasks in setting up an exhibition? Answers are given by Mareike Mehlis, who completed her studies in “Conservation and Restoration of Archaeological, Ethnological and Artistic Objects” in Stuttgart with a diploma in restoration. She provides visitors a slightly different view of the exhibition.

    Learn more about the exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Saturday, 5. August 2017 - 15:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    CANCELLED
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
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    CANCELLED

    “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? This tour provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.

    More information about the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD.



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Sunday, 6. August 2017 - 15:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Nora Schön (religious studies scholar and artist)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
    Δ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION

    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Nora Schön (religious studies scholar and artist)

    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, Nora Schön provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.

    More information about the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD.



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Wednesday, 9. August 2017 - 18:00
    ∇ CURATOR'S COMBINATION TOUR
    “The Making-of THE COMMON THREAD and AND THE BEAT GOES ON…”
    With Vanessa von Gliszczynski (ethnologist and curator South East Asia) and Matthias Claudius Hofmann (ethnologist, research assistant)
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    • Vanessa von Gliszczynski in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
    • Matthias Claudius Hofmann in the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON..., Weltkulturen Museum 2017
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    “The Making-of THE COMMON THREAD and AND THE BEAT GOES ON…”
    With Vanessa von Gliszczynski (ethnologist and curator South East Asia) and Matthias Claudius Hofmann (ethnologist, research assistant)

    Threads, materials and patterns are taken for granted as a natural part of our daily life. Around the world, textile ideas and terms shape our language, narratives, stories and myths. The making of textiles stimulates our spatial and mathematical thinking. The curators of the exhibition introduce the concept and structure of the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD and give insight into the culturally multifaceted techniques of textile production.

    In the second part of the curators combination tour the main theme is the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON… as a spin-off to the COMMON THREAD. The curators offer a deeper insight into the development process of the exhibition as well as the production and cultural meanings of the exhibited barkcloth fabrics and discuss the common musicality of woven textiles and rhythmically beaten bark.


    Find out more about the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD here.

    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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  • Saturday, 12. August 2017 - 15:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
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    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)

    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.

    More information about the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD.



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Sunday, 13. August 2017 - 15:00
    ∇ COMBINATION TOUR
    With Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
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    With Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist)

    “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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  • Wednesday, 16. August 2017 - 18:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Stephanie Endter (curator Education)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
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    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Stephanie Endter (curator Education)

    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, Vicky Lessing 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”



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Saturday, 19. August 2017 - 15:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Nora Schön (religious studies scholar and artist)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
    Δ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION

    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Nora Schön (religious studies scholar and artist)

    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, Nora Schön provides the answers to these questions, and explains the idea behind the exhibition and its development.

    More information about the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD.



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Sunday, 20. August 2017 - 15:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Vicky Lessing (cultural anthropologist)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
    Δ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION

    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Vicky Lessing (cultural anthropologist)

    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, Nora Schön 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”



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Wednesday, 23. August 2017 - 18:00
    ∇ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION
    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Vicky Lessing (cultural anthropologist)
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    • Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD, Weltkulturen Museum, 2016
    Δ GUIDED TOUR IN THE EXHIBITION

    “THE COMMON THREAD - The Warp and Weft of Thinking”
    With Vicky Lessing (cultural anthropologist)

    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, Vicky Lessing 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”



    €7 / reduced €3.50
    Cost of tour included in admission fee
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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  • Friday, 25. August 2017 - 16:00 to Sunday, 27. August 2017 - 18:00
    ∇ MUSEUM EMBANKMENT FESTIVAL AT THE WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM
    Programme
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    • Exhibition A COMMON THREAD at the Weltkulturen Museum
    • Exhibition opening AND THE BEAT GOES ON..., 31st May 2017, Weltkulturen Museum
    Δ MUSEUM EMBANKMENT FESTIVAL AT THE WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM

    Closing soon! The exhibition “THE COMMON THREAD. The warp and weft of thinking” presents the culturally diverse techniques of textile production. Visitors can find out why the principles for the first computer are based on a loom, and how a backstrap loom works – and try it out for themselves!

    In the Weltkulturen Labor, the topic of textiles is given a different twist in “AND THE BEAT GOES ON...Barkcloth materials from the Weltkulturen Museum collection”. The exhibits illustrate the history and techniques of producing barkcloth, offering a fascinating insight into this alternative material’s traditional and contemporary significance in everyday life, rituals and art.

    Sale! All postcards, posters, stick sets, bags, and limited editions of THE COMMON THREAD (excluding the exhibition catalogue) on offer for half-price!

    Opening hours of the exhibitions: Fri 3-8pm, Sat 12am -19pm and Sun 11am-8pm

    Friday, 25th August
    4pm  Curator's guided tour in the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON… with Matthias Claudius Hofmann (ethnologist and research assistant)
    6pm  Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD with Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)

    Saturday, 26th August
    12am Artistic project “Endless Global Weaving” with Susanna Sitterding (artist and psychologist, Frankfurt)
    3pm  Guided tour in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD with Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)
    5pm  Guided tour in the exhibition AND THE BEAT GOES ON… with Eva Neukirchner (cultural anthropologist, Frankfurt)

    Sunday, 27th August
    12am Artistic project “Endless Global Weaving” with Susanna Sitterding (artist and psychologist, Frankfurt)
    3pm Finissage in the exhibition THE COMMON THREAD with Curator Vanessa von Gliszczynski (ethnologist and curator South East Asia)
     



    In German
    Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29 and Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37

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