Δ CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR

“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.

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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Δ FESTIVAL OF COLOURS AND SHADOWS

Indonesian summer festival at the Weltkulturen Museum

There’s going to be a colourful Indonesian summer festival in Metzlerpark on Saturday, 20 August from 5 pm to 8 pm – and you’re all most welcome to come along! The Weltkulturen Museum will be your host for this event, marking the conclusion of the eye-catching exhibition “Green Sky, Blue Grass: Colour Coding Worlds”. Metzlerpark is situated directly behind the museum at Schaumainkai 35.

The festival will feature alternating performances from gamelan orchestra Wacana Budaya Höchst and the Indonesian shadow play puppeteer Sigit Susanto. The latter will be performing scenes from the Indian epics Mahabharata and Ramayana through the medium of wayang kulit – Indonesian shadow puppetry – bringing black heroes and red rogues to life in thrilling and thought-provoking stories for young and old alike.

The programme will include insights from South-East Asia curator Vanessa von Gliszczynski, who will talk about Javanese shadow puppetry with a particular emphasis on the colours used in wayang kulit.

An Indonesian food market will provide snacks and refreshments, which you can enjoy on your own picnic blanket in Museumspark accompanied by the sounds of the gamelan orchestra and shadow puppetry performances.

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Admission is free of charge!
In Metzlerpark, behind the Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 35

In cooperation with the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, Frankfurt am Main

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Δ GUIDED TOUR

“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with Iris Loew 

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, Iris Loew 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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Δ THE MUSEUMSUFERFEST AT THE WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM

The Museumsuferfest at Weltkulturen Museum 
Short public tours
“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
27 August 

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, the guides shows how perception of colour sometimes differs enormously depending on the language and culture involved.

Short public tours
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:30 pm

Entry via the Museumsufer button  

On the occasion of the Museumsuferfest, half-hour guided tours take place at the Weltkulturen Museum.
You don't need to register before the tour.

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Δ CURATOR'S GUIDED TOUR & FINISSAGE

“GREEN SKY, BLUE GRASS. Colour Coding Worlds”
with curator Matthias Claudius Hofmann (curator Oceania)
FINISSAGE

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.

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.

€7 / €3.50 oder via the Museumsufer button.
Costs of the tour included in admission fee.
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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