Archive Gallery 2014/15
08 Mar 2014 - 06 Sep 2015
Archiv Galerie, Installation view Haus der Kunst, photo Wilfried Petzi
"Große Deutsche Architektur- und Kunsthandwerk-Ausstellung" ["Great German Architecture and Crafts Exhibition"] at Haus der Deutschen Kunst, January 1938, Haus der Kunst, Historical Archive
"Große Deutsche Architektur- und Kunsthandwerk-Ausstellung" ["Great German Architecture and Crafts Exhibition"] at Haus der Deutschen Kunst, January 1938, Haus der Kunst, Historical Archive
ARCHIVE GALLERY 2014/15
8 March 2014 – 6 September 2015
The Archive Gallery in Haus der Kunst is a new interdisciplinary research and exhibition center. Housed in a centrally located exhibition space in the museum, the Archive Gallery is the visible memory of the turbulent history and the complex historical process that has made Haus der Kunst what it is today, and that continues to affect its present.
The basis for the Archive Gallery, which was designed by artist and cultural theorist Martin Schmidl, are the holdings of Haus der Kunst's Historical Archive, compiled in 2004 by historian Sabine Brantl. For the first presentation, the selected documents provide information about the building's origins and uses, as well as about how the structure was dealt with during the postwar period. The thematic focus of the selection thus introduces the building's imminent restoration, the planning for which was entrusted in 2013 to British architect David Chipperfield, whose design will completely restore the legibility of the building's burdened history.
The Archive Gallery is a pilot project focused on examining and mediating the historical dimension of the present. This new format intends successively to introduce an open and dynamic form to the generally static connotation associated with the term 'archive'. Changing presentations, which explore various topics and are created in cooperation with international institutions, artists and scholars, are planned for the Archive Gallery; the interactive range will be continually expanded to this end.
8 March 2014 – 6 September 2015
The Archive Gallery in Haus der Kunst is a new interdisciplinary research and exhibition center. Housed in a centrally located exhibition space in the museum, the Archive Gallery is the visible memory of the turbulent history and the complex historical process that has made Haus der Kunst what it is today, and that continues to affect its present.
The basis for the Archive Gallery, which was designed by artist and cultural theorist Martin Schmidl, are the holdings of Haus der Kunst's Historical Archive, compiled in 2004 by historian Sabine Brantl. For the first presentation, the selected documents provide information about the building's origins and uses, as well as about how the structure was dealt with during the postwar period. The thematic focus of the selection thus introduces the building's imminent restoration, the planning for which was entrusted in 2013 to British architect David Chipperfield, whose design will completely restore the legibility of the building's burdened history.
The Archive Gallery is a pilot project focused on examining and mediating the historical dimension of the present. This new format intends successively to introduce an open and dynamic form to the generally static connotation associated with the term 'archive'. Changing presentations, which explore various topics and are created in cooperation with international institutions, artists and scholars, are planned for the Archive Gallery; the interactive range will be continually expanded to this end.