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All Hands On: Basketry
Basketry is a cultural technique that is thousands of years old, practised worldwide, regionally distinctive and still a handicraft in the truest sense of the word.
Fruchtbart, Serbien, vor 1936
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug
Nest einer Feldmaus
© Ingo Arndt
Flechtwerk „Kumo“ der Flechtwerkgestalterin Megumi Higuchi, Oberursel, 2020
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug
Rucksack „Tarzan“ der Flechtwerkgestalterin Rosa Gies, Detail, Oberfranken, 2020
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug
Der geflochtene Garten, Olaf Holzapfel, 2022
© Jens Ziehe
„ALL HANDS ON: Flechten“ im Museum Europäischer Kulturen, Ausstellungsansicht
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / David von Becker
Ansicht der Ausstellung „ALL HANDS ON: Flechten“
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker
Ansicht der Ausstellung „ALL HANDS ON: Flechten“
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker
Hands-On-Station "Nachrichten verflechten"
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / David von Becker
Interaktive Station „Flechten heißt entscheiden!“, 2021
© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug
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Humans alone have mastered the complex weaving method, with no machine capable of replacing their artisanship. The exhibition focuses on this fascinating skill and reveals the interconnections between historically evolved knowledge and modern innovations.
The exhibition’s four sections – People, Protection, Material and Patterns – offer visitors the chance to discover numerous woven everyday objects from across Europe stemming from the Museum Europäischer Kulture (MEK, Museum of European Cultures) collection. A walk-in sculptural installation by artist Olaf Holzapfel and other international contemporary art and design works using various weaving techniques offer additional perspectives on the artisanal tradition.
The different topics are linked via multiple interactive stations that allow museum visitors to tactically experience the intangible cultural heritage contained in woven objects. Therefore – ALL HANDS ON: Basketry!
A special exhibition by the MEK – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in cooperation with the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH), the European Ethnology programme at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, the European Media Studies programmes at the University of Potsdam and the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, and the Gartenarbeitsschule Steglitz-Zehlendorf.
Supported by the Friede Springer Stiftung and the Verein der Freunde des MEK.
Runtime: Tue, 24/05/2022 to Sun, 24/05/2026
Price: €8.00
Reduced price: €4.00
Reduced price info: Children and and young people up to the age of 18 are eligible for free admission.
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