Δ STEALTH ARCHITECTURE

An exhibition of the Architecture & Critical Spatial Practice Class, Städelschule Frankfurt conceived by Guest Professor Markus Miessen with Iva Baljkas, Christoph Esser,Matthias Görlich, Flaka Haliti, Armin Linke and Joel Roy.

Within the framework of “Theatrum Mundi/Global Street”, initiated and led by Prof. Richard Sennett and Prof. Saskia Sassen,the Weltkulturen Museum invited Markus Miessen and the Architecture & Critical Spatial Practice (ACSP)classof the Städelschule to contextualize their research on the spatialization of (in)formal trade in Frankfurt basing their inquiries on the history of the museum and its complex connections to local and global commerce. This research involved mapping the various locations of the museum’s collections within Frankfurt. The outcomes of these investigations are showcased in the exhibition “Stealth Architecture” presented in the museum’s project space, the Green Room.

The research and exhibition of the Architecture & Critical Spatial Practice Class feeds into the development of the next major exhibition at the Weltkulturen Museum: “Ware und Wissen / Gift, Legacy, Acquisition, Exchange” (2013-2014). Analysing the diverse relationships that have determined different strategies of acquisition and appropriation, as well as methods employed in the administration of ‘foreign’ objects the exhibition aims to recast the history of the museum’s ethnographic collection. It seeks to raise critical awareness of the contexts, access to, and re-organisation of knowledge based on artefacts gathered from different parts of the world.

www.theatrum-mundi.org

www.criticalspatialpractice.org

www.staedelschule.de

Weltkulturen Labor, Green Room
Schaumainkai 37, 60594 Frankfurt
 

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Δ TRADING STYLE – Weltmode im Dialog

Until 27th October 2013

What does fashion tell us about society? How do styles travel and mediate identity?

In an unprecedented dialogue between past and present worlds of fashion, “TRADING STYLE” presents over 500 historic objects, photographs and films from the Weltkulturen Museum’s collection together with new designs for clothing and accessories by four international fashion labels: Buki Akib(NG), A Kind of Guise (DE), CassettePlaya (UK) and P.A.M./Perks and Mini (AU).

Working in residence at the museum’s lab during 2012, each team of designers investigated the ethnographic collections and created new prototype garments inspired by their selection.

With artefacts from Angola, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Germany, Greenland, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Iran, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Micronesia, Namibia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tierra del Fuego, Togo, Uganda, the United States and Venezuela.

Art Director: Teimaz Shahverdi.

The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive publication (Kerber Verlag).

Produced in cooperation with Theatrum Mundi / Global Street(theatrum-mundi.org).

Supported by Hessische Kulturstiftung, ARTE, BritishCouncil and Ambiente. Media Partner: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Participating fashion designers:
A Kind of Guise (Germany) www.akindofguise.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor April 2012

CassettePlaya (Great Britain) www.cassetteplaya.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor May/August 2012

Buki Akib (Nigeria) www.bukiakib.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor June 2012

Perks and Mini/P.A.M (Australia) www.perksandmini.com Residency Weltkulturen Labor July 2012

Weltkulturen Limited Edition: “Collection of the Collection”
Based on the exhibition “TRADING STYLE”, six designers develop new limited editions that are presented and sold at the Weltkulturen Museum. The Berlin label “New Tendency” (www.newtendency.de) creates an exclusive edition of bags. Further editions include productions by Saskia Dietz and uslu airlines. Click here for more information.

Tue-Sun, 11am-6pm, Wed, 11am-8pm
Entrance Museum: €5 / reduced €2.50
Schaumainkai 29, 60594 Frankfurt

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