INTRO
The show was hosted at the Herderplatz in Weimar and projected onto the Ohm Krüger House as well as onto the statue of Johann Gottfried von Herder.
On this square, the bust of Paul Krüger, former president of the Boers in South Africa, and the statue of eighteenth-century theologian and humanist Johann Gottfried Herder have faced each other for over a century, both wrapped in contemplative silence
Their quite discrepant perspectives on indigenous peoples and foreign tradition proved most inspirational. The show was influenced by the façade paintings and traditional masks of the Ndebele tribes, who were oppressed by Krüger, whereas Herder would have been fascinated by them. The result is a vivid interplay between classical façade and South African language of form
Key challenges
kruger and herder statue dialogue
ndebele facade paintings reference
colonial history reflected in projection
Their quite discrepant perspectives on indigenous peoples and foreign tradition proved most inspirational. The show was influenced by the façade paintings and traditional masks of the Ndebele tribes, who were oppressed by Krüger, whereas Herder would have been fascinated by them. The result is a vivid interplay between classical façade and South African language of form.
CREDITS
Created by Xenorama (Lorenz Potthast, Marcel Bückner, Moritz Richartz, Richard Oeckel, Tim Heinze) together with Thorbjörn Geisler
Many thanks to Genius Loci Festival for bringing us together.
Thanks also to our friends at Urbanscreen for their valuable technical support