Current: Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects
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Current: Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects
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Current: Mining Photography. The Ecological Footprint of Image Production
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Current: Mining Photography. The Ecological Footprint of Image Production
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Spotlight
Spotlight
Fri 24.11.23 − Sun 12.05.24

New “Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects” exhibition

Exhibition

Current exhibitions

24.11.23 – 12.05.24

Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects

Perfectly Imperfect – Flaws, Blemishes and Defects
Mistakes occur, accidents happen, things get damaged. This is part of our everyday experience, and we learn to use various strategies to cope with imperfection. Errors also crop up in the material world of design and manufacturing, because of poor decisions and carelessness, technical deficiencies and design faults, or the intractable nature of the materials themselves. The consequences are ranging from minor blemishes right through to disastrous production failures.
Exhibition
Mining Photography. The Ecological Footprint of Image Production
22.09.23 – 21.01.24
Mining Photography. The Ecological Footprint of Image Production
Ever since its invention, photography has relied on the extraction and exploitation of natural resources. In the 19th century these were salt, copper and silver, in the age of digital photography and smartphones, image production requires rare earths and other metals.
Exhibition

Forthcoming exhibitions

MATERIAL ARCHIV

MATERIAL ARCHIV
Fotos: Michael Lio

Please feel free to touch! From glass, metal, wood, paper, plastic and stone to ceramics, colour pigments, textiles and leather – the permanent MATERIAL ARCHIV exhibition is an interactive laboratory for studying materials. It is like a vast, three-dimensional textbook with an online database, some 1,000 specimen materials, experiment tables, video and audio stations and a library, all offering an in-depth yet enjoyable way of finding out about the world of materials. The MATERIAL ARCHIV is thus a fun learning opportunity, as well as a place where interested members of the public, specialists and students of all ages can carry out research and make discoveries.
 

Permanent exhibition

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