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reparaturen der welt -
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reparaturen der welt

Introduction:
Exhibition rooms
a) think_pad - "Denkraum"

The eastern room is dedicated to reflection, an exciting mix of real and multimedia forms of expression.
Films of artists and workshops are shown in a 'private' setting.
Slide shows, photo objects, and text presentations thematicize creativity in five areas:
The city as workshop
The city as object to be repaired
Repairs - enacted and provisory
Repairing man and nature
The irreparable
Trinidad Images of exemplary places where repairs are or have been made, of renaturalized monocultures where rain forests now grow, construction sites where buildings and city centers are being restored and which document repairs in very different social and cultural conditions throughout the world - including objects which are irreparable.
The artistic transformation is documented.
Professional workshops are contrasted with improvised ones and to mutant tools:
werk_zeuge are suitcase objects for "do-it-yourselfers" on vacation, workplaces for nomads, "Test Arrangements for the Correction of Rooms Gone Awry".


toolboxes show the fluctuation between goal-oriented, craftsmanlike actions and the apparently unsystematic artistic processes of creation. Objects which have mutated into artworks through creative 'mistakes' show the complex processes of artistic creativity which are comparable to the processes of repair.

think_pad is a forum for presentations. Research results from the Technical University in Munich are presented as creative spaces; book presentations on specific subjects and art performances can be carried out here.
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