Fieldwork in the Museum

The Weltkulturen Museum in Frankfurt is the first ethnographic institution in the German-speaking world to develop a new research lab on the borderline between advanced art practice and anthropology. In the Weltkulturen priceless objects, films, and photography from the Frankfurt collection are newly interpreted and prepare the ground for future exhibitions.

OBJECT ATLAS – Fieldwork in the Museum 25 January–16 September 2012  Weltkulturen Museum Schaumainkai 29 Frankfurt am Main, Germany www.weltkulturenmuseum.de

"In all cultures there has been a constant exchange of materials, goods, ideas and people that consciously or unconsciously shapes, turns and shifts our perception. There's always something somewhere from another culture. In this exhibition, artists make the objects move from one thought to another, from one space to another, creating a layering. They situate these objects once again, producing a new mapping for the 21st century. The word "Atlas" gives a geographic body to all these artefacts without reducing them to a single world map." (Otobong Nkanga) ... Click here to read more