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 July 5, 2023
• Exhibitions “Munich Displaced”

Two exhibitions in Munich are dedicated to the research of a blank space in German Remembrance Culture: the history of the so-called “Displaced Persons” (DPs). The term refers to all those foreign civilians who, after 1945, found themselves outside their homeland as a result of the Second World War and were unable to return to their homeland without further ado. The group of DPs is very diverse, including political prisoners, concentration camp inmates, civilian Eastern European workers, former forced laborers, and collaborators.

The exhibition of the Münchener Stadtmuseum “Munich Displaced. After 1945 and without a Homeland”, the Munich City Museum sheds light on the history of this group from a local perspective and shows how these communities lived and worked in Munich after 1945, determined to shape their own destiny. In a parallel exhibition titled “MUNICH DISPLACED. The Surviving Remnant” the Jewish Museum Munich focuses on the history of the Jewish DPs in Munich. By holding the two exhibitions at the same time, the histories of the DP communities are to be placed in interrelated context.

> Where: Münchener Stadtmuseum, St.-Jakobs-Platz 1, 80331 Munich / Jewish Museum Munich, St.-Jakobs-Platz 16, 80331 Munich.

> When: July 5, 2023 – January 7, 2024 / July 5, 2023 – March 17, 2024

 September 14, 2023
• gewerk in the garden #4

The fourth issue of the event series “gewerk in the garden” focuses on the topic of design and capitalism. Capitalism is much more than just an economic system. Its logic has long permeated all parts of our lives. So how should we deal with capitalism, its structures and effects, as a society, as cultural professionals, as creatives and designers? What is the relationship between capitalism and design? Can design contribute to a change, even undermine capitalist structures? Together with our guests and exciting lectures by our speakers, we will discuss these and further questions this summer in the lovely backyard of our studio.

Speakers
– Mara Recklies, philosopher with a focus on design, epistemology of design and design criticism, among others at HTW Berlin, Burg Giebichenstein and HFBK Hamburg
– Van Bo Le-Mentzel, architect and designer, was a professor at the HFBK Hamburg and curator of the Bauhaus Campus Berlin

> Where: In the garden of our Berlin studio

> When: September 14, 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.

> Interested? Then send us your registration: inthegarden@gewerk.com

 September 18, 2023
• Opening of the exhibition “Hamburg 1923. A City under Threat”

The exhibition “Hamburg 1923. A City under Threat” focuses on the so-called “Hamburg Revolt”, which put the city in a state of emergency exactly one hundred years ago, in the course of ongoing domestic political disputes in the still young Weimar Republic. In the fall of 1923, armed workers and functionaries of the KPD erected barricades throughout the city and engaged in brutal street battles with the police. With reference to the economic and social situation of the city and its inhabitants at that time, the political system of the city as well as that of the Weimar Republic is researched against the backdrop of these riots, which went down in history as the bloodiest revolt in Hamburg with numerous deaths and injuries. With this exhibition, the Museum of Hamburg History not only provides us with exciting insights into the turbulent political history of today’s Hanseatic city, but also calls us to consider how we want to shape our democracy. A visit is therefore worthwhile!

> Where: Museum of Hamburg History, Holstenwall 24, 20355 Hamburg

> When: September 18, 2023 – January 7, 2024

Profile: Roughly, our projects can be divided into three different phases: evaluation, design, and implementation. Our team offers all three of these services. In order to see the approved design translated into the imagined form, trusting us with the implementation phase of the project is especially important. Resulting from this particular approach are both a design product and a process custom-made for our clients.

Evaluation: In the beginning of a designing process it is of key importance to thoroughly register the task in its entirety and to take all its complex implications into account. Best practice for this is listening attentively and observing the rooms and situations to be designed carefully. Working together, communicating openly and at eye level, the project with gather momentum and live up to its potential.

Design: As soon as the evaluation is complete, the next task is to agree upon a design solution and to identify the creative tools and resources that will lead to this solution, rendering the design process  constructive, time-saving, and cost-efficient for all involved.

Implementation: For the implementation phase it takes experience, reliability and perseverance. Many of our clients have been working with us for years, rely on several of our services and entrust us with their projects through many stages of its development.

We assemble our team according to the respective phase of the project and rely on a network of partners and experts for very specific tasks.