Paths to Peace

The basic col­or of peace is shim­mer­ing shades of green, sym­bol­iz­ing hope and the Gar­den of Eden. They pro­vide a rhythm to the exhi­bi­tion and car­ry the exhi­bi­tion texts in con­trast to the dif­fer­ent room tones. In keep­ing with the the­mat­ic focus, a col­or spec­trum (green, red, vio­let, blue) was select­ed for each room to con­vey the respec­tive mood. This col­or dra­matur­gy guides vis­i­tors through the exhi­bi­tion and allows the works to enter into a unique dialogue.

Peace has always been under­stood only in the moment of ten­sion with its antag­o­nist, war. This tilt­ing fig­ure of war and peace gen­er­ates unfold­ing worlds of col­or in the space, which flow across spa­tial inter­sec­tions and fan out the the­mat­ic spaces into diverse dia­logues, refrac­tions, and per­spec­tives between the works. The inher­ent ten­sion of the theme of peace thus becomes tan­gi­ble, and at the same time, this com­po­si­tion struc­tures the nar­ra­tive of the exhibition.

Since the effort for peace con­tin­ues unabat­ed to this day, the final room invites vis­i­tors to active­ly par­tic­i­pate in shap­ing peace. An inter­ac­tive and per­for­ma­tive instal­la­tion, devel­oped by the LWL Muse­um and chezweitz with doc­u­men­tary film­mak­er Heiko Kalm­bach, pos­es par­tic­i­pa­to­ry ques­tions that address cur­rent, per­son­al posi­tions on peace­ful coex­is­tence and reflect the works in the exhibition.