The Long Night of Intercultural Dialog

The Landesmuseum Joanneum opens five of its museums for the “Long Night of Intercultural Dialog” on the 26th of May, 2008 from 18-22 hours. Special mediated programs thematize the intercultural diversity of our globalized world today as well as that of the past.

From Graz to Istanbul!

Already the Ottoman wars allowed Styria to become more closely associated with what are today Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia. Historical processes, structures and developments created a common cultural inheritance. The continuous conflict with the foreign people from the East also led to a confrontation with their culture. The Armory in Graz is one of the most striking symbols of Styria from this period. The mediation program will be complemented by bagpipes player Schulli.

Landeszeughaus
Herrengasse 16
8010 Graz

New and Strange: Cultural Diversity in Old Images

Historical objects also await the young people in the Alte Galerie in Schloss Eggenberg. Here works of art from the Middle-Ages through the Early Modern Period, which depict historical persons of different nations and religious affiliations, are to be seen, for instance, the Three Wise Men who symbolized the entire medieval world. During the workshops the young people deal in small groups with individual subjects and present this to their colleagues.

In Schloss Eggenberg the Coin Cabinet may also be visited.
Alte Galerie im Schloss Eggenberg
Eggenberger Allee 90
8020 Graz

Border Crossings: Art in Intercultural Dialog

The exhibition Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary: Collection as Aleph, which may to be visited till the 26th of October in the Kunsthaus Graz, makes clear how intercultural diversity can function in a globalized art world. In terms of a hybrid, open, trans-national cultural concept, the borders are fluid in a freely operating art world and often independent of nationality. In the dialogic tour relevant differences and common characteristics of the works will be discussed and observations on how “border crossings” are reflected in a private collection will be made.

Kunsthaus Graz
Lendkai 1
8020 Graz

Blood, Sweat and Tears

The special exhibition Blood, Sweat and Tears in the Museum of Folk Life devotes itself to three bodily fluids. These are universal biological facts; however, the way in which each culture deals with them is varied. Who talks with whom, when and how about sweating? To whom does one confess that one has been crying? Why does certain blood count as impure and for whom? The young people approach these and other questions in a dialogic tour through the exhibition.

Volkskundemuseum
Paulustorgasse 11-13a
8010 Graz

The stations / tours for young people are to be booked; the rest of the museum(s) can be visited independently – as one likes. A shuttle bus service between the Graz City Center and Schloss Eggenberg will be available.

Contact:
Mag. Astrid Müller
T: +43 (0)316 8017 9720
M: +43 (0)664 8017 9720
E: astrid.mueller@museum-joanneum.at