Into the trees, Günter Grass-Haus Lübeck, exhibition design

Visitors enter the exhibition, and are first immersed in the »healthy forest«

The interactive audio element invites you to linger and listen

Text fragments from the novel »die Rättin« and edited forest photos overlap and interweave with each other

Colouring murals for children

The »healthy forest« is contrasted with »destroyed nature« on the reverse side of the panels

Perspective on the film collage with impressions from the 1980s

Via QR codes, an audio guide with extended information can be accessed with one's own smartphone

The exhibition intro immerses visitors in a different atmosphere with a projected rat in space, combined with forest sounds with glitch effects

Participatory wall design in the entrance area of the Günter Grass-Haus

Into the Trees

The special exhibition “Into The Trees” at the Günter Grass House in Lübeck spans the period from today back to the 1980s. Grass addressed the apocalyptic mood of the decade in his novel “Die Rättin” (The Rat). “Into the Trees” takes up the theme of the novel and interweaves it with the significance of the forest in the work of the writer, painter, and sculptor Günter Grass, for whom the loss of the forest meant above all a loss of culture. It also asks what relationship we ourselves have today with the forest, which has become an important place for many, especially in the pandemic period that has just passed.

The exhibition scenography weaves together texts, images, drawings, sculptures, audio and film sequences in a way that allows visitors to immerse themselves in the forest and Grass’s multifaceted work. On the displays (metal grids) floating freely in the room, visitors can discover the “intact forest” on one side and the human-destroyed forest on the other. A bright, round clearing invites visitors to linger. The interactive seating element features the audio track for the film shown next to it with Volker Schlöndorf, as well as poems and text fragments by Günter Grass. An analog paper book in the clearing and QR codes in the exhibition space allow visitors to explore more in-depth content.
Category:
Scenography
Graphic design

Curated by: T. Dübbel
Video: nineteentwentyfour
Soundscape Staircase/Intro: D. Eulberg
Animation: Die Infografen, flex

Associated services:
Conception
Design
Execution planning
Graphic Design exhibition/book + flyer/poster

Duration of the exhibition:
08.07.2021 – 13.03.2022

Location:
Lübeck

Client:
Günter Grass-Haus Lübeck
www.grass-haus.de

Photo Credits:
Michael Haydn (1)
Gertje König (2-14)