Everyone is the centre of the world

Project week as part of the "Art Bridge" programme of BAU - Bahçeşehir University Berlin.

On the large screen there is a photo of a square on which various objects are piled up: a guitar and a bed sheet.

Our intention was to discover similarities between the different cultures and to draw visible lines of connection in order to strengthen the understanding for the other through knowledge of what is common.

The plan included photo walks, experiments with mobile phone cameras and camera obscura, cultural-historical inputs, museum visits and a studio visit. Together with the students, we traced the origins of "modern seeing". How do we "see" today? How did people "see" in the Middle Ages?

The title refers to an important change in European art history: the change to central perspective, in which the vanishing point always refers to the individual viewer. This also expresses the change to the anthropocentric world and self-image of man. Thus, the viewer is at the centre and everyone is the centre of the world.

Young people create shapes on the floor from cut-out flower drawings.
Pupils stand in a dark room lit by blue neon lights. Their shadows are reflected on the wall.

Time period: March 2015
Project Management: Jochen Proehl, Rebecca Raue
Implementation: Jochen Proehl, Rebecca Raue
Educational partners: BAU – Bahçeşehir University Berlin, Sophie-Scholl-Oberschule
Partner: BAU – Bahçeşehir University Berlin

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