Unboxing Past

by Helgard Haug / Rimini Protokoll

The project’s point of departure is 105 archive boxes in the depot of the Archaeological Museum Frankfurt labelled “Synagogue”. They contain stones, tiles, shards, utensils and everyday objects, as well as parts of the Torah shrine of the Börneplatz Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main, which was brutally destroyed during the November pogroms in 1938.

Unboxing Past is an artistic project by Helgard Haug / Rimini Protokoll and METAhub that accompanies the opening of archive boxes and the related work processes.

Unboxing Past is also a digital meeting space and archive – to which you are invited! Join the process of unboxing one of 105 archive boxes virtually!

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How to Participate

Unboxing Past invites as many different people as possible to exchange their thoughts about remembrance and how to deal with history. As diverse as the participants may be, the composition of the teams is also about achieving the greatest possible heterogeneity. In addition to specifically-addressed individuals and target groups, we also welcome your participation if interested.

Find out how to participate here!

Team

with the archeologist Dr. Thorsten Sonnemann

Concept, Direction: Helgard Haug / Rimini Protokoll

Dramaturgy: Moritz von Rappard

Production Support: Hannah Baumann, Özlem Türkan
Cutting: Juan Pablo Bedoya
Space: Hagen Bonifer
Video setup: Yannic Bill
Development and Design of the digital space for encounter and archive: Fachrichtung Kommunikationsdesign des Fachbereichs Gestaltung der University of Applied Sciences Mainz (Isabela Dimarco, Jean Böhm, Prof. Florian Jenett) Responsible Dramatrugs METAhub: Jeanne Charlotte Vogt & Marcus Droß

Partners

Unboxing Past by Helgard Haug/Rimini Protokoll is realized with support by “experimente#digital – eine Kulturinitiative der Aventis Foundation”, in the context of METAhub Frankfurt.

METAhub Frankfurt – Museums, Education, Theatre, Arts – culture in digital and urban space“ is a cooperation project between the Jewish Museum Frankfurt, the Archeological Museum Frankfurt and the Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in partnership with NODE Forum for Digital Arts. Funded by the Digital Fund within the Digital Culture Programme of the German Federal Cultural Foundation, by the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and by the City of Frankfurt Department of Culture and Science.