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| Free of Charge |
| Meeting point: Foyer |
| Duration: 90 min |
| Adults |
| German |
| 3rd floor |
| max. 15 persons |
| Belongs to: Ethnological Collections and Asian Art |
The present is characterised by a flood of information and impressions. Many people frequently lack the time to focus on something, to enter into a relationship with their environment or to acknowledge mindfully the objects around them. Also, during a museum visit, the quantity of information is often too heavy to get on top of. With the smartphone, you can indeed photograph exhibits as a memento, but how closely have you actually looked at them?
Drawing museum objects presents a contrast to the quick tour and the excess of visual and acoustic impressions. To record something through drawing requires mindful seeing and time.
This not only has a positive effect on cognitive abilities but also on the intellectual senses. At the moment of concentration, the head and spirit are at rest and a space for new findings opens up.
Carolina Pretell, born and raised in Argentina.
She studied Fine Art in Argentina and Art History/Ancient American Studies in Berlin. Interest in the practical and theoretical examination of art is the central theme of her various activities. The experimental and transient play a significant role in her own artistic practice. Populated by plants and other found materials, her studio has the character of a laboratory. In her many years of work as a course instructor and art mediator she has constantly promoted a mindful realisation of the exterior and interior world. Beyond the artistic demands, the practice of drawing enables a deeper way of seeing, which is accessible to every human being.
Following this approach, she opens the space in the Humboldt Forum to look closer at museum exhibits with pen and paper in hand and to record them by drawing.