Mariaschein (Bohosudov) is one of the most visited places of pilgrimage in northern Bohemia. In this context, various picture postcards were printed from the end of the 19th century. They were used both as souvenirs and as postcards in their primary use and were sent all over the world.
The motifs on the cards follow certain patterns: significant perspectives of the town, the church, the founding history or interior shots are repeated, but there are also rarer or different views in the selection of images. This spectrum of the image side is also reflected on the backs of the cards, from unused, unused to a very personal dedication to a specific person and their place of residence.
In a staged reading, Jan Kvapil gives a brief historical insight into the postcard and presents a few examples of cards from a collection in image and text, in Czech and German, in language and song ... ... Pieces of a puzzle that reflect the world, a mental map of Europe starting from one place. Questions of the use, illustration and labeling of messages can be derived. The picture postcard proves to be a highly complex medium in which the small and the large, the insignificant and the significant, the solemn and the everyday are very closely linked.
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An exhibition entitled THIS COULD BE A PLACE OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE is being held in parallel at the Torhaus Wehlen Gallery. It is an initiative of the Schenkung Sammlung Hoffmann Dresden with a work by Braco Dimitrijevic, who questions our understanding of history in his post-historical arrangements. The other artists participating in the exhibition extend this approach with their own critical positions on the reception of history.
Artists: Braco Dimitrijević, Frenzy Höhne, Eva Jiřička, Lexa Peroutka & Nongkran Panmongkol, Steffen Schiemann, Antje Seeger.
Curation: Dirk Großer
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A visit to this event can be easily combined with events of the Czech-German Culture Days, e.g. the film "Tancuj Matyldo" in the Königsteiner Lichtspiele.
This event is co-financed by tax funds on the basis of the budget approved by the Saxon state parliament.