The Raft of the Medusa

A space of sound and art to unfold your own memories, feelings and thoughts about the people who have been lost on their escape.

"The Raft of the Medusa" is based on a sound and film adaptation of the painting of the same name by Théodore Géricault and refers to the scene of a shipwreck off Lampedusa on October 3, 2013. Film poems and soundscapes by Mariko Takahashi and Stefan Winter appear in a web of threads created by textile artist Karen Modrei.

In this world of images and sounds, voices recite the dates and names of people who have been lost to the world during their flight. While the voices echo in the room, Karen Modrei constantly tries to capture these dates and names with her knitting machine, to hold on to them and create a fabric that grows in the room and expands incessantly. The exhibition will include artist talks, readings from "Todesursache: Flucht - Eine unvollständige Liste", edited by Kristina Milz and Anja Tuckermann, "Schiffbruch vor Lampedusa", written by Davide Enia, as well as film screenings of "Tod vor Lampedusa. Europe's fall from grace" by Ellen Trapp and Natalie Amiri.

Supported by the Verein Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst, Bezirksausschuss 3 Maxvorstadt der Landeshauptstadt München and donations.