Exhibition: Faith Travels by Streetcar

How do faith, norms and freedom relate to each other? Does faith necessarily imply a restriction of freedom? When and how do the beliefs of religious communities and secular societies become visible, and how do religious conventions as well as normative practices change in the course of time? Bringing together everyday objects from different monotheistic and secular contexts, Faith Travels by Streetcar invites to reflect on these questions. The exhibition focusses on the thematic fields of “clothing,” “food,” and “children’s toys,” showing that rules and norms limiting the freedom of the individual exist in all societies and are not specific to certain religious communities.

Program

30 May 2024, 6 pm

Vernissage, including welcome remarks and an introduction to the exhibition

by A. Ali, S. Maneval, T. Greaves, in Mitte Museum

2 June 2024, 11 am to 3 pm

Public opening workshop (in German), including talks and a panel discussion by contributors to the Faith Travels by Streetcar publication

Begrüßung und Einführung in die Ausstellung

Stefan Maneval

11:30 Von blinden Flecken, leeren Kisten und roten Tüchern

Podiumsgespräch zwischen A. Shulamit Bruckstein und Stefan Maneval

12:00 About the Installation

Artist’s talk by Tim Greaves (in englischer Sprache)

12:15 Lunch break

13:15 Über die graphische Gestaltung

Designer’s talk, Eps51

13:30 Im Spiegel des Kolonialismus. Christlich-Muslimische Begegnungen in den Niederlanden

Wietske de Jong-Kumru

13:45 Kopftuch-Fatigue

Schirin Amir-Moazami

14 Uhr Podiumsdiskussion 

mit Schirin Amir-Moazami, A. Shulamit Bruckstein, Wietske de Jong-Kumru und Stefan Maneval

16 June 2024, 11 am - 3 pm

Remix Workshop 1, providing guided tour through the exhibit and inviting visitors to participate in re-arrangement of the installation

by T. Greaves, S. Maneval

please register here: faith_info(at)timgreaves.net 

30 June 2024, 11 am - 3 pm

Remix Workshop 2, providing guided tour through the exhibit and inviting visitors to participate in re-arrangement of the installation

by T. Greaves, S. Maneval

please register here: faith_info(at)timgreaves.net 

Find more information about the exhibition project here.