| Reflecting by Doing Conceiving and creating an exhibition on the history and the collections of The Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo A workshop arranged byInternational Curatorial Academy, Graz, and the Institute for Art in Context, University of the Arts, Berlin, Germany in collaboration with the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo and supported byGoethe-Institute Sarajevo Department for Art History, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Sarajevo, March 27-30, 2008 at the Goethe-Institute and the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo Opening of the exhibition: Saturday, March 29, 8 pm, Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zmaja od Bosne 5, 71 000 Sarajevo Concept Instead of discussing theoretical issues, this workshop aims at learning and reflecting by doing: goal of the workshop is to set up a small however substantial exhibition on the collections of the Historical Museum of B & H within two days. In order to achieve this goal, 30 objects will be chosen from the different collections of the Museum; these objects have to match two conditions: to portrait a specific aspect of the museum's holdings and, by this, of the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and, furthermore, to associate with one specific letter of the Bosnian alphabet. The result will be the core of an 'encyclopedia' on the history of Bosnia and Herzegovina as far it is represented by the collections of the Historical Museum - an exhibition that can be extended as well as refined in the future. The Historical Museum of Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina was founded in 1945 as the Museum of National Liberation, in 1949 re-named Museum of National Revolution of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and in 1993 given its current name and mission by law. Housed in an interesting modernist building, erected 1963 especially for its purposes, the museum holds vast collections on the Medieval, Ottoman, Austro-Hungarian and pre-World War II periods. The workshop is open for curators and senior students only and will be conducted by Prof. Dr. Michael Fehr, Berlin, and Dr. Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen, Graz; supported by Asja Mandic, Sarajevo, and Sabine Fauland, Graz. Program Thursday, 27.03.2008, 5 - 8 pm, Goethe-Institute Muhiba Kaljanac, Director, Historical Museum of B & H: Introduction into the History and Collections of the Historical Museum of Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina Michael Fehr & Bettina Habsburg-Lothringen: How to set up an exhibition on a museum in two days Friday, 28.03.2008, 9 am - 6 pm Mining the Historical Museum of Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Making decisions about what to exhibit; research on the background of respective objects; preparing for the exhibition; setting up a webpage Saturday, 29.03.2008, 9 am - 6 pm Setting up the exhibition including its documentation 8 pm:Opening of the exhibition for the public Sunday, 30.03.2008, 10-12 am |