The international project “glass – hand formed matter” – backed by art colleges, glass factories and cultural institutions – aims to explore new perspectives for manual glass production in Germany and Europe. Glassmakers, artists, designers and students from Berlin and the German states Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia as well as from Finland and Sweden have been brought together to reinterpret and further develop the millennia-old craft of glassmaking.

In addition to fascinating new objects, the exhibition features films alongside semi-finished products and materials, making manufacturing processes visible and tangible respectively. The show also includes works by six project fellows (Anette Rose, Ingela Johansson, Tue Greenfort, Riikka Latva-Somppi und Un/Making Studio, Anu Penttinen und Helmi Remes, Boom!) and their artistic investigations of various aspects of glass: the material as well as its production.

A catalog will be published to accompany the exhibition.

Visit the project website.

Artistic director and curator of the exhibition: Barbara Schmidt, weißensee kunsthochschule berlin
Design of exhibition architecture: David Röder, supported by Barbara Schmidt and Steffen Schuhmann

Advertising design by weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, FG Visual Communication, Paula Meyer-Clason, using: Fluctus, design and photo by Elif Çak and Karl-Ferdinand Ludwig Neukirch, Still Life, Milla Vainio, photo: Inga Masche.

PROGRAM FOR THE EXHIBITION

Curator’s tour with Barbara Schmidt (in German)
Sun, 3/7, 3–4 pm
Sun, 17/7, 3–4 pm

Summer Festival
Thu, 7/7, 6–8 pm
Show & Tell: Students provide information about their exhibited works, their conceptual ideas, and the processes involved in creating them.

Free guided tour through the exhibition with art historian Lena Angelstein (in German)
Sun, 7/24, 3–4 pm
Sun, 7/31, 3–4 pm

Vacation programs for children
Fri, 7/22, 10 am–1 pm
Clang! Pling! Klong! Interactive guided tour and workshop on the subject of glass (in German).
For children (8–12 years), limited number of participants (max. 8 children), the program is free of charge.

Thu, 4/8, 10 am–1 pm
How does color get into glass? Interactive guided tour and workshop on the subject of glass and color (in German).
For children (8–12 years) and families, limited number of participants (max. 8 children + adults), the program is free of charge. Registration required. Binding registration at: n.mueller@broehan-museum.de

Family Sunday
Sun, 17/7, 11–12:30 am
Guided tour and colorful glass experiments for young and old alike.
For children (6–12 years), limited number of participants (max. 8 children + adults), the offer is free of charge. Registration required. Binding registration at: n.mueller@broehan-museum.de

Museum Sunday/Finissage of the exhibition
Sun, 7/8, 2–4 pm
Show & Tell: Students provide information about their exhibited works, their conceptual ideas, and the processes involved in creating them.