Wunder - Miracles, Art, Sciences and Religion

WUNDER (miracles) is an exhibition on the boundaries of occidental rationality; its outer, inner and historical boundaries. Centred around contemporary art, the interdisciplinary exhibition will explore the extraordinary; mysterious healings, incredible natural occurrences and the wondrous unknown, unexpected technical innovations, artistic ideas and also sheer coincidences. The exhibition by the Deichtorhallen Hamburg and Siemens Stiftung, is curated by the Berlin curatorial office Prauth. It will be running from 23 September 2011 to 5 February 2012 in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg.

Besides a great number of artworks the exhibiton also shows scientific and cultural-historical exhibits, like The „Wunderwaffe“ V2 (wonder weapon V2), the Hamburg patent for sparklers (“Wunderkerzen”), historical Wundergläser (a special kind of microscope), votive pictures, a magnetic St. Benedict's crucifix, Sal mirabilis (Glauber salt), beatification files, a splendid Qu’ran, deep sea fish, pamphlets from the 16th Century, a perpetuum mobile as well as magic wands, Aladdin’s wonderlamp, miracle pills, witches’ cauldron and Goethe's conjuring set.

If you can't make it to Hamburg, you either chase the website of Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, or see the exhibition in Austria KUNSTHALLE KREMS, where we will move the exhibition right in time for their March 4 opening. See the Krems website