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Linden­straße

A Text Installation by Jan Smejkal

“Lindenstraße,” the address of our museum, is also the title of a soap opera which has established its place in Germany’s everyday culture.

Past exhibition

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Libeskind building is marked in green

Where

Libeskind Building level 2, permanent exhibition, segment “The Present”
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

In his Lindenstaße, however, Jan Smejkal transforms the comments which museum visitors make every day into a work of art. On one wall, the comments - removed from their original contexts - are put into a new rhythmical order. A second wall contains colorfully painted text boards full of questions. Seemingly countless interrelations between the texts result in a variety of interpretations.

Exhibition Information at a Glance

  • When 28 Nov 2003 bis 5 May 2004
  • Where Libeskind Building level 2, permanent exhibition, segment “The Present”
    Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
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In front of a wall with labeled colored squares lie labeled color cubes

Text installation Lindenstraße by Jan Smejkal, 2004; Jewish Museum Berlin, Foto: Jens Ziehe

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