The night sky is the greatest natural phenomenon known to humankind and yet it is at the same time equally accessible to all people on earth. It has always served as a surface for the projection of humankind’s myths and values, and images of human life. These stories are among the oldest in the world. A fascinating piece of human history, mirrored in the network of stars that spans the globe.
The Stiftung Kunst und Natur (Foundation for Art and Nature) developed a program of local and international events, exhibitions, media projects and collaborations.
\nCuratorial Director Claudia Baumhöver and a highly qualified team attended to the realization of this comprehensive project.
\nIn September 2021, this program opened with a three-day festival under the dome of Nantesbuch. \"An experience that is both spiritual and sensual\", said the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
"}],"teamHeadline":"Team","teamMembers":[{"title":"Raoul Schrott","memberCopy":"Writer. He has received numerous awards for his extensive oeuvre, including the Peter Huchel Prize and the Joseph Breitbach Prize. His more than 30 publications include: Gilgamesh (2001), the novel Tristan da Cunha oder Die Hälfte der Erde (2003), Homers Heimat. Der Kampf um Troia und seine realen Hintergründe (2008), this new translation of the Iliad (2008), Die Blüte des nackten Körpers. Liebesgedichte aus dem Alten Ägypten (2010). Most recently, his translation of Hesiod's Theogony (2014), the poetry collection Die Kunst an nichts zu glauben (2015), Erste Erde. Epos (2016), Politiken & Ideen (Essays, 2018) and Eine Geschichte des Windes (novel, 2019). The Atlas der Sternenhimmel und Schöpfungsmythen der Menschheit (Atlas of the Starry Sky and Creation Myths of Mankind) was published by Hanser Verlag on November 18, 2024. Raoul Schrott lives in Austria.
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\n\"Without Heidi Sorg's visual archaeology, these constellations would not be visible in the sky and without Christian Weiblen's spherical geometry, they would be displaced and distorted. It is only in working together with them that the almost completely faded ceiling paintings of the individual cultures can be brought back to light after centuries and millennia.\" (Raoul Schrott on his collaboration with Heidi Sorg and Christian Weiblen)
Author and publisher (belleville-verlag.de). Publications include: Heroine des Grauens, Die Haarmann-Protokolle etc. Exhibitions: Polizeireport München 1799–1999, Phantom der Lust (Kulturhauptstadt Graz), polymorph pervers (Kunstfest Weimar) etc. Co-author of Karmakar's Der Totmacher. Productions: Mishimas Mein Freund Hitler (Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel), Kyffhäuser. Unternehmen Barbarossa. Träume vom Tod! (Volksbühne Berlin) etc. Radio since 1980. Most recently Raoul Schrott’s version of Euripides’ Oresteia.
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designs the user interface, as well as the comprehensive web presence.
\nThe studio specializes in the visualization of information as an interactive web application. The owners David von Buseck, Steffen Hänsch and Sascha Collet implement international projects together with their team. Figures stands for comprehensible and creative information visualizations that enable new perspectives.
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The Stiftung Kunst und Natur (Foundation for Art and Nature) has set itself the task of creating spaces that make the connection between art and nature tangible as elementary poles in the core of human existence. By projecting the stories and worlds of humankind into the stars of night sky, we seek to embody the infinite aspects of nature in culture. No other topic is more appropriate for grasping the connecting space between nature and art than the preoccupation with the night skies of humankind.
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