Exhibition on the occasion of the 60th day of death

Opening: Thurs. 17th March 2011, 7 p.m.
Location: Schwules Museum, Ground Floor and 2nd Floor (Entry 1st Floor)
Mehringdamm 61, 10961 Berlin

Duration: 18th March - 13th June 2011
Curators: Jan Drehmel, Kristina Jaspers

This exhibition seeks to „contextualize“ Wittgenstein from a variety of perspectives. First of all, we consider his position in the history of European culture and liberal arts, with its highly varied currents from the Viennese fin de siècle to the elite circles at Cambridge. The approach to „contextualization“ can just as well be understood in a geographic sense. Wittgenstein was constantly changing residences, moving back and forth from his birthplace Vienna, his academic activities in Cambridge, as well as his place of refuge at Skjolden in Norway. Characteristic of Wittgenstein was a constant struggle for sincerity and clarity - his search for the „real life“. Two sets of paired opposites, „Sensuality and Asceticism“ and „Speech and Silence“, thus form important leitmotifs in the course of the exhibition. There is almost no document of Wittgenstein's homosexuality. He never expressed himself explicitly on the topic of sexuality, and his friendships with mostly younger men never became the objects of public discussion. His contemplation of the poles of sensuality and asceticism, guilt and atonement will also be examined. This exhibition is presented in co-operation with the Wittgenstein Archive in Cambridge and the Brenner-Archiv in Innsbruck. Many of the documents are being exhibited publicly for the first time.

Event list and exhibition site plan
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Catalogue - sold out !
Ludwig Wittgenstein. Location of a Genius
Jan Drehmel, Kristina Jaspers (Hg.), Junius-Verlag,
152 pages, approx. 80 figs., EUR 19,80

GUIDEDTOURS
Curator guided tours on 6th April, 4th May and 1st June 2011, 6 p.m.
Guided tours for groups upon request.

Promoted by Kulturstiftung des Bundes

EVENTS

Friday 1st April 2011, 7.30 p.m. in the Gay Museum
“Pascal-Gödel – Wittgenstein”
Live performance/ lecture with the Austrian film director and performance artist Mara Mattuschka
In co-operation with the Kino Arsenal, Berlin
On 31st March the three most recent films by Mara Mattuschka will be shown in Kino Arsenal. The artists will be present.

Thursday 14th April 2011, 9 p.m. in the Gay Musem
Film presentation “Wittgenstein”
(UK 1993, production: Derek Jarman, Duration: approx. 75 min.)
Entry €4

Tuesday 26th April 2011, 7.30 p.m. in the English Theatre, Fidicinstraße 40
To commemorate the 122nd birthday of Ludwig Wittgenstein
“Vom Sprechen und Pfeifen” (On Speaking and Whistling)
Reading: Bernhard Schütz, Berlin
Musical accompaniment: Pucker Whistler Helmuth Drevs, Merseburg
In co-operation with Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin

Sunday 1st May 2011, 11.00 a.m. in the Gay Museum
“On Dialogues — Wittgenstein's Literary Style and Philosophical Methods.”
Lecture by David G. Stern, Professor for Philosophy at the University of Iowa.
Moderation: Matthias Kroß, in English
In co-operation with the Einstein-Forum, Potsdam

Tuesday 7th June, 8 p.m. in Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Str. 2
Ludwig Wittgenstein short film programme
With music played by Wolfgang Müller (die tödliche Doris)
In co-operation with Kino Arsenal, Berlin

Wednesday June 8, 2011, 7:30 pm at the Kulturforum der Österreichischen Botschaft
(Stauffenbergstraße 1)
„Der Satz – ein Wortgemälde? Bild und Text bei Ludwig Wittgenstein“ („The Sentence – a Painting in Words? Image and Text in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Work“)
Matthias Kroß and Thomas Macho in conversation (in german language)
please enrol at: kontakt@schwulesmuseum.de
in cooperation with the Humboldt-Universität and the Österreichische Botschaft