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An exhibition based on archive material from the literary forum Leselampe in Salzburg, which has hosted almost all the greats of German-language literature over the past 50 years. A truly unsuitable exhibition space and a tight budget required an exhibition architecture that creates its own spatial atmosphere and at the same time costs little to produce. This led to the development of a modular system consisting of separate exhibition units, which provided sufficient space to hang the exhibits and allowed a flexible arrangement in the room. The focus was to manufacture the exhibition inventory as simple as possible. In addition to the exhibition architecture, a contemporary identity of the exhibition and its accompanying materials had to be designed.

Eine Aus­stellung rund um Archiv­material des Literatur­forums Leselampe in Salzburg, bei dem fast alle Größen der deutsch­sprachigen Literatur in den vergangenen 50 Jahren zu Gast waren. Ein denkbar ungeeigneter Ausstellungs­raum und ein knappes Budget verlangten nach einer Ausstellungs­architektur, die ihre eigene räumliche Atmos­phäre erschafft und zugleich in der Produktion wenig kostet. Das führte zur Entwicklung eines modulartigen Systems aus einzelnen Ausstellungs­einheiten, die für ausreichend Fläche zur Hängung der Exponate sorgten, und eine flexible Anordnung im Raum erlaubten. Auf eine möglichst einfache Herstellung des Ausstellungs­inventars wurde besonders geachtet. Neben der Ausstellungs­architektur galt es einen zeitgemäßen Auftritt der Ausstellung und deren Begleit­materialien zu gestalten.

View of Exhibition room: Wooden cuboid element on left side. Sheets of paper with texts and images are mounted on it. Photo pin-wall in the back. Visitors standig around talking and looking at the exhhibits.
View of Exhibition room: Several wooden cuboids elements. Sheets of paper with texts and images are mounted on the cuboids. Inside a wooden frame metal cords are stretched. Sheets of paper with text are clipped to the cord. Beside visitors talking to each other.
View of Exhibition room from different perspective.
Visitor standing in front of photo pin-wall.
Close-up of photo pin-wall.
Exhibition poster. Two archive photos with partly overlayered title. One photo is crossed out. Information besides the photos.
Cover brochure. Title and Subtitle on blank background.
Double page. Layout with photos and text.
Double page. Layout with photos and text.
Double page. Layout with photos and text.
Back-cover brochure. Handwritten list on blank background.

exhibition design, poster design, editorial design: Gerald Baumgartner
curators: Xaver Bayer, Hanno Millesi
coordination: Magdalena Stieb, Barbara Stasta