Water, washboard, soap suds – on the cultural history of washing

Emsland Archäologie Museum

With the special exhibition "Water, washboard, soap suds - on the cultural history of washing" the Emsland Archaeology Museum starts into the new season. At the latest with the "invention" of clothing began all "misery" - namely, the need to clean not only the body, but also dirty clothes. In solving this problem, mankind [...]

ParkLicht – Light art at the Koppel lock

Park an der Koppelschleuse An der Koppelschleuse 19, Meppen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

"ParkLicht" features a course of six light art installations. The works of artists from all over Germany react to their surroundings, enter into dialogue with the park and with the coincidences of weather, atmosphere, time of day and season. The artists accentuate undiscovered places, modify known places, create new spaces. The site is opened [...]

Performance: Light bulb music by Michael Vorfeld About the ParkLicht project

Kunstzentrum Koppelschleuse An der Koppelschleuse 19, Meppen, Niedersachsen, Deutschland

Light bulb music is an audio-visual performance whose sounds are created through the use of various light bulbs and electrical control elements. The use of analog light controllers such as switches, dimmers, relays, flasher, etc. leads to multiple variations within the light event and the electrical current flow. This is made audible with the [...]

Under the microscope

Emsland Archäologie Museum

At the beginning of 2023, the Emsland Archaeology Museum received as a gift from the heirs of an enthusiastic amateur archaeologist his collection of archaeologically relevant finds. For decades, the hobbyist meticulously searched the fields around Haren for relics from the Stone Age. The "little stones" collected over many years turned out to be [...]

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