farbwerte - color values - flyer 2012
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A nation’s flag is a powerful, yet polarizing symbol and has the ability to invoke a disparate set of sentiments. For this project International designers and artists are given the task of incorporating the German flag into an artwork.TRANSCRIPT
Pride, nostalgia, nationalism and racism. A nation’s flag is a powerful, yet polarizing symbol and has the ability to invoke a disparate set of sentiments.
Initiated in March 2009, the ongoing project Farbwerte – SchwarzRotGold (Color Values - BlackRedGold) is concerned with questions surrounding German identity and its respective forms of public display.
Therefore international designers and artists are given the task of incorporating the German flag into their artwork, using this public object as a medium to illustrate a personal story or point of view. In addition people from various areas of the society and their individual views are portrayed.
Till today there have been projects and exhibi-tions in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tehran, Jakarta, Muscat, Athen, Skopje, Dhaka and Berlin.
Since 2011 selected works that have been created for Farbwerte are for sale in limited editions.
“While other cultures set down a clear structure, ours is imperfect and self-critical. This gives us the freedom to make the best of our situation.”Roland Meyer de Voltaire, 2009
PhoTo: FRAnk RoeSneR/RoBeRT eySolDT
“Not too long ago, the German government was en-couraging people to make more use of public transport or to ride bicycles. It just takes a minor crisis to reveal what is really important in German life.”Boris hoppek, 2009
PhoTo By BoRIS hoPPek
“In 2009 a study en-titled ‘Young people in Germany as the perpetrators and victims of violence’ indicates that about every seventh young person in Germany has pronounced xenophobic tendencies.”Stefanie Murphy Willett , 2009
FlAG: STeFAnIe MuRPhy WIlleTT
DuRInG The eXPo 2010 In ShAnGhAI, MoRe ThAn 1,000 VISIToRS WeRe PoRTRAyeD WITh The GeRMAn FlAG.
“Politics in
Germany seem to
be stagnant - after
almost three years
of economic crisis,
people no longer
discuss the issues.” yvonne Paul, 2011
„FlAG In ASPIk“ By yVonne PAul
“Why must the
Deutsche Bank
actually always
be blue? ”Gerhard Bär, 2009
PlASTInATeD FlAG: GeRhARD BäR
When I was a little
kid, I liked to draw
German castles.” Jeremy Traum, 2009
IlluSTRATIon: JeReMy TRAuM
Farbwerte (Color Values) is an ongoing project. In cooperation with various partners, we arecurrently developing further actions and for-mats.
Artists and designers who want to participate in the ongoing project, or have work that can be sold in the Farbwerte-Gallery, contact us at any time.
We also look forward to companies and insti-tutions that want to support the upcoming projects and formats.
CONTACTFarbwerteRobert eysoldt+49 174 330 44 [email protected]
„The project Farbwerte reflects skepticism and enthusiasm and the resulting variety of standpoints and opinions. The diversity of the objects, images and the respective texts cause a creative impulse necessary for reflection and discourse.“Robert eysoldtInITIAToR AnD CuRAToR oF FARBWeRTe