in_finite. Living with Death

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How do we live with death? What is a good death? What will remain of us? Visitors embark on a tour of the exhibition starting out with these questions and a cinematic prologue about the role of Homo Sapiens in the universe. What makes this special is that the topic is rendered tangible by multimedia and interactive installations and spatial experiences. Members of different religious communities talk about the way they see the afterlife. They become part of a video conference with people from twelve countries who have in common that they accompany other people on their path into death. An audio and light narrative explains the dying process from scientific and medical perspectives. Visitors learn about traditions of handling the bodies of the deceased and Islamic corpse washing. And they are confronted with issues far beyond their own scope: How (un)equal are living and dying conditions around the world? What responsibility do we bear for the deaths of other people? And given the current extinction of species, is even our own species at risk of self-extinction?

Audre Lorde, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Abdulrazak Gurnah, and many other strong literary voices have reflected on dying, mourning, and death. In the final gallery of the exhibition, visitors can browse through a selection of novels, non-fiction, and children’s books compiled by Philipp Khabo Koepsell.

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