VERDECKTE ADRESSATEN

November 09, 2011 to November 25, 2011

In Memoriam Anneliese Knoop-Graf
The second part of a curatorial project on the relationship between information and the public; with contributions by Katrin Mayer and the artist group Metahaven; curated by Doreen Mende and Axel J. Wieder

Opening: November 8, 2011
7pm Opening Speech | Lichthof LMU
7:30pm Artist talk with Katrin Mayer | DenkStätte Weiße Rose

PLATFORM3 is delighted to present a joint project initiated by the White Rose Foundation e.V., which explores the role of pamphlets as a means of political resistance. Verdeckte Adressaten examines historical forms of media communication as well as the distribution paths of regime-critical content, with the goal of transposing them into the present and developing new artistic formats to house them.

The design and research studio Metahaven (NL) initiates a large scale mailing campaign. In the letters generated by Metahaven, the recipient will find enclosed a “credit card,” whose one side has a mirror finish, and whose other side is magnetized. With their surfaces that have opposite effects, these cards become carriers of a compelling paradox. This artistic intervention will be documented in an exhibition at the Weiße Rose memorial site.

Katrin Mayer (D) is conducting a research project that will culminate in a brochure. Her research focuses on oppositional behavior and activities by youth during the Nazi era and draws on recent studies that reveal a richer, more nuanced image of resistance during the Third Reich. Special attention is given to counter-culture youth clubs that have been all but forgotten in the post-war history of the Federal Republic of Germany, for example the Swing Jugend, the Edelweißpiraten, the Blasen etc.

This project was initiated in memory of Dr. h.c. Anneliese Knoop-Graf. She was the younger sister of Willi Graf, one of the members of the Weiße Rose murdered by the Gestapo, and worked tirelessly until her death on August 27th, 2009 to further the legacy of the Weiße Rose. In his farewell letter on the day of his execution on October 12, 1943, Willi Graf asked his sister to convey one last wish to their friends: "They must continue what we have started."

Thanks to: Family Knoop, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, RischArt_Projekt as well as Unipas Leerdam.