Soft Power Palace, Kunstgebäude Stuttgart

  • Posters for Soft Power Palace, here »Softpowerprovocation« and »Softpowerpassenger«
    Posters for Soft Power Palace, here »Softpowerprovocation« and »Softpowerpassenger«

Cultural Design for Soft Power Palace, a festival about independent art institutions in Europe. It was initialized by Akademie Schloss Solitude together with the other partners of the Kunstgebäude network (Schauspiel Stuttgart, Merz Akademie, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Theater Rampe, Württembergischer Kunstverein und ifa Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen).

  • Website for Soft Power Palace
    Website for Soft Power Palace

Soft Power Palace’s aim was to establish a cultural exchange program that had never existed before. For eleven days, five artistic initiatives from five European cities were engaged in a public discourse on perspectives for cross-European cultural exchange.

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  • The entrance hall was used for many different purposes, from dining to presenting, to working, to discussing
    The entrance hall was used for many different purposes, from dining to presenting, to working, to discussing
  • Way-finding and explanatory texts about the artist groups
    Way-finding and explanatory texts about the artist groups
  • Big banners were hung among the palace to ask questions about labour and society
    Big banners were hung among the palace to ask questions about labour and society

The work took place in open studios, which invited the participants to enter into conversation with each other. Each day ended with an event on the Open Stage.

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  • At the print approval of »Soft Power Palace«
    At the print approval of »Soft Power Palace«
  • Setting up…
    Setting up…
  • Setting up…
    Setting up…

Within the process we developed the program booklet, website, poster campaign and exhibition graphics with the aim of subtly bringing the discourse to the visitor through the different media.

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  • Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerplanet«
    Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerplanet«
  • Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerparliament«
    Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerparliament«
  • Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerpassion«
    Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerpassion«
  • Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerpolitics«
    Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerpolitics«
  • Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerplaces«
    Various posters were spread among the city, here »Softpowerplaces«
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  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace
  • The brochure for Soft Power Palace
    The brochure for Soft Power Palace

Details

Client Kunstgebäude Stuttgart
Partners Paula Kohlmann und Mareen Wrobel
URL http://www.softpowerpalace.de
Photo credit Harald Völkl [in situ], Studio Tillack Knöll