29 APRIL 2012 - 29. JULY 2012
During the night of New Year's Eve, December 31, 1922, the first Goetheanum in Dornach burned down, one of the most unusual buildings of its time; the only evidence today giving an impression of the building that had only recently been finished are photos. Produced by Gertrud von Heydebrand-Osthoff, who had studied as a painter, at 2002/2004 the photography ended up in the possession of the Basel-Stadt State Archive.
The exhibition of S AM features the photo series and its meaning in relation to the reception and popularization of the first cult building in Doranch. Stronger as the subsequent second Goetheanum, the first Goetheanum was erected as a collective building, as a construction by and for a community, which is the second theme of the exhibition, a cooperation of S AM with the Basel-Stadt State Archive.
THE EXHIBITION IS SUPPORTED BY:
André und Rosalie Hoffmann
GGG Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige
Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt
Stiftung Edith Maryon
Stiftung Freie Gemeinschaftsbank