A suitcase for the last trip

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A suitcase for the last trip is a touring exhibition on the subject of death that has been shown in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia and Mexico since 2006. The idea and concept come from the author, undertaker and grief counselor Fritz Roth . The exhibition focuses on the finiteness of life and documents the subjective way of dealing with death.

Project

In preparation for his art project, Fritz Roth wrote to around 6,000 people in Germany asking them to participate, from whom he selected 103. In 2005, they received identical suitcases with the dimensions 35 × 55 cm, combined with the request to pack them within two months symbolically for their last trip with things that make their life unmistakable. Each suitcase is accompanied by a profile of the person who packed it, which, in addition to age and occupation, records the personal notes and thoughts when packing the suitcase and provides information about the selected suitcase contents. In addition to personal items such as family photos or pipes, many participants chose symbolic exhibits, such as their own footprints cast in sand or a skeleton with a skull. Some suitcases were also returned empty.

On January 15, 2006, the film Once Beyond and Back by Phillip Engel, which shows the development and course of the art project, was first broadcast on ARD . He accompanies two of those involved, a 64-year-old master butcher and a 25-year-old design student. The 2006 book Once Beyond and Back: A Suitcase for Fritz Roth's Last Journey documents the art project.

The suitcases were first exhibited on May 19, 2006 in Roth's home town of Bergisch Gladbach . Since then, they have been shown as a touring exhibition throughout Germany as well as in Lucerne , Vienna , Moscow and Mexico , supplemented by further suitcases from the respective exhibition locations. For the Moscow exhibition as part of the Germany Year of the Goethe Institute in Russia, the exhibition was expanded in 2013 by 50 suitcases from Russian participants. For the Germany Year 2016 in Mexico City, the concept was retained and 50 suitcases from Germany and 50 from Mexico were exhibited.

Involved

In addition to non-prominent people of different professions and of different ages, well-known people, such as the journalist Franz Alt , writer and journalist Susanne Fröhlich , cabaret artist Jürgen Becker , artist and author Horst Tress , journalist and writer Alexander Graf von Schönburg-Glauchau and Gert Scobel are involved in the project , artist Knopp Ferro , artist and musician Jürgen Schmitt , musician Stephan Maria Glöckner , documentary filmmaker Andreas Kieling , pop singer and songwriter Purple Schulz , star chef Hans Stefan Steinheuer , florist Gregor Lersch , theologian Manfred Becker-Huberti , nursing scientist Christel Bienstein , Paulus Terwitte , Director of Rundfunks Berlin-Brandenburg Dagmar Reim , the moderators Volker Wieprecht , Astrid Frohloff , Sascha Hingst and Barbara Stöckl , cathedral chapter in Vienna Anton Faber , the politicians Waltraud Klasnic , Marc Jan Eumann , Peter Paul Ahrens , Dagmar Freitag , Thorsten Schick , Mich ael Scheffler , Stefan Mörsdorf , Stephan Toscani and Reinhold Hilbers , anatomist, scientist and entrepreneur Gunther von Hagens and death benefit and ethics researcher Franco Rest .

Traveling exhibition (selection)

literature

  • Fritz Roth: Once beyond and back: A suitcase for the last trip . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2006, ISBN 3-579-03251-8 .
  • Fritz Roth: Museo de Arte Popular Hacia El Mas Alla Y De Regresso . Secretaria de Cultura del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Mexico, 2017, ISBN 978-607-97210-1-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive press releases. (No longer available online.) In: erzbistum-muenchen.de. www.erzbistum-muenchen.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.erzbistum-muenchen.de  
  2. ↑ The suitcases for the last trip are packed. In: aerztezeitung.de. Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
  3. ^ Exhibition "A suitcase for the last journey". In: ekir.de. Ekir.de, accessed on November 5, 2015 .
  4. ↑ 3sat TV program Sunday, April 20th In: 3sat.de. Retrieved November 16, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Fritz Roth: Once Beyond and Back. A suitcase for the last trip . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2006, ISBN 3-579-03251-8 ( reading sample [PDF]).
  6. ↑ Traveling exhibition: A suitcase for the last trip. In: puetz-roth.de. www.puetz-roth.de, accessed on November 16, 2015 .
  7. ^ Haan: Exhibition: A suitcase for the last trip. In: rp-online.de. RP ONLINE, accessed November 4, 2015 .
  8. ↑ Cultural Topic May 28, 2013: A suitcase for the last trip | Culture Info | SWR2. In: swr.de. swr.online, accessed on November 17, 2015 .
  9. ↑ Packing, now? | Moscow German newspaper. In: mdz-moskau.eu. www.mdz-moskau.eu, accessed on November 17, 2015 .
  10. ↑ Packing suitcases for the afterlife - an exhibition in Moscow. In: 3sat.de. Retrieved November 4, 2015 .
  11. ↑ Once beyond and back. In: www.alemania-mexico.com. Goethe-Institut Mexico, accessed on November 2, 2016 .
  12. ^ A suitcase for the last journey - exhibition in the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. In: berlin.de. Retrieved November 19, 2015 .
  13. ↑ "A suitcase for the last trip". (No longer available online.) In: aspetos.at. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; Retrieved November 19, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aspetos.at
  14. ^ Suitcase exhibition in the Friedenskirche. In: derwesten.de. IKZ-Online.de, accessed on November 19, 2015 .
  15. ↑ The Saarland State Parliament: State Parliament President Stephan Toscani opens the exhibition “Once Beyond and Back - A Suitcase for the Last Journey” in Lebach ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved December 2, 2018 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.landtag-saar.de
  16. ↑ Fritz Roth: Once Beyond and Back. A suitcase for the last trip . Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 2006, ISBN 3-579-03251-8 , pp. 7–15 ( excerpt [PDF]).
  17. ^ Exhibition in Bad Neuenahr: Once Beyond and Back | GA Bonn. www.general-anzeiger-bonn.de, accessed on November 17, 2015 .
  18. ↑ Deutschlandfunk Kultur: Fortune Cookies for God, August 10, 2006. Accessed May 7, 2017
  19. ↑ A suitcase for the last trip. In: mqw.at. Museumsquartier Wien, accessed on November 5, 2015 .
  20. ^ "Suitcase for the last trip" in the old pumping station in Haan. In: derwesten.de. WAZ, accessed November 5, 2015 .
  21. ^ Offenburg: Ritterhaus: Offenburg Museum shows 99 suitcases for the last trip - badische-zeitung.de. www.badische-zeitung.de, accessed on November 17, 2015 .
  22. ↑ Archive press releases. (No longer available online.) Www.erzbistum-muenchen.de, formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2015 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.erzbistum-muenchen.de  

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