Inspirational image for Baden-Baden Satellite Reef, by Christine Wertheim.
In 2022, Museum Frieder Burda in Germany will present a museum-wide retrospective of the Crochet Coral Reef highlighting the project’s mathematical and scientific dimensions. Titled Wert und Wandel der Korallen (The Value and Transformation of Coral), the exhibition will survey the 17-year history of this interdisciplinary global happenning by turning the gallery into a submarine paradise. Along with the existing collection of crochet reefs, plus new works by artists Christine Wertheim and Margaret Wertheim, the people of Germany are invited to participate in making nation-wide community reef. This Baden-Baden Satellite Reef will be a unique curatorial collaboration between the Wertheim sisters and German reefers inspired by the discovery of an ancient “pinnacle reef” in the remote Pacific Ocean east of the Great Barrier Reef. All participants will have their names included on the gallery walls and in the accompanying exhibition catalog. For inspirational images by the artists, and to participate in this reef, see here on the dedicated Crochet Coral Reef website.
Wert und Wandel der Korallen is curated by Udo Kittelman in collaboration with the Wertheims.
Location: Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden Germany.
Exhibition dates: Jan 29 – June 26, 2022
Baden-Baden Satellite Reef: launched in Burda Style magazine
Crochet Coral Reef website: exhibitions page
