The “animals of Africa”
The “animals of Africa” whose skins, skulls and horns were brought to Bern from hunting expeditions al-most 100 years ago can still be admired today in the habitat dioramas of the Natural History Museum in Bern.
Factsheet
- Lead school Bern Academy of the Arts
- Institute(s) Institute Practices and Theories in the Arts
- Research unit(s) Art as Research: artistic creation and epistemologies
- Funding organisation SNSF
- Duration 01.10.2020 - 31.12.2024
- Project management Prof. Dr. Priska Gisler
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Priska Gisler
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Project staff
Sarah Csernay
Luzia Hürzeler
Marleen Gerhold -
Partner
Universität Bern
ETH
Kunstmuseum Bern
Naturhistorisches Museum Bern
Universität Hamburg
Situation
This interdisciplinary project examines how, and based on what precedents, these donations were prepared to create seemingly “living” animals, into what “landscapes” they were integrated, and how these dioramas were maintained over time.
