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Die GRIMMWELT von A-Z
Special Exhibition
Light-Pictures
Permanent Exhibition
GRIMMWELT adventure space
© GRIMMWELT Kassel | Foto: Nicolas Wefers
| For | Groups |
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Duration |
60 or 90 minutes |
Group size |
max. 15 persons per group |
Languages |
German, English, Italian |
Price |
80 € (60 minutes) or |
Fremdsprachenzuschlag |
20,00 € (60 Minuten) bzw. |
Meeting point |
GRIMMWELT Foyer |
This overview tour through the special exhibition “Light-Pictures. The paper worlds of Alexej Tchernyi” provides an insight into the artist's creative process.
You will learn how paper is turned into artfully constructed portraits and landscapes and how the artist stages these individual components to create detailed and multi-layered dioramas. Tchernyi's works have been on display in the permanent exhibition at GRIMMWELT since 2015 and re-enact scenes from the history of the “German Dictionary” using cinematic and dramaturgical means.
While paper was an important medium for the Brothers Grimm in their work and research into the German language and culture, Alexej Tchernyi turns the material itself into an object of research and is at the center of his artistic practice. He scoops, carves and backlights paper, and in the process of working with it he moves far away from its original state. In addition to a gallery of relief sculptures made of paper and light, the special exhibition will provide insights into the cinematic work of the artist, who, in addition to his work with paper, is also active as an animated film producer and uses techniques similar to those used in the creation of his dioramas.
Five dioramas dedicated to the theme of fairy tales have been created especially for this exhibition. Find out which contributors handed down the fairy tales to the Grimms and be impressed by the wealth of detail in the paper artwork.
Upon availability you will receive a binding booking confirmation.
You would like to book a guided tour at short notice?
For appointments less than a week in advance, please call our booking team at +49 561 707707 (available Mon. - Fri. from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).
Arrival |
On arrival, participants are requested to wait outside the GRIMMWELT building until the tour guide has registered the group at the cash desk and paid the entrance fee. |
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Ticket |
Before the group enters the building, the tour guide will be given a sticker (instead of an individual ticket) for each group member. These stickers must be displayed visibly on group members’ clothing. |
Lockers |
Bags, jackets, coats, etc. must be deposited at the coat rack or in a locker. |
Guided tour |
Payment by bank transfer: You will receive an invoice by email from Kassel Marketing after the tour. The booking confirmation serves as a voucher at the cash desk. |
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Admission charge |
On site at the GRIMMWELT cash desk (cash / EC card / credit card) |
Up to 11 days |
If a booked tour is cancelled up to 11 working days before the scheduled date, a processing fee of 15 € per group will be charged. |
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10 days or less |
The entire sum due must be paid for cancellations made 10 or fewer working days before the scheduled tour date. |
Alighting point |
Visitors arriving by coach should head for the coach stop Brüder-Grimm-Platz (satnav destination: “Brüder-Grimm-Platz”). From the coach stop, follow the signposted pedestrian route to the GRIMMWELT (approx. 4 minutes). |
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Parking |
There are no parking facilities for tourist coaches at the GRIMMWELT. Coach parking is available at the Naturkundemuseum/Ottoneum at Papinplatz (satnav destination: “Papinplatz”). The GRIMMWELT is approx. a 15-minute walk from there. |
See also the “Arrivals” section of the Visitor Information.
