Prinzip Held*

Key visual & exhibition graphics
for Rimini Protokoll

Heroes and heroines are not born, they are made. The exhibition Prinzip Held* at the Museum of Military History in Gatow uses 44 case studies from the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 948 at the University of Freiburg to examine which ‘building blocks’ are involved in this process.

The grid-like exhibition typography emphasises the systemic approach. The fact that heroisation is made is expressed in the key visual, which also refers to the exhibition's interactive inflatable.

Exhibition concept

Project management MHMBw: Dr Doris Müller-Toovey (MHMBw)
Production management MHMBw: Stefan Kontra M.A. (MHMBw)
Project management sub-project T SFB 948: Prof. Dr Ralf von den Hoff (SFB), Dr Gorch Pieken (ZMSBw)
Head of scient. Curation and conception: Dr Gorch Pieken (ZMSBw)
Scientific curation, text editing and proofreading: Katja Widmann M.A. (SFB)
Scientific curation and curator on site: Andreas Geißler M.A. (MHMBw)
Museum consultant: Lieutenant Colonel Dr Heiner Bröckermann (ZMSBw)
Exhibition texts: Katja Widmann M.A. (SFB), Dr Gorch Pieken (ZMSBw), Andreas Geißler M.A. (MHMBw)

Exhibition design

Artistic direction: Helgard Haug and Daniel Wetzel
Concept and design: Helgard Haug, Daniel Wetzel, Dominik Steinmann
Scenography: Dominik Steinmann
Assistance with scenography: Anna Knöller
Graphic concept & design: Ilona Marti
Inflatables design in collaboration with: Urs Meier, Luft&Laune
Interaction & Interface Design, Programming & Electronics Inflatables: Georg Werner
Audios / Interviews: Helgard Haug, Daniel Wetzel
Lighting design, layout LED wall, technical management: Robert Läßig
Collaboration on lighting design, LED wall layout, technical direction: Friedrich Schmidt
Sound design: Rozenn Lièvre
Video design: Stefan Korsinsky
Collaboration research & coordination: Grit Lieder
Work planning technical realisation, construction supervision: Thomas Bache, kursiv | text - objekt - raum GmbH
Production Inflatables: Urs Meier, Luft & Laune
Production management: Juliane Männel
Production assistance: Ksenia Lukina
Exhibition production and construction: MHMBw Berlin-Gatow, Exhibition and Restoration Department, Rimini Protokoll production team (including Vladimir Bondarenko, Lisa Eßwein, Kristian Könner, Julian Lück, Felix Leopold Noe, Klaudiusz Schimanowski, Hendrik Voigt, Georg Werner), Dominik Steinmann, Anna Knöller
Key visual: Ilona Marti
Advertising media: Ilona Marti with the support of Alexander Nickel, Christian Nimpsch (MHMBw)
Exhibition graphics: Ilona Marti with the support of Theresa Koch, Niklas Sagebiel, Nils Reinke-Dieker, Alexander Nickel, Christian Nimpsch (MHMBw)
Image editing: Alexander Nickel (MHMBw Berlin-Gatow) Intern: Lewin Ott
Audio recordings: Jacob Hovde, Charlotte Kleinert, Michelle Kollmann, Emelie A. Mayer, Volkan Türeli
Furniture construction: Walter Engel, Mr Hopsch, Mr Frank (MHMBw Berlin-Gatow, Exhibition Workshops Department)

The exhibition is a cooperation between the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 948 ‘Heroes - Heroisation - Heroisms’ of the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, the Centre for Military History and Social Sciences of the German Armed Forces (ZMSBw) and the Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces Berlin-Gatow Airfield, produced by Rimini Protokoll. It is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).