17.05.2008 - 21.09.2008
With the temporary exhibition „Greenland Inuit: Living on the Edge of the World” the Linden-Museum Stuttgart presents photos taken by the Swiss photographer Markus Bühler-Rasom in conjunction with pieces from the Linden Museum’s collection. Contributing to the International Polar Year 2007/2008, this special exhibition combines present, past and future of the Greenland Inuit.
Over the past decade, Markus Bühler-Rasom has travelled extensively through North Greenland to document the hard work and life conditions of those peoples who reside in the Far North. Even though modern times have reached their villages, to this day the arctic climate determines the rhythm of life, spiritual well being and the daily menu. Fish, seals, wales, polar bears and caribou (reindeer) are still part of everyday life. Hunting remains the base of survival, because all the other foodstuffs have to be imported. But the future is literally “melting away” and the foundation of life for the Inuit is likely to undergo drastic changes. It is therefore our hope that Markus Bühler-Rasom’s photographs will continue to express an Inuit culture which is vividly alive and not become testimonies of a way of life lost forever, within only a few years.
Pieces from the collection of the Linden-Museum revive the traditional way of life of a hundred years ago. A five-meter kajak, clothing made from seal- and caribouskins, hunting equipment, tools and miniature boats allow visitors to view the adaptation of the Inuit to extreme living conditions. Their detailed knowledge of the environment, their artistic skills and rich fantasy have enabled the Greenland Inuit up until now to maintain their unique culture on the edge of the world.
The Linden-Museum wishes to thank the Nordamerika Native Museum (NONAM) of the City of Zurich, Switzerland, for its generous loan of the museum’s photo collection encompassing 48 photos to this exhibition. The exhibition is supported by "Gesellschaft für Erd- und Völkerkunde Stuttgart e.V." and "Jensenreisen".
Entrance fee: EUR 7,-/5,-
Edition of photo publication: EUR 29,90
gallery of the exhibition
Over the past decade, Markus Bühler-Rasom has travelled extensively through North Greenland to document the hard work and life conditions of those peoples who reside in the Far North. Even though modern times have reached their villages, to this day the arctic climate determines the rhythm of life, spiritual well being and the daily menu. Fish, seals, wales, polar bears and caribou (reindeer) are still part of everyday life. Hunting remains the base of survival, because all the other foodstuffs have to be imported. But the future is literally “melting away” and the foundation of life for the Inuit is likely to undergo drastic changes. It is therefore our hope that Markus Bühler-Rasom’s photographs will continue to express an Inuit culture which is vividly alive and not become testimonies of a way of life lost forever, within only a few years.
Pieces from the collection of the Linden-Museum revive the traditional way of life of a hundred years ago. A five-meter kajak, clothing made from seal- and caribouskins, hunting equipment, tools and miniature boats allow visitors to view the adaptation of the Inuit to extreme living conditions. Their detailed knowledge of the environment, their artistic skills and rich fantasy have enabled the Greenland Inuit up until now to maintain their unique culture on the edge of the world.
The Linden-Museum wishes to thank the Nordamerika Native Museum (NONAM) of the City of Zurich, Switzerland, for its generous loan of the museum’s photo collection encompassing 48 photos to this exhibition. The exhibition is supported by "Gesellschaft für Erd- und Völkerkunde Stuttgart e.V." and "Jensenreisen".
Entrance fee: EUR 7,-/5,-
Edition of photo publication: EUR 29,90
gallery of the exhibition