Weltdenken The Berlin exhibition

Rafael Calleja

During summer 2020 I was commissioned by the Humboldt Forum to create a narrative, animation video bringing to motion
the mural Weltdenken *Imagining the world* by New York-based artists How & Nosm.

The other task of the project was mapping it and make it work at the impressive Cosmograph, a Media Tower of over 20mts high and 5 / 360° shapes placed at the foyer of the Berliner Palace.

This an excerpt edit of the animation played on the 3d Simulator I used to adapt my work to the Cosmograph surface. Hopefully, soon we can enjoy it at it’s magnificent location.

The opening to the public has been postponed until further notice.

About the exhibition:
The animation is based on the 375 square meter mural“World Thinking” by the New York urban artist duo How and Nosm.

Urban Art is typical for Berlin – that’s why the large-scale mural“Weltdenken” by the twin brothers How and Nosm will introduce visitors* to the Berlin exhibition at the Humboldt Forum.
On 4,000 square meters, the exhibition is dedicated to the network of relationships between Berlin and the world,
focusing on a wide variety of topics such as revolution, open space, borders, pleasure, war, fashion, and interdependence.

The theme of How and Nosm’s mural is the leitmotif of the exhibition: Berlin and its connections with the world. At first glance, the work promises light entertainment
but on closer inspection, however, a critical examination of individual historical episodes that connect Berlin with the world reveals.

Critical themes such as German colonialism, looted art and environmental pollution are depicted, and well-known figures such as
the Humboldt brothers, Elector Friedrich Wilhelm and Christopher Columbus can be identified.