Exhibition 26.5-29.7.2018
Gondolieri Bauer Servizi, Giudecca 211, Venice

On the occasion of the 16th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, the saai at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is presenting an exhibition on the Multihalle by Frei Otto and Carlfried Mutschler in Mannheim as part of the Biennale theme "Freespace". "Sleeping Beauty" follows on from the successful exhibition "Frei Otto. Thinking by Modelling", which was on show at the ZKM in Karlsruhe from November 2016 to March 2017. The show in Venice focuses on the Multihalle and will be the world's first exhibition dedicated to this fascinating building. The initiators and curators of the exhibition are Berlin-based urbanist and curator Sally Below and Georg Vrachliotis. Both are long-standing advisors to the city of Mannheim on the development of the Multihalle.

The exhibition gives visitors a double view of the Multihalle. It looks back into the past and uses original archive material to show the experimental history of the building. But the exhibition also looks to the future. Today, after several years of vacancy and 40 years after the Multihalle was originally planned as a temporary building, the city of Mannheim is working together with a committed group of artists, architects, residents, citizens, engineers and universities on a new sustainable concept to ensure the long-term preservation of the Multihalle. This open and collectively organized process is unique in Germany.

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Curator:inside: Sally Below, Georg Vrachliotis
Exhibition architecture: Marc Frohn, frohn&rojas (FAR); Team: Mario Rojas, Max Koch, Lisa Behringer, Ruth Meigen
Graphics: Floyd E. Schulze, WTHM-Büro für Gestaltung, Berlin
Project management and communication: sbcs; Team: Sarah Reiche, Johanna Volk, Marleen Wilhelm, Leah Hillmer
Partners in Venice: solmarino, Tomas Ewald
Project assistance: Diana Maier
Scientific assistance saai: Martin Kunz, Joachim Kleinsmann
Restoration of the archives saai: Isa Strunk
Translation: Alisa Kotmair, Edith Schönfelder, Larissa Weigel
Administration saai: Astrid Piaskowy, Claudia Iordache

Partner: City of Mannheim
Support: Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Architects, Wüstenrot Foundation, Wilkhahn
Media partners: ARCH+, Detail

Project website
http://sleeping-beauty-multihalle.de/