The content on this page was translated automatically.
Exhibition opening: Unword of the year 2022 "climate terrorists".
Image: Unword Pictures e.V.Un|word, the
inappropriate word.
Even the German dictionary of the Brothers Grimm lists un|word as a "nasty, insulting, hurtful, reprehensible" word. According to this, an unword is inappropriate in its meaning. This essentially describes what the jury for the Unwort of the Year also understands by it. Unwords do not exist in themselves. "The meaning of a word is its use in language." (Ludwig Wittgenstein) Linguistic expressions become unwords because they are used by speakers either thoughtlessly or with intentions worthy of criticism. Criticism of the use of unwords aims to raise awareness of discriminatory, misleading or inhumane ways of speaking.
Exhibitions of the Unword of the Year have been held for almost two decades. For the nine photographers, the task this time was once again to translate the unword imaginatively into photographic visualizations. On the initiative of Prof. Dr. David Römer and invited by the Brückner-Kühner Foundation, the large-format light boxes can now be seen for the first time in Kassel from October 12 to 29, 2023 at Palais Bellevue. A supporting program and guided tours by the artists:inside accompany the exhibition.
Opening hours:
Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tues, Thurs: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Foto|graf|:|innen, the
Stefan Daub, Nouki Ehlers, Julia Essl, Albrecht Haag, Jens Mangelsen, Sebastian Reimold, Jens Steingässer, Rahel Welsen, Andreas Zierhut
Thursday, October 12:
6 p.m. Exhibition opening with Dr. Sven Schoeller, Mayor of the City of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Ute Clement, President of Kassel University
Wednesday, October 18:
6 p.m. Guided tour by Fotograf:innen
7 p.m. Panel discussion "Terror for the Climate?" In cooperation with Climate Thinking (University of Kassel). With Ernst Hörmann (Last Generation), Prof. Dr. Martin Reisigl (Unwort--Jury), Dr. Andreas Gutmann (Kassel Institute for Sustainability).
Thursday. October 19:
4 p.m. Guided tour by Fotograf:innen
Thursday. October 26:
6 p.m. Guided tour by photographers
7 p.m. Lecture by Prof. Dr. Constanze Spieß (spokesperson for the Unwort jury): "From 'ausländerfrei' to 'climate terrorists' - Unwords in public discourse."
Sunday, October 29:
1 p.m. Guided tour by Fotograf:innen
2 p.m. Lecture by Prof. Dr. David Römer: "Unwort des Jahres - Sprachkritik zwischen Diskurssensibilisierung und Shitstorm" (Unword of the Year - Language Criticism between Discourse Sensitization and Shitstorm)