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null Verdingkinder, Portraits by Peter Klaunzer at the Anna Göldi Museum

22.08.2018 | Exhibition

Verdingkinder, Portraits by Peter Klaunzer at the Anna Göldi Museum

Keystone-SDA, the Anna Göldi Museum and the ‘netzwerk-verdingt’ association present together a photography exhibition of former so-called ‘contract children’, from 31 August to 28 October 2018 in Ennenda (Glarus).

A photography exhibition by Keystone-SDA, the Anna Göldi Museum and ‘netzwerk-verdingt’

31 August – 28 October 2018 
Vernissage, 31 August, 7.30 p.m.  | Information
Anna Göldi Museum, Fabrikstrasse 9, Ennenda (Glarus)
Opening hours: Wed. – Sun., 1.30 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Photo by Keystone-SDA / Peter Klaunzer - Portrait of Elisabeth Marti
Photo by Keystone-SDA / Peter Klaunzer - Portrait of Elisabeth Marti

 

Through his work for Keystone-SDA, photographer Peter Klaunzer came into contact with former 'contract children'. Moved by their story, he took the portraits of over two dozen of them over the course of two years. Through his images, he approaches their poignant stories with delicacy and permits us a glimpse into these people’s lives and their circumstances of today. Thanks to these photographs, former ‘contract children’ are given a face.

 

One of the aims of this exhibition is to make this face visible and to ensure that this dark chapter of Swiss history does not get forgotten. At the same time, it pays homage to the hundreds of thousands of victims who remain unknown and unrecognised.

 

The current exhibition, which was originally shown between November 2016 and June 2017 in the Käfigturm in Bern – in the former political forum of the Swiss government – has been curated by Keystone-SDA and the  Anna Göldi Museum in close collaboration with the netzwerk-verdingt association. This association was founded by former contract children, and enables those affected to share their experiences, while promoting investigation and reappraisal of the largely inglorious history of many former contract children and those raised in children’s homes and foster care. It also provides support for those seeking advice and represents the victims in the public arena.

 

The exhibition is being shown in the Anna Göldi Museum in a slightly adapted form. The portraits of 20 of the victims can be seen, and a separately published reader contains their personal biographies.

 

Programme of related events:

 

Wednesday, 19 September, 7.30 p.m.
For and against the world – the portrait subjects in conversation  |  Info

 

Friday, 28 September, 7.30 p.m.
‘I'm Just a Simple Person’ – A film by Stefan Haupt
‘Migration into happiness’ – A book by Walter Hauser  | Info