HOMO LUDENS

Homo Ludens - An exhibition on the playing human being on the occasion of PASSAGEN 2018. At Kunsthaus Rhenania from 15.01-21.01.2018.

Playing temporarily brings wholeness to our imperfect world and complicated life. Playing we discover our individual qualities and develop our personality. In the exhibition Homo ludens, young talents discover their personal vision of a playful approach to products within the framework of a humorous, multisensory and interactive exhibition architecture.

Homo ludens - the playing human being is an explanatory model according to which humans develop their abilities primarily through play: Man discovers his individual characteristics in play and becomes his personality through the experiences made there. Playing is equated with freedom of action. It requires one's own thinking. Man needs play as an elementary form of finding meaning," the model says: "Play brings a temporary perfection into the imperfect world and into the confused life. Play is the return to the infantile self and allows us to be children again in everyday life. Although play is associated with naivety and carelessness, it nevertheless requires an absolute order.

At various levels, play is framed in frameworks that manifest themselves through a temporal and spatial limitation. The slightest deviation from the set of rules leads to the collapse of a meticulously elaborated set of rules. In the exhibition "Homo Ludens", young product designers are invited to present their personal visions as part of the Passagen supporting program at the International Furniture Fair Imm.

The exhibition is designed to give young talents the opportunity to playfully present their individual visions through the design of the products on display. The focus is on a humorous and interactive exhibition architecture that frames the curatorial concept "Homo Ludens" in a multi-sensory exhibition.