Roman Kroke » Prison http://roman-kroke.de Official Homepage of Roman Kroke. Interdisciplinary Artist. Drawings, lectures and direction of workshops with a special emphasis on historic events and biographies. His interdisciplinary approach aims at creating a symbiosis between the arts, literature, history, philosophy and sociology exploring the organic relationship between the past, presence and future. In these areas, Roman Kroke is engaged in national and international cooperative projects with schools, universities, museums, foundations and TV productions. Topics: the diaries of the Dutch Jew Etty Hillesum (1914-1943); “BERLIN intim”, an illustration series devoted to the history and presence of Berlin; the Bielski Brothers, a Jewish partisan brigade in Belarus (1941-1944); “The White Rose”, the German student resistance around Hans and Sophie Scholl (1942/1943); the “Vel’ d’Hiv’ Roundup” reflected through the biography of Sarah Lichtsztejn-Montard ; Art & Resistance: the “Camp des Milles” (Lion Feuchtwanger, Max Ernst, Karl Bodek), … Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:18:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Exhibition “Le Ch@teau de Sables”, Prison Fleury-Mérogis (France) http://roman-kroke.de/exhibition-le-chteau-de-sables-prison-fleury-merogis-france/ http://roman-kroke.de/exhibition-le-chteau-de-sables-prison-fleury-merogis-france/#comments Sat, 05 Dec 2015 14:21:31 +0000 admin http://roman-kroke.de/?p=4609 The association Lire C’est Vivre, which coordinates the eight libraries in Europe’s larges prison (Fleury-Mérogis/France) since 1987, had invited the Berlin artist Roman Kroke to lead an art-workshop for detainees. The project took place during 5 days in August 2015. The exhibition presents the artworks created during the workshop. Location : Centre Social des Hautes Garennes, 32 rue Gustave Flaubert, 91120 Palaiseau (France).

During the workshop 21 prisoners had created artworks (sculptures, collages, paintings) using books as their main working material. Their creations were inspired by proverbs and citations from around the world referring to the metaphor of the “book” and the “library”. The project was conducted in coopartion with the Highschool Charles Péguy: students from that school had sent personalized books to the prison which the participants of the workshop then integrated into their artworks.

The project was supported by the French Ministries of Justice and Cultural Affairs.

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