Germany 2023
A TIMELESS SYMBOL FOR PEACE.
MAY 7 - MAY 18, 2023
The Exhibition for Peace during the 2023 Karlspreiss/Aachen
“THE GLOBAL SUPPER - AACHEN 2023” - A Timeless Symbol for Peace
Location: Aachener Dom / Kreuzgang, Domhof 1, 52062 Aachen, Germany - May 7- May 18, 2023
THE INSTALLATION DREW OVER 11,000 VISITORS
The Dinner Table:
Several long dining tables draped in velvet purple set the stage for a large global dinner setting. Each country is represented taking a seat at the table with one unique place setting (to date 199 countries of the world). Each place setting consists of a hand-painted one of a kind dinner plate, ornate with an olive branch for peace, a wine glass symbolically filled with red wine (the level referring to each country’s GDP). The plate and wine glass sit on a hem-stitched white linen placemat with an emblem representing each country and an outline of each country hand stitched onto the placemat.
Humanity is served on each plate in the form of a denim face mask stretched over the dinner plate (denim, representing the working class), each with a different word describing Humanity embroidered onto them. The seating order and all masks are randomly placed for all to be equal at the table. A table card will illustrate the country's population, environment, hunger, and other statistics.
The Exhibition: