SCHUBERTH AND SCHUBERTH

In terms of con­tent and space, the exhi­bi­tion is divid­ed into the Vien­nese peri­od and the years in Hol­ly­wood. While the first rooms are kept in sober gray, the rear­most room for the after­life is kept in dark pur­ple, as if lined with vel­vet. The cur­tain on the front wall is rem­i­nis­cent of a clas­sic movie the­ater. A media black box on her past and present as an artist and inven­tor.

A ceil­ing instal­la­tion in the foy­er illus­trates the punched tape that syn­chro­nizes the change of fre­quen­cies. Decades lat­er, mod­ern trans­mis­sion tech­nolo­gies apply a sim­i­lar prin­ci­ple to improve the inter­fer­ence-free trans­mis­sion of infor­ma­tion.
In the “Hol­ly­wood Room”, life-size cut-outs of cos­tumes and dress­es invite you to pose next to — or instead of — the most beau­ti­ful woman in the world on a red car­pet.

Design of the exhi­bi­tion: “Lady Bluethooth. Hedy Lamarr“
from Novem­ber 27, 2019 to May 10, 2020 at the Jew­ish Muse­um Vien­na,
Jew­ish Muse­um on Juden­platz, 1010 Vien­na
Cura­tor: Andrea Winkel­bauer
Graph­ics exhi­bi­tion and cat­a­log: Ste­fan Fuhrer
Team: Ele­na Mali