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"Where does the future begin?" Annual Report 2022 shows external perspectives on the SPK
Press release from 08/09/2023
The new annual report of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation has been published. It looks back on the important events of 2022 - such as the securing of the Rieckhallen, the discovery of a Rembrandt, restitutions such as the Benin bronzes, the opening of the museums in the Humboldt Forum and the Stabi Kulturwerk. Not forgetting support for the Foundation's facilities for Ukrainian cultural institutions after the start of the Russian war of aggression.
However, the main focus is not on looking back, but on the future of the SPK. In the editorial, SPK President Hermann Parzinger writes about the Board of Trustees' decision in December 2022 to reorganise the foundation as "one of the most formative days in the history of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation". The aim is to dismantle overly complex structures and guarantee the institutions more personal responsibility and creative autonomy. The changes to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin at their locations in Dahlem, Museum Island Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof and Kulturforum are a particular challenge.
The discourse section of the Annual Report 2022 is therefore dedicated to the question of what these changes mean for the millions of users and visitors to the SPK institutions. Six cultural journalists were invited to take part in the "SPK self-experiment": Jackie Asadolahzadeh, Irene Bazinger, Nikolaus Bernau, Kevin Hanschke, Rüdiger Schaper and Thomas E. Schmidt travelled through places of longing and collection worlds and recorded their impressions in text form - the result is a kind of SPK novel illustrated by a photo series by Stefanie Manns.
The SPK Annual Report was once again designed by Andreas Dimmler, with editorial responsibility in the hands of Gesine Bahr and the SPK's Media, Communication and Events Department.
Read the SPK Annual Report 2022 online:
www.spkmagazin.de/spk-jahresberichte.html
