"Prison" at the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva is open to the public from February 6 until August 18, 2019. Produced in partnership with the Musée des Confluences in Lyon and the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum in Dresden, "Prison" delivers a reflection on incarceration that goes beyond the prison walls and highlights the paradoxes of contemporary society.
The exhibition deals with life in prison – with all its problems as well as questions of reintegration. A manifold scenography explores the inside and outside of prisons in a colorful and positivistic manner. Historical, philosophical, anthropological and sociological aspects of incarceration reveal the ambiguous reality of detention, they break down stereotypes and raise the possibility of alternatives to authoritarian and antiquated punitive systems.
Scenography: Holzer Kobler Architekturen.
