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The juxtaposition of contemporary artworks and ancient artifacts is not arbitrary, and the elements that link them are not made immediately clear by tags or labels: the viewer is free to find the associations. Michaela Hille

Swiss immigrants left their marks in practically all of the European colonies. "The Brothers Krull (Black Helvecia)" is part of a series by Swiss photographer Dom Smaz about Colônia Helvécia, the first Swiss settlement in Brazil (1818), whose descendants mixed with the descendants of their former slaves. ©Dom Smaz

Detail of a child's silk kimono showing Mt. Fuji and four fighter airplanes (circa 1940). War propaganda kimonos were quite popular in Japan between the Chinese wars of the late 19th century until the Second World War. After the defeat in 1945, they became an inconvenient reminder of the country's militaristic past. Michaela Hille

Porcelain fragment with a Chinese scene according to the European mind. Meissen, Germany, 18th century. Mobile Welten / MKG

Partial view of the exhibition: the curators play with the old model of the 'cabinet of curiosities' (or 'Wunderkammer', in German) that still impregnates the practice of Western museums. Michaela Hille

Buergel rejects the common practice in which mediation ('Vermittlung', or 'educational programs') is subordinated to the curatorial work. For him, curating is by itself an educational mission that should never underestimate the intelligence of the public. In the picture: working sketch by the Object Researchers - students of the Erich-Kästner-School, partner of the exhibition, who are asked to redesign the museum as they see fit. Mobile Welten / MKG

A student rearranging objects. Mobile Worlds is a work-in-progress, being constantly redesigned, with objects being redeployed or added throughout the exhibition lifetime (until mid-October 2018). Mobile Welten / MKG

A student from the Erich-Kästner-School rearranges Tsuba (Japanese sword mountings). Mobile Welten / MKG

Portrait of a Woman, circa 1860 (Albumen print, 21,8 x 27,3 cm), by Hippolyte Arnoux, French photographer famous for his images of the Suez Canal project. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg

Ivory carving depicting an Arab woman, Japan, 1920s. Haven't we seen this face before? Mobile Welten / MKG

Detail of the installation "Porcelain Clock Parts and Sneakers of a Student, Both Exported Goods" by Zheng Mahler, pseudonym for the Hong-Kong-based Australian duo of artist Royce Ng and anthropologist Daisy Bisenieks. Mobile Welten / MKG

A view into the “Experimental Cabinet” of Buergel. Mobile Welten / MKG

Contemporary art as a canvas for overwhelming cultural interweaving: "Ghost I met" (2013) by Berlin-based Japanese artist Aiko Tezuka (*1976). Lepkowski Studios, Berlin

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