Nachweis für Besiedlung

Nachweis für Besiedlung is a collection of things from everyday culture in Halle-Neustadt. The scenario of the vanishing city and the fact that the number of the initial residents and witnesses of the former settlement decreases steadily, is the occasion for Nachweis für Besiedlung. The first public presentation of Nachweis für Besiedlung took place in autumn 2004. It was connected with the call to all residents of Halle-Neustadt to participate in the collection. Since then a large number of former usefull things, fotos and souvenirs from Neustadt were given by the residents of Neustadt and friends.
Pictures and information about a small part of the collection were worked into a filemaker database in 2005/06. With the so called Neu-Neustadt-Modell which was presented in 2006/07 in the municipal museum of Halle, the collection was transformed into a artwork. A segment of the city model is to be shown from November 2014 next to the window towards Halle-Neustadt in the art museum Moritzburg in Halle (Saale). On the occasion of 50 Jahre Halle-Neustadt the things will be taken out of the fundus of Nachweis für Besiedlung and with the help of theorists and designers transferred again into an exhibition project as wells as interpreted and commented in a new way.
A collection of five interpretations will be presented within 50 days at a project room located in Geiststraße 43 in Halle. Views of the project room: rauminhalt-halle.de
A publication with comments and pictures of the interpretations off Nachweis für Besiedlung will be published in december 2014.
People who would like to donate Neustadt souvenirs, everyday things or fotos of Neustadt can hand them in at the Werkleitz office or at the office of the Bauverein at Schülershof 12.