"bauhaus | documenta. Vision and Brand" Action: Destruction of the forged Wagenfeld lamps

The exhibition is illuminated by dozens of counterfeits of the famous Bauhaus lamp by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, which stand for both the success and the erosion of the Bauhaus brand. As part of the Kassel Museum Night and the penultimate day of the exhibition, these plagiarisms will now be destroyed in a joint and public event, as regularly happens in the industry with counterfeits of trademarked products. The provocative format - in which functioning lights are destroyed because they do not meet the copyright and trademark criteria - expands the dialog on this complex topic. With this action, the curators want to stimulate a dialog on topics such as "original and counterfeit", "product and cultural property" and "brands and sustainability", which are also dealt with centrally in the exhibition.

Further information: www.documenta-archiv.de/de/aktuell/termine/1431/bauhaus-documenta-vision-und-marke