LIB Workshop – english – Art meets Biodiversity

The LIB workshop

The basic concept for the murals in Bonn and Hamburg was developed in a two-day workshop at Museum Koenig in Bonn at the end of April 2024. The artists were inspired by guided tours behind the scenes of the museum, including insights into the natural history collections. Full of impressions and together with the scientists, they discussed initial ideas for sketches. Inspired by the unusual collaboration, the participants came to the conclusion that “perhaps we are all similar nerds”. A video about the workshop and the design of Maxstrasse can be found here.

The workshop organizers

Dr. Carola Greve (second from left), co-founder of the InUrFaCE e.V. association, works as a laboratory manager at the LOEWE Centre for Translational Biodiversity Genomics at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt.

“The workshop showed that it is above all the passion and commitment to their work that connects artists and scientists. I very much hope that we can reach many people with our idea to make them aware of the beauty of nature and encourage them to treat it with more care and respect.”

Dr. France Gimnich (left), also co-founder of InUrFaCE e.V., works as collection manager of the LIB Biobank in Bonn.

“Few people are aware of how dramatically species extinction is currently progressing and how much our own quality of life depends on an intact natural environment. With our project, we want to create a positive relationship with nature, increase its value in society and draw attention to the fact that our daily personal decisions have an impact on the preservation or loss of biodiversity.”