Build castles in the air!
It’s underway: the “parklaby” at the Morsbroich Museum has been launched. And you’re invited: to try it out, get involved, and share your ideas.
What should the castle park be able to offer in the future? What could happen there?
The planning studio with its magnificent view of the castle gardens and equipped with a swing and a couch now features new and playful planning tools designed to inspire you and just waiting to be used.
The process is evolving step by step.
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We look forward to working with you on the park and redefining the interplay between art, gardens, and urban society!
Margit Czenki & Christoph Schäfer
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About Margit Czenki, Christoph Schäfer, and the project
Margit Czenki and Christoph Schäfer are interested in how the collective imagination of the many can change the world.
In their exhibition contribution, they present the initial outline of a “Park Labyrinth” a public planning office that, over the next few years, will work together with the residents of Leverkusen on the park and its connections to the castle, the museum, and urban society.
A work table with a built-in “wish archive” hints at future planning opportunities for everyone. An “inspiration couch” resting on turtles carries visitors into the realm of the imagination. Stenciled ornaments bring gray herons from the treetops into the interior. The space is defined by a swing adorned with a red wrap skirt—both invite use and serve as a leitmotif for the idea of joyful engagement. A piece composed specifically for the swing by Düsseldorf artist Frank Bauer brings the garden into the castle as a synthetic soundscape.
As early as 1959, Carlheinz Caspari, together with André Thomkins, developed the “Labyr” as an art space that sheds the audience’s passive role. A portmanteau of “laboratory” and “labyrinth,” the term appeals to Czenki and Schäfer as a way to emphasize the desire for active exploration, engagement, and the joy of getting lost.