Looking in the Mouth

Within the context of the Luther Year, the Goethe Institute Ljubljana, in cooperation with the Ljubljana Castle, is organising an innovative-interactive exhibition showing the linguistic creativity of Protestant reformer and maverick Martin Luther.

In his translation of the Bible, Martin Luther “listened to the mouth of the ordinary people”  and thus made a decisive contribution to the creation and emancipation of the German language. Five hundred years later, many of his words and phrases are still present in the everyday use of German.

Eight of Luther’s phrases provide a starting point for eight installations. The experiments, which are translated into space, demonstrate various aspects of linguistic expression, the speech act, the multiple meanings of words and their etymology. The catalogue accompanying the exhibition includes a comparative study of Luther’s achievements and the efforts of Slovenian reformers.

 

Art Installations: Studio The Green Eyl

Exhibition Curator: Dr Friedrich W. Block

Translation and adaptation of texts into Slovene: Tina Štrancar

 

For the duration of the exhibition, there will be a free guided tour in Slovene and German language every Thursday at 5 PM. The meeting point for the guided tours is at the Info Center at the Ljubljana Castle.

In collaboration with the Goethe Institute Ljubljana and SWR Experimentalstudio Freiburg.

 

 

The exhibition is part of the project Luther and Slovenian Protestants.

 

We recommend using the funicular to visit the exhibition.