How can democracy be designed differently? Does democracy need an update? Have we relied for too long on the fact that our democracy is unshakable? How can a more direct form of democratic participation be tested? Für alle! Demokratie neu gestalten sheds light on the current social desire for more participation, as well as on traditional forms of democracy. The project is about participating in power, about designing structures of participation and co-determination. The reader, which accompanies and expands on the exhibition, shows not only works of art and design objects but also many testimonies from political cultural history, architecture, film, and photography. 

Bundeskunsthalle, Für alle! Demokratie neu gestalten, Distanz Verlag, 2024

With contributions by Johanna Adam, Christine Ax, Claudia Chwalisz, Nikita Dhawan, Zakia Elvang, Jesko Fezer, Kaja Harter-Uibopuu, Amelie Klein, Peter C. Mohr, David Mulder van der Vegt, Hedwig Richter, Vera Sacchetti and Camila Vergara.

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