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Conclusion
The amount of work it takes to organise
such a large exhibition as we did for our final
exhibition in Zurich was in the beginning
clearly underestimated. First, we planned it
as a job for two persons, starting from the
idea that the whole planning work could be
organised during the assembly itself. After
that, we thought two weeks of work shortly
before the opening (half a year later) would
be about enough for the finishing. In the end
it proved to be a fair work for four to five
people, everyone working for six weeks during
our spring break.
So the exhibition is a big effort where the
necessary amount of work can easily be
underestimated. Therefore, time and number
of people working it out has to be calculated
generously in order to get it done in a
reasonable way. It is good to have one person
who is responsible for decisions, but not
for too many other things as the exhibition
needs both a lot of production work, but also
a general idea that should be followed and
an innovative creative approach. It’s difficult
to step back and make sure that the general
picture is kept alive and followed during the
production under high pressure.
We knew from the beginning that we would
be forced to make quick decisions, as the
time was restricted. This was sometimes
great, but as various solutions could not be
discussed until a really good solution was
achieved, there was quite some potential left
lying idle for some of the tasks. The production
of the exhibition was finally the only
realm in the whole organisation where the
stress was big enough to create smaller conflicts.
But after all, I have to say that we had
a good exhibition, very informative and also
quite impressive in its appearance. It made
a great contribution in clearing the backlog
of our documentation and was therefore a
valuable tool not only to the outside, but also
to us.
[For a collection of the exhibition posters see
chapter “appendix”, p. 44]