Cultural Experience Field Report #1- Photo exhibition at Allied Museum, Germany
I had an opportunity to visit Berlin City’s Allied Museum’s online platform, which is popular for its photo exhibition located in Germany. I chose to focus on this museum (it can be accessed at (https://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/en/exhibitions/) located outside the US because I was interested in investigating how war culture is presented in art through photo exhibitions. There were two types of Little America exhibitions available in the museum: permanent and temporary exhibitions (Allied Museum). I wanted to know how American exhibits found their artifacts in a German museum and gained considerable significance, as evidenced by the museum’s reputation and fame. My first focus was to inquire about what the Little America exhibition is about. I learned that it is an exhibition that boasts a collection of more than two hundred photos that give tourists insight into the daily work and personal lives of American soldiers living in German society. The photos explain aspects such as their military technology, training, maneuvers, and elaborate nature of schools, shopping centres, and sporting facilities, among others of the American military.
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I also investigated the primary purpose of the exhibitions and why they focus on the American military photos only. The American military in Germany is a highly secretive agency that, despite being allies to Germany, could not allow most German citizens to visit its military facilities to keep its activities highly classified. It was necessary to develop “Little America” to give Germans an opportunity to get an insight into some of the behind-the-fence activities of the US military culture, for example, how they prepared for war in Germany using the collection of photos in the exhibitions (Allied Museum). The photos give brief information about the experiences of the American military in Germany and how they have created a home away from home in one of their allied nations.
I spent much of my time on the virtual tour of the museum browsing through the section of the permanent exhibition, which consisted of two sections. The first section consisted of photos between 1945 and 1950, mainly showcasing the Allies’ victory over Nazi Germany and the climax of the cold war, which reached its peak in 1948/49. I experienced the historical experience of the airlift life of Britain’s Hastings TG 503, among others (Allied Museum). The second section stocked pictures from 1950 to 1994 and covered many aspects, including Berlin’s controversial Cold War intelligence. Here are some of the intriguing images that I had an opportunity to examine.
Photo courtesy: Allied Museum
The above photo from the first section of the permanent collections displays what appears to be a sophisticated section of a submarine. The live photo utilized the black and white colour contrast to perfectly display various parts of the submarine (Lehn et al. 1445). Although it was taken in the 1940s when technological inventions had not made breakthroughs to invent powerful cameras that can display several colours as what we see today, the audience can still learn a lot from the photo.
Photo courtesy: Allied Museum
The above image shows a US spy tunnel in Berlin. It incorporates the latest technological features such as colour and 3-dimension. The photo is an important representation of the war culture of the Allied during and post-World War II. With the various colours used, it is easy to tell what the tunnel looked like and imagine how the Allies used it in their quest to acquire victory over their enemies (Daniela et al.). The 3-D nature of the photo has made it easy to see the shape of the tunnel.
I enjoyed my virtual visit to the Allied Museum as it gave me an opportunity to learn something about US military activities in Germany. Besides, my interaction through examining different artifacts in the museum gave me an insight into the cultural and emotional appeals that the exhibitions draw from their audience. It was a life-changing moment to learn how art through photo exhibitions reflects society’s realities and culture.
Work Cited
Allied Museum. Little America – Lives in Military Community in Germany (n.d). http://www.alliiertenmuseum.de/home.html
Petrelli, Daniela, and Sinead O’Brien. “Phone vs. tangible in museums: a comparative study.” (2018). http://shura.shu.ac.uk/18219/2/CHI18-meSch-comparative-study-to-print.pdf
Vom Lehn, Dirk, and Christian Heath. “Action at the exhibit face: video and the analysis of social interaction in museums and galleries.” Journal of Marketing Management 32.15-16 (2016): 1441-1457. https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/103297/1/ES_Instagra_ScoRel_2_8_16docx.pdf
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