The Porcelain Code
Rafal Kosakowski designed the 200-page book accompanying the exhibition The Porcelain Code—One Million by Uli Aigner at the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Berlin.
“An encounter of a special kind is taking place at the New Museum on the Museum Island in Berlin: Vessels from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in the exhibition of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History, National Museums in Berlin, meet their kin from the present day, which stand out white and beautiful against the archaeological finds, but make the timelessness of form and function perceptible.”
—Benjamin Wehry, Exhibition Curator
“The art installation The Porcelain Code—One Million by Uli Aigner is uniquely suited to bridge the gap between applied art and archaeology. Through her formal language, but also through her concept of making the culture- and time-transcending nature of vessel forms and their function tangible, Uli Aigner brings about a completely new perspective on the most important archaeological find genre, the oldest plastic of mankind.”
—Benjamin Wehry, Exhibition Curator
“The work process is archaic and seems to mirror the production and use of prehistoric vessel ceramics, their distribution and their archaeological exploration, so that art and craft can no longer be separated.”
—Benjamin Wehry, Exhibition Curator
“Uli Aigner’s vessels have counterparts in the collections of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History and impressively demonstrate that form and function are handed down over millennia and can be traced back to strands of development that are deeply rooted in humanity’s past.”
—Benjamin Wehry, Exhibition Curator
