My Panama
The exhibition invites visitors to rediscover the German author and illustrator Janosch (actually Horst Eckert) as the creator of unforgettable children's characters and as a critical artist with social relevance. The leitmotif is the question "Where is your Panama?" as a symbol of longing, hope and the search for a better place. On the occasion of Janosch's 95th birthday, the show offers the opportunity to appreciate his work and impact anew. It takes place on the first floor of the Kunsthalle Rostock on around 700 m². An accompanying Tigerenten Café with an edition exhibition and a museum store with editions and selected licensed products complete the offer.
You can experience "Panama" on three levels by means of a walk-in children's and family world: a Tigerenten Express takes you through central scenes; a "Tiger & Bear Living Room" offers listening stations, lectures and quotes. In the story workshop, children can create their own adventures using magnetic figures or digital whiteboards. "Postcards from Panama" collect personal places of longing, while a digital painting wall feeds free drawings into a growing, collective tiger duck. A monthly scavenger hunt "Off to Panama!" deepens the experience.
"The other side" shows Janosch as a serious artist and social critic. An atmospherically reduced space addresses melancholy, consumer criticism, religion and society; projections and large-format enlargements make the works tangible beyond classic framing and contextualize Janosch's influence between children's book culture, art and criticism.
"Finding Panama" bundles the experience as a participatory offer for all generations: Adventure and interaction for children, art and reflection for adults - and an invitation for everyone to formulate their own answer to the question "Where is your Panama?".
