Garden of Exile

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Garden of Exile is an outdoor installation at the Jewish Museum Berlin that uses tilted columns and disorienting pathways to evoke the feelings of displacement and exile experienced by Jewish refugees.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation
memorial
outdoor artwork
architect Daniel Libeskind NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle deconstructivism
category Holocaust memorials in Germany
Outdoor sculptures in Berlin
Works by Daniel Libeskind
city Berlin
columnsTiltAngle 6 degrees
country Germany NERFINISHED
dedicatedTo Jewish refugees
designer Daniel Libeskind NERFINISHED
designFeature labyrinthine circulation
restricted sightlines
sense of instability and disorientation
tilted vertical columns on a sloping ground
hasPart disorienting pathways
elevated ground plane
narrow passages
olive trees
tilted columns
heritage Holocaust remembrance
inception 2001
locatedIn courtyard of the Jewish Museum Berlin
location Jewish Museum Berlin NERFINISHED
materialUsed concrete
steel
numberOfColumns 49
openingDate 2001
partOf Daniel Libeskind’s overall design for the Jewish Museum Berlin
Jewish Museum Berlin complex NERFINISHED
purpose to evoke feelings of displacement and exile
subjectOf museum guides and tours at the Jewish Museum Berlin
symbolizes diaspora
forced migration
loss of orientation in exile
rupture of home and belonging
theme Jewish refugee experience
displacement
exile
visitorExperience emotional unease
physical disorientation
reflection on exile

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Jewish Museum Berlin notableFeature Garden of Exile