Leonie Zebe

For the exhibition "re:start, contemporary postions for better futures", Saarlanmuseum – Moderne Galerie, curated and designed by Mark Braun, Leonie was part of the curatorial team as an assistant, shaping the conceptual framework and taking care of the selection of the exhibits. She was also deeply involved in the textual communication level.

Graphics: Hannes Brischke

Photo: Moritz Walter

In light of man-made climate change and the resulting social challenges, we are facing profound upheavals. Overcoming these challenges requires not only critical reflection, but also optimism—as a driving force for transformation, social cohesion, and new approaches to solutions. Design can play a key role in this process: it can highlight opportunities and develop scenarios for the future.

Using the work of young designers, the exhibition shows how current and future problems can be addressed. The focus is on new perspectives on the use of energy and resources, strategic changes in the areas of mobility, inclusion, and consumption, as well as experimental, nature-based materials and circular processes. This gives rise to forward-looking scenarios for recyclable materials, products, architecture, and urban space.
At the same time, it is about resilience—how we can adapt to future living conditions and actively address them. The designers show how social transformation and empowerment can contribute to sustainable development.

Photo: Moritz Walter

Graphic Design: Hannes Brischke
Exhibition design: Studio Mark Braun
Exhibition design assistant: Eva Ausmann
Concept Sustainable Museum: Elise Paschal
Coordination, conception video/digital works: Florian Penner-Steinbach

Presented works by: Frederic Alles, Jessica Bruni, Florian Budke, Vera Castelijns, Konstantin Diehl, Alexander Ebert, Daniel Silva Friedrich, Leon Fürtig, Jeremia Gabriel, Luca Ganzert, Yannis Geid, Nick Geipel, Eric Geißler, Friedrich Gerlach, Max Greiner, Lukas Hartz, Julia Huhnholz, Luise Kempf, Lale Knapp, Juliane Kühr, Hendrik Lucka, Jón Martel, Arista Meier, Anna Magdalena Michal, Thorsten Müller, Björn Naumann, Nele Oetjens, Florian Penner, Tau Pibernat, Charlotte von Ravenstein, Constanze Reihl, Sophia Reißenweber, Lion Sanguinette, Karl Anton Schinkel, Jakob Schrader, Christian Johannes Schmidt, Paul Schmidt, Jonas Schöner, Sebastian Sittinger, Raphael Sommer, Jonathan Stein, Sergej Stobbe, Tobias Trübenbacher, Moritz Walter, Dean Weigand, Estelle Willers, Cathy Wolter, Weichu Yi, Leonie Zebe

Photo: Moritz Walter

The four large-format, immersive moving image and light works by Yannis Geid, Jonas Schöner, Leon Fürtig, and Florian Penner Steinbach begin where numbers and debates end: with experience. The video works are moving impulses that complement, break through, or repeat the conceptual framework.