Exhibition »DIA-LOGOS. Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria

In the age of the return from the religious war, an intercultural dialog is required. With a bold exhibition project, the ZKM therefore wants to refer to a European tradition, from Llull to Leibniz, which placed rationale at the service of religion, reason at the service of belief, and not the reverse, religion at the service of irrationality: »DIA-LOGOS. Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria« ( 3/17/2018 to 8/5/2018).

The Catalan philosopher, theologian, logician and mystic from Mallorca, Ramon Llull (around 1232–1316) formalized the religion concepts of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, in a type of theological comparison, to give religious truth validity. From this formalization of terms, arose the logical school of ars combinatoria, which is still visible in the current artistic present. By combining outstanding historical materials from the archives of important libraries, like the Bavarian State Library and the Biblioteca de Catalunya, with contemporary artistic items, the exhibition allows insights into previously unknown facets of Ramon Llull's thinking and action