{"id":4137,"date":"2021-03-28T19:08:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T17:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stadtmuseum.result.de\/alaaf-auf-abstand\/"},"modified":"2022-03-19T09:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T08:30:49","slug":"alaaf-auf-abstand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/alaaf-auf-abstand\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival at a distance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>Ash Wednesday, 17 February 2021, marked the end of a carnival season that was different from any other we\u2019ve previously seen. The events of the pandemic and the unpredictable ups and downs it has brought about have set the boundaries. A celebration, whose visitor numbers has exceeded a million, one that is characterised by proximity, singing, linking arms, anarchy and a lack of inhibitions, was forced to find new forms in light of the safety and hygiene measures put in place because of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The setbacks for this lively tradition have been more far-reaching on an economic, substantive and organisational level than almost any other since 1823: never before in its history of almost 200 years has the carnival in Cologne had to make way for a pandemic. Together with photographers from Cologne the K\u00f6lnisches Stadtmuseum checked out the locations and players of the 2020\/2021 carnival season. The special exhibition ALAAF AUF ABSTAND. Bilder einer anderen Session (CARNIVAL AT A DISTANCE \u2013&nbsp;Images of a Different Season) uses expressive photographs and powerful visual reports to depict intimate moments and spontaneous joy but also the underbelly of the carnival during the pandemic. Unusual moments that have no historical precedent and that make us think \u2013 a story of an immaterial cultural heritage that, on its path between tradition and modernity, was forced by a virus into a moment of stillness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-blog-img-right-align\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Alaaf-auf-Abstand_Koelnisches-Stadtmuseum_Bildpool_57-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Das Bild zeigt vier Personen. In der Mitte steht der Bauer des K\u00f6lner Dreigestirns im Aufzug. Vor dem Aufzug stehen Karnelvalssoldaten und bewachen den Aufzug.\" class=\"wp-image-3253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Alaaf-auf-Abstand_Koelnisches-Stadtmuseum_Bildpool_57-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Alaaf-auf-Abstand_Koelnisches-Stadtmuseum_Bildpool_57-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Alaaf-auf-Abstand_Koelnisches-Stadtmuseum_Bildpool_57-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Alaaf-auf-Abstand_Koelnisches-Stadtmuseum_Bildpool_57-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Alaaf-auf-Abstand_Koelnisches-Stadtmuseum_Bildpool_57.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> \u00a9 Costa Belibasakis<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>In the special digital exhibition &#8220;ALAAF AUF ABSTAND (Carnival at a distance)&#8221; (July 1 to October 3, 2021), these photographs were presented to the public for the first time. Now, after a new seasion in the shadow of the corona pandemic, we look back on this exceptional time for comparison!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2020\/2021, Cologne Carnival was overshadowed by the corona pandemic for the first time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13098,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4789,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions\/4789"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koelnisches-stadtmuseum.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}