The MUTABOR curtain installation transforms the multipurpose hall at Elbe School into a versatile stage and visual space. Four curtain panels can be flexibly moved and repositioned along a surrounding track. The installation can serve as a classic theater curtain, transform into a large-scale mural, become virtually invisible, or dominate the space. The variable arrangement constantly creates new spatial configurations.
The curtain panels are designed on both sides—each side inverts the other in color: black becomes white, dark red becomes light green.
The motif works with universal basic shapes: circles, triangles, lines. Hidden within them are comic-style eyes and speech bubbles, turning a triangle into an oversized nose or a semicircle into a hiding place. Floating triangles and quarter circles evoke play symbols and directional arrows.
The title MUTABOR (Latin for “I will transform”) comes from Wilhelm Hauff’s fairy tale “Caliph Stork” and connects Eastern and Western cultural heritage—just like the diverse student body of the Elbe School itself.
