Following a tour through the United States in the mid 80s this new exhibition is a sign of quickening international interest in the Collection. Preparations for the exhibition are going on parallel to the renovation work for the new museum planned to house the Collection in Heidelberg. In addition he will be responsible for the interior decoration and also be collaborating on the solution of a number of tricky technical problems revolving largely around air-conditioning and security. As of July all the items in the Collection will be provisionally stored in a depot so that the renovation work can start up in earnest. In the midst of all this turmoil the Prinzhorn team is also preparing the American exhibition.
Events inscribe themselves as on a wax tablet.
Take away the top leaf and the inscription, though now outwardly invisible, remains preserved and legible in the layers of wax beneath. In precisely the same way, says Freud, the traces left by life and suffering imprint themselves, ostensibly disappear but remain unremittingly present in the human mind. The traces are visible and decipherable, sometimes communicating directly, at other times cryptically, most often hidden away in strange worlds full of strange enigmatic meaning.