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title: "Taboo Typography"
date: 2025-10-15
last_modified: 2025-10-15T15:28:16+02:00
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url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/event/tabu-typo/"
description: "For students in the 8th grade and above"
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Schirn_Presse_Suzanne_Duchamp_Multiplication_Brisee_et_Retablie_1918_19-1585x1920.jpg"
language: "en-US"
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# Taboo Typography

![Abstract composition with geometric shapes and inscriptions in various colors and textures.](https://www.schirn.de/en/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Schirn_Presse_Suzanne_Duchamp_Multiplication_Brisee_et_Retablie_1918_19.jpg)

Suzanne Duchamp, Multiplication Brisée et Rétablié (Broken and Restored Multiplication), 1918/19, Oil and silver paper on canvas, 61 × 50 cm

bpk / The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY / © Suzanne Duchamp / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Guided tour of the exhibition followed by a workshop. A playful exploration of art and of the children’s own ways of creating and expressing themselves. The focus is on teaching methods that nurture imagination, creativity, and the children’s understanding.

[  Contact us  ](mailto:fuehrungen@schirn.de)

**Age**
For students in the 8th grade and above

**Duration**
120 minutes

Printed text was an important aspect of the Dada art movement. Dada artists experimented with letters, words, and their arrangement, creating playful works that were often political. In this workshop, students will create their own word-based artworks using stamps, collage techniques, and a typewriter.