Paul Renner: Hotel Almhof Schneider

The Wunderkammer is not a place; it is a mirror reflecting the mind of its creator, a mind whose desires know no bounds and which strives to appropriate the whole world to dwell in an endless ecstasy of surprise.

The "WUNDERKAMMER" at ALMHOF SCHNEIDER

 

"I created a wooden coffered ceiling painted in 114 fragments for the restaurant in the hotel Almhof Schneider, depicting hallucinogenic plants, following solely the effort for interpretation and aesthetics, disregarding any recognized wisdom or idea. It is a pseudo-scientific world theater. The Wunderkammer is the place where culinary and alcoholic pleasure is celebrated. Here reason sleeps, and fantastic stories are born."