Annual-Report-2024 - Flipbook - Page 104
Nobel Heroes Exhibitions
Revealing the Personality
Behind the Accolades
In 2024, the portraits of Nobel Laureates by artist Peter Badge were once again on
tour around the world. One of the many locations where the photos were exhibited
was East Timor, a full 12,673 kilometers away from Lindau. How did this come about?
The connection to the East Asian country came about
through H. E. José Ramos-Horta, current President of the
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace
Laureate 1996. Peter Badge first met Ramos-Horta in connection with the Nobel Heroes photo project, and the two
have been on friendly terms ever since. Their cooperation
became more concrete in 2010, when Badge organized the
visit of other Nobel Laureates for a scientific programme
in East Timor for the first time, visits which have taken
place frequently since that time. Moreover, a Memorandum of Understanding with Lindau was signed under the
leadership of the President some years ago.
The Nobel Heroes exhibition at Galeria Memória Via,
a Museum of President Ramos-Horta’s achievements,
and at the East Timorese Ministry of Foreign Affairs since
August 2024 is another milestone in their collaboration.
In the accompanying catalogue, Ramos-Horta describes
the importance of the exhibition in these words:
“In a world that often seems divided, this exhibition
stands as a powerful reminder of what we can achieve
when we dedicate ourselves to the betterment of humanity through science, literature, and peace. It is a celebration of the human spirit, of our endless capacity for
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innovation and our ability to positively impact the world
around us.”
Other Nobel Heroes exhibitions in 2024 took place
in Munich in collaboration with TUM, where a scientific matinee programme also took place at the beginning
of the year, Heiligendamm on the Baltic Sea and Guangzhou as contribution to the China-Singapore Guangzhou
Knowledge City. Since the turn of the year and until the
conclusion of the 74th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting at
the beginning of July, the portraits have been on display
in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland/south of Liechtenstein.
The exhibition is complemented
by the book “Ingenious Encounters”,
also available in German: “Geniale
Begegnungen – Weltreise zu Nobelpreisträgern”. Both publications
have recently been published in
an updated, second edition –
including all portraits of Peter
Badge's project to date.
ISBN 978-3-95829-965-8 (EN)
and 978-3-95829-718-0 (DE)
