A special service offered by the Museumsschule Köln takes it one step further: Students are encouraged to follow up sketches or personal notes with reconstructions of individual elements in the picture, specifically on stable shoebox cardboard, ideally white and paintable. As a result, the 2D artwork turns into a personal 3D version. The students work with moving parts that can be freely arranged so that two-dimensional elements are translated into a variable, three-dimensional vocabulary.
Viewing holes in the side of the cardboard provide extraordinary perspectives: The bottom becomes the floor of a fictional exhibition space, or a "play area" with an impressive interior effect. These arrangements can be theatrically staged with a smartphone light or handheld torch, and photos can be taken through viewing holes in the side walls. These can then serve as a model for personal drawings or artworks, resulting in unique versions of a painting that extent well beyond simple copying. The "experiencing" and "restaging" occur parallel to each other and complement each other, and the imagery is creatively and playfully interpreted while the original is viewed all the more closely during the next visit to the museum.
