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Wow
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thank you very much we have listened to
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a few talks already and a notes late but
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it was great so far I think one thing
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that all connected all the talks is
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something that has something to do with
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values something that we sometimes tend
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to oversee and we can find these
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carriers of meaning everywhere in
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politics there on election posters right
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companies write them on walls there are
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red threats to conferences like this
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here and we as individuals use them as
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guidance when they are big decision in
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our lives
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whereas Gold's plans and fears focus on
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the outcome values worry about the way
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we do things they have a moral
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implication they define how we want to
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continue to live so to put it in very
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simple terms values are situation
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independent decision helpers so no
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matter what context I mean I'm trying to
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stick to my own values right
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but when I started looking into the
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notion of values and the concepts behind
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it I was overwhelmed by the sheer mass
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of abstract theories of modules and all
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these things so when you type in
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personal values into Google you can find
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over 900 million search results so I
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started looking into values through
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things I experienced myself for me the
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beauty of fellows is that they are much
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more than intellectual concepts I
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started writing them down as personal
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story and one is about this internal
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ticket and the value of friendship when
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I was 19 I started traveling I wanted to
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see the diversity of Europe I was done
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with my civilian service and a friend
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and I we bought tickets and
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train we shared chocolate with Spanish
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nuns we discussed life where the
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Brazilian pilgrim and we had amazing
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conversations along the way what I
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learned was that friends are the perfect
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mirror you need sometimes they're
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stressed sometimes they're friendly and
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sometimes they even critical but they
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help you to be and to become and stay
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the best possible self and stories about
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respect and joy of life followed
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afterwards and if I would ask you to
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think about a personal story connected
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to a value I'm sure everybody in the
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room would think about a different one
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try for example respects not why it's
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important in society but as personal
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memory maybe one of you would share a
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story about a friend teaching you
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self-respect
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maybe one of you would share a story
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about a Ganesh that your sister gave you
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as a gift before moving to India and
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maybe one of you would share a story
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about a marmalade glass that your
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grandmother gave you as a gift and these
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examples are real stories from real
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people and I think the problem is that
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we face that they're badly told there's
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no space sharing these stories so
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together with friends I decided I
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collect these stories and I created the
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Museum of male values and we ask people
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to send us their stories connected to
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objects the objects are witnesses and
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relics that remind us and what's
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important because some some of our
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objects that we have they're so deeply
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ingrained in our daily lives that we
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tend to over see what memory are in
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there on what life lessons are connected
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to it like
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a cassette we used to listen to or
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shells we found at the beach we love or
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old sneakers that we used to travel with
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but some people know right away what
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their story is
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and what object they want to share like
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this Pearl Earring a young woman shared
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with us describing the relationship to
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her father that was one of the first
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objects we got and it's about the loss
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of respect and I would like to share
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that with you my dad is my hero no one I
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know and bought his loyalty morale and
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honesty more than he does all my life
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I've been trying to live up to his
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standards and make him proud after my
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parents broke up he still acted in the
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most mature and respectful way he
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eventually married his teenage love my
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father my new stepmother and I got along
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very well everything seemed to work out
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just like a fairy tale unfortunately
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there is no fairy tale in life one day I
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visited my parents home and I found a
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pearl earring on the bathroom floor
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my stepmother does not wear pearls
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coincidence perhaps I confronted my
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father and the lack of respect and
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carelessness towards his wife made my
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heroic image of him disappear at the
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Museum of valleys we try to create a
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real space with real stories from real
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people like you and me we want to make
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valleys accessible and tangible want to
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offer new perspectives and not dogmatic
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definitions a space where there is no
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right and wrong our hope is that we
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spark curiosity and create a space where
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people feel safe in to open up to
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explore there were values and reflect on
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them and interact with others the
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objects and the stories are just
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catalysts a starting point to make you
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think when you come into our exhibitions
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we asked you to open your mind and let
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the stress of your daily lives behind
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the second step is offering new
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perspectives is exploring new
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perspectives we invite you to read all
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the 50 stories connected to different
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values and have a look at the objects
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the third and last step is after diving
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into all these unique and diverse
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experiences and stories we ask you we
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encourage you to reflect on your own
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values and share them with others when
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we started no traditional gallery
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thought this would work in any way
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nobody would have the patience to read
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that many stories nobody would be
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interested in normal people's objects
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nobody would care enough all right we
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all would care enough about each other's
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values and stories and after our first
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exhibition we found out in the most
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beautiful way that we do care people
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stay way longer than we expected they
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share their stories now we have over 200
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stories and objects connected to it and
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most importantly people open up in our
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exhibitions to reflect on their own
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values like this little note somebody
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gave us so for us the Museum of villas
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became way more than a study exhibition
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we started working with schools with
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organizations and with other initiatives
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and for me personally it helped me to
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grow as a person
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I started reflecting on my own Veloz it
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challenged myself and pushed me so I
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would like to encourage you to think
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about values in a different way values
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are the social glue that hold us
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together with all our beautiful
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differences if you let your friends your
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family and most important your partner
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know why a certain value is important to
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you and share that through stories and
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not through abstract definitions you get
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the chance to make connections on an
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entirely different level and especially
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in times where there's mistrust and fear
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the mistrust and fear sometimes stronger
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than love faith and hope we encourage
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you to share or to genuinely share your
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stories and sincerely listening to
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others to tear down at least a few walls
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between us so whenever you have a minute
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to pause your busy lives
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I would love to encourage you to think
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about your own values and write them
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down in personal stories don't overthink
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they might change over time but it's a
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start and most importantly share them
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with people you love thank you very much
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[Applause]
