The fictional town of Kaisersaschern from Thomas Mann s novel "Doctor Faustus" lies below Halle an der Saale. And his location is the imaginary centre for Bazon Brocks s concept for an "educational trail of historical imagination". This "educational trail" can be fascinatingly regarded as the intention of the grand tour of Rudiger Giebler & Moritz Gotze. The two painters have been friends for thirty years. During this time they have often exhibited together, worked together and embarked on numerous travels. With its wrong-headed, interrupted history that was nonetheless stable and tranquil over long periods of time, Central Germany is a source of inspiration rich in imagery. The most disparate of biographies have crossed paths between the Harz mountains and the river Oder. They created a space filled with narrations. This is a region of mightty parks, of industrial landscapes, battlefields and nature reserves. Romanticism and rationalism interact here cheek by jowl. Paul Kaiser reflects upon the art-historical context of Giebler & Gotze, from their mutual beginnings in East Germany to the present.Exhibition in Ahrenshoop, Athen, Bangalore, Berlin, Bonn, Brussel, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt/M, Halle(Saale), Karlsruhe, Kasachstan, London, Lubeck, Magdeburg, Melbourne, Munchen, Napier/New Zeeland, Naumburg, New York, Oldenburg, Potsdam, Quedlinburg, Saarbrucken, Schwabisch Hall, Schweinfurt, Seattle, Sellin, Los Silos/Teneriffa, Teterow, Venice/California, Witten. The fictional town of Kaisersaschern from Thomas Mann s novel "Doctor Faustus" lies below Halle an der Saale. And his location is the imaginary centre for Bazon Brocks s concept for an "educational trail of historical imagination". This "educational trail" can be fascinatingly regarded as the intention of the grand tour of Rudiger Giebler & Moritz Gotze. The two painters have been friends for thirty years. During this time they have often exhibited together, worked together and embarked on numerous travels. With its wrong-headed, interrupted history that was nonetheless stable and tranquil over long periods of time, Central Germany is a source of inspiration rich in imagery. The most disparate of biographies have crossed paths between the Harz mountains and the river Oder. They created a space filled with narrations. This is a region of mightty parks, of industrial landscapes, battlefields and nature reserves. Romanticism and rationalism interact here cheek by jowl. Paul Kaiser reflects upon the art-historical context of Giebler & Gotze, from their mutual beginnings in East Germany to the present.Exhibition in Ahrenshoop, Athen, Bangalore, Berlin, Bonn, Brussel, Dusseldorf, Erfurt, Frankfurt/M, Halle(Saale), Karlsruhe, Kasachstan, London, Lubeck, Magdeburg, Melbourne, Munchen, Napier/New Zeeland, Naumburg, New York, Oldenburg, Potsdam, Quedlinburg, Saarbrucken, Schwabisch Hall, Schweinfurt, Seattle, Sellin, Los Silos/Teneriffa, Teterow, Venice/California, Witten.