curated by Jamie Allen and Moritz Greiner-Petter with: Aram Bartholl, Ishac Bertran, Constant Dullaart, Bernhard Garnicnig, Geraldine Juarez, Jan Robert Leegte, Rosa Menkman, Peter Moosgaard, Ciara Phillips, Pussykrew, Sebastian Schmieg, Phillip Stearns and win93
3 V
site specific installation · aluminium, acrylic glass, thermoelectric generator, electronics, LEDs, tea candles, steel chain
An otherwise closed pedestrian tunnel leading to Münster Palace is open to the public during Skulptur Projekte. Five candle-powered LED chandeliers light up the dark concrete tunnel. Each chandelier consists of ten LED tea-candle reading lamps mounted on an aluminum ring. With the help of the thermoelectric effect, the heat of the candles is converted directly into 3V electricity to power the LED lamps. The bright and cold LED light contrasts with the warm flicker of classic candlelight. Twice a day (every five hours), a guard replaces the melted candles. 3V is one of three works which were commissioned and produced by Skulptur Projekte Münster. Each of these different site-specific works incorporates thermoelectric technology.
5 V
site specific installation · campfire, wood, steel, thermoelectric generator, cables, electronics
Skulptur Projekte visitors are invited to charge their phones over a campfire at the Pumpenhaus Münster. In the tradition of stick bread making (Germany) and cooking sausages over the flames, custom-made charger sticks produce 5V electricity
with the help of the thermoelectric effect of the heat of the fire—enough to charge the average smartphone. As long as the thermo generator attached to the end of the stick is exposed to the flames, it generates power. Phones can be plugged into the sticks via a multi-plug charging cable. Visitors gather around the warmth of the fire, charge their phones, and have a chat. 5V is one of three works which were commissioned and produced by Skulptur Projekte Münster.
12 V
site specific installation · router, camping stove, thermoelectric generator, cable, electronics, software, database
A standard home router hangs parasitically right next to commercial mobile phone antennas on the Münster TV tower. Vistors are invited to connect to this router with their phones. The router serves no Internet connectinon but offers a large database of PDF tutorials on ‘How to live an offline life’. A thermo generator sitting on a small camping stove nearby provides 12-volt electricity to power the router, which is connected via a 70-meter long orange cable. While Deutsche Telekom maintains one of its three large data centers right next to the TV tower, the site-specific installation 12V is totally independent of power lines or Internet connection. Users can download and also upload files. Connections cannot be traced or monitored by third parties on the Internet. The tower, a retro-looking building for long-range TV broadcasts before the Internet, becomes a historic sculpture in itself.
curated by Philippe Riss, produced by Fabulous Pictures
with: Aram Bartholl, Vincent Broquaire, Claude Closky, Frederik De Wilde, LabNT2, Lawrence Lek, Claire Malrieux, Théo Massoulier, Julien Prévieux, Paul Souviron, Théo Triantaffyllidis
with: özlem Altin, ART N MORE, Max Baitinger, Aram Bartholl, Johannes Bendzulla, Johanna Benz, Michael Beutler, Peggy Buth, Nadja Buttendorf, Kerstin Cmelka, Christine Gensheimer, Anna Haifisch, Francis Hunger, Franziska Jyrch, Steven Emmanuel, Seiichi Furuya, Jay Gard, Heike Geißler, Kalinka Gieseler, Simone Gilges, Anna Gille, Sebastian Gögel, Mathias Hamann, Paule Hammer, Matthias Hoch, Timo Hinze, Katrin Hanusch, Nina Hoffmann, Franziska Holstein, Nico Ihlein, Katharina Immekus, Annette Kelm, Stephanie Kiwitt, Jens Klein, Alwin Lay, Kathi Liebert, Markues, Anna McCarthy, Birgit Megerle, Bea Meyer, Thomas Möcker, Bastian Muhr, Olaf Nicolai, Diana Policarpo, Lars Rosenbohm, Arne Schmitt, Carsten Tabel, Hayahisa Tomiyasu, Sabine Reinfeld, Ricarda Roggan, Titus Schade, David Schnell, Andreas Schulze, Katharina Schilling, Luise Schröder, Maria Schuhmacher, Silke Schwarz, Rosalie Schweiker, Maya Schweizer, Su-Ran Sichling, Andrzej Steinbach, Heidi Specker, James Turek, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Jan Wenzel, Arthu
with: Ana Borralho & João Galante, Anastasia Ax, Anthony Hamilton & Alisdair Macindoe (AUS), Aram Bartholl, CecÃlia Bengolea & Nigga Fox , Crinabel Teatro & Digitópia, Diogo Evangelista, Filipa Francisco & Pedro Tudela, Florentina Holzinger & Claudia Maté, François Chaignaud & Marie-Piere Brébant, Damien Jalet & Gilles Delmas, Héctor Zamora, Ivan Argote, Jan Martens, Jenny Hval, Jérôme Bel , João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, …. among others
Die Ausstellung in der Burg Galerie im Volkspark zeigt vom 16. März bis 2. April 2017 studentische Arbeiten aus Kunst und Design, die sich auf vielfältige Weise dem Verhältnis von Text und Bild widmen.
Mit Gastbeiträgen von Aram Bartholl, Verena Friedrich, Ulrich Klieber
curated by Edward Shanken & Jessica Hodin
with: Franco and Eva Mattes, Aram Bartholl, Paolo Cirio, Eric Corriel, Hassan Elahi, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Jonas Lund, Julian Oliver, Trevor Paglen, Ryder Ripps, Bjorne Schuelke, Michelle Teran,
with: Aram Bartholl, Ronny Szillo, Eric Winkler, Tilman Hornig, Sascha Hundorff, Tony Franz, Hermes Villena, Raik Zimmermann, Alexander Gehrke, Svenja Wichmann, Andreas Ullrich, Alexander Endrullat, Holger Jenss, Elisabeth Rosenthal, Paul Waak, Lucie Freynhagen, Paul Barsch, a.ACHAT in coop Claudia Schoetz & Matthias Droste, Philip Wagenknecht
Kunsthochschule Kassel – The New Media class is proud to present new works at panke.gallery, Berlin. The pieces range from installation, performance, screen-based and interactive works to video and film. ‚Make it fit‘ refers to the restrictive cabin baggage rules of budget airlines, including their painfully meticulous control mechanisms. A lifestyle-conscious, hyper-mobile generation rattling trolleys along pavements has become the hallmark of gentrified neighborhoods in travel-hyped European capitals.
Kassel’s New Media students are using the classic travel suitcase as a constraint and metaphorical context for art production to meet the challenge of setting up a group show in Berlin in less than one day. Each work must fit into a suitcase to be transported, and setup time has to be either instant or not more than two hours. Hyper-mobile art also facilitates instant pop-up micro shows and performances in trains, in stations, and in other public spaces.
Curatorial processes often see artists selected on the basis of friendship networks or name dropping rather than actual works. How far can an artwork be ‘bent’ to make it fit an art show? An art market open secret is that paintings and sculpture that are small enough to fit in an ‘Upper Westside’ elevator have a better chance of being sold. Does it fit?