Anatomy of Fragility – An introduction by Franziska Nori, Director Frankfurter Kunstverein From 2nd October 2025 to 1st March 2026, the Frankfurter Kunstverein presents the exhibition Anatomy of Fragility – Body Images in Art and Science. The ways in which we look at, perceive and represent the body are in constant flux. Art and science …
23 Anatomical votives presented in the following order: Votive head; fragment of a viscera plate; votive head, fragment of a hand with offering (pastry); fragment of a votive figure of a man in a cloak with opened abdominal cavity; votive head; outstretched left hand; foot; votive eyes; votive ears; female breast; votive of a uterus; …
21 wax casts. Mid to late 20th c. Six Wooden moulds, 1730–1800 Presented in the following order: wooden mould with torso votive; torso and back votives and lung votive with heart; wooden mould with leg votives; female votive figure; lung votive with throat; eye votive with wooden mould and er votives; arm votives with wooden …
System of In-between State, 2024 Three sculptures Steel, polymer gypsum, epoxy putty, branches, dry grape stalk, broken vacuum cleaner, electrical cables, fibreglass, acrylic ink, lacquer 125 x 110 x 186 cm; 100 x 110 x 175 cm; 84 x 88 x 174 cm Commissioned by the 15th Gwangju Biennale and sponsored by the Austrian Ministry …
A me stessa (To myself), 2019 Tempera-Gouache, pastel, coloured pencils on cardboard, mounted on a wooden panel 16,8 x 24 cm, with frame 17,5 x 24,7 x 3,1 cm Courtesy Private collection, Italy Senza titolo (pelle) (Untitled, skin), 2019 Tempera-Gouache, pastel, coloured pencils on cardboard, mounted on a wooden panel 15 x 17,7 cm, with …
21 Moulages, 19th-20th c. Painted wax, fabric, wood Dimensions variable Courtesy Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology; University Hospital, Goethe University Frankfurt Moulages are three-dimensional, lifelike reproductions of body parts made from wax. They depict diseases and injuries and were created for use in medical training. For the exhibition Anatomy of Fragility, the Frankfurter Kunstverein …
Evolver: Journey of Breath, 2022 Stitched projection (2 projectors), spatial audio 15 Min Evolver: Deep Listening Meditation, 2022 Triggered headphone piece (binaural composition) Language: English 10 Min Evolver: VR, 2022 Virtual reality, headphones Language: English 24 Min Courtesy Marshmallow Laser Feast Please note: Participation in the interactive part of the installation requires prior registration. …
Giuseppe Astorri Testa e tronco di donna con dimostrazione del circolo arterioso e del sistema simpatico (Head and torso of a woman with a demonstration of the arterial circulation and the sympathetic nervous system), 18th–19th c. Anatomical model in wax painted using mixed media With frame 57,5 x 39 x 20 cm Cesare Bettini Sezione …
Venerina (Reclining female figure with detachable anatomical parts), 18th c. (ca. 1782) Anatomical model in painted wax, hair, wood, fabric and pearls Body 138 x 57 x 26 cm; with frame 165,5 x 75 x 47 cm Courtesy Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna | University Museum Network | Museum of Palazzo Poggi This …
The Lady Anatomist, 2018 Documentary film 55 Min Sponsored by maecenia Foundation for Women in Science and the Arts Courtesy Iris Fegerl Iris Fegerl’s film powerfully tells the story of Anna Morandi Manzolini, the first woman to gain admission to the exclusively male domain of the university in the 18th century. She was the first …
Muscoli estrinseci dell’occhio (Extrinsic ocular muscles), 18th c. (1755–1769) Anatomical model made of painted wax, wood, fabric 35 x 35 x 7 cm Courtesy Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna | University Museum Network | Museum of Palazzo Poggi The sense of sight has always held a unique significance for human beings. It …
For the exhibition Anatomy of Fragility, selected works from the Museum of Palazzo Poggi and the “Luigi Cattaneo” Anatomical Wax Collection at the University of Bologna have been brought together. Both collections hold several thousand objects, including one of the most significant holdings of anatomical wax models in Europe. The exhibition presents exemplary pieces from …
Materialise, 2015 Arm prosthesis 3D printing, CNC routing, hand carved and sculpted, using steel, rock, earth, wood, moss, oil, cork, wool, bronze, rhodium, gold and magnets 50 x 13 x 13 cm VINE 2.0, 2022 Arm prosthesis Resin, electronics, metal components and gold plated metal 70 x 14 x 14 cm Photo and video installation with …
Kroisos-Kouros (Copy of the Kroisos Kouros, original dated to around 530 BC.) Plaster, painted, with integral base 56 x 60 x 210 cm Courtesy Collection of Classical Antiquities and Sculpture Hall of the Goethe University Frankfurt The kouros represents the archetype of an artistic form, a type of statue in which the human body becomes …
Incertae sedis I (Birth at Sea), 2025 Resin, clear resin and iron 135 x 202 x 90 cm Incertae sedis II (Turn Male to Mate), 2025 Resin, clear resin and iron 162 x 135 x 242 cm Incertea sedis III (Female Adulthood), 2025 Resin, clear resin and iron 215 x 158 x 76 cm Multivisceral …
Lore, 2025 5-channel sound installation, active loudspeaker, quarry stone, wood, ash Speakers: Luna Hepper, Jonas Säverin, Jerome Scheuren, Jakob Stöger, Luna Vega Cut: Tilli Treier 17 min Courtesy the artist Kora Riecken (b. 1997, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Mainz. Her work combines video, audio, performance, …
Tokyo, 2025 47 x 46 x 62 cm New York Toronto, 2025 200 x 46 x 56 cm Beijing Hanoi Paris, 2025 78 x 44 x 65 cm Stainless steel, plywood, PU leather, steel gears, motor, step motor, music box mechanic Courtesy the artist Thuy Tien Nguyen (b. 1993, Hanoi, Vietnam) is a graduate of …
Von der Straße für die Straße (Sonnemann Ecke Howaldtstraße), 2025 Mixed materials Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist Gregor Lau (b. 1995, Karlsruhe, Germany) is currently studying at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, with a focus on sculpture, having also completed an apprenticeship as a plasterer, which informs his artistic practice. Lau’s research reflects both on the …
dig deeper, 2023 Öl auf Leinwand Oil on canvas 20 x 30 cm It’ll make you feel better, 2022 Öl auf Platte Oil on board 40 x 30 cm It was coming to an end, 2021 Öl auf Platte Oil on board 30 x 40 cm Hidden within the folds of the fabric, the quiet …
Scene I-V, 2025 Five bas-reliefs in lime wood, 61 x 66 x 6 cm each Offering, 2025 PLA bioplastic, colour, synthetic hair 112 x 215 x 69 cm Courtesy the artist Sargon Khnu (b. 1991, Assyrian) is currently studying at Offenbach University of Art and Design and lives between Frankfurt and Berlin. He names Assyria …
Rebecca, 2025 Limewood, carving 29 x 21 x 73 cm Ohne Titel (swarm), 2025 Watercolour on hardboard, wood, acrylic 200 x 120 cm Ohne Titel (man and bird), 2025 Pencil on paper, glass, wood 22,5 x 15,5 cm Courtesy the artist Oscar Kargruber (b. 1999, Sulzrain, Germany) is currently studying sculpture at the Städelschule in …
The Mountains Witness, the Stones Remember, 2024 Three digital photographs on fleece 200 x 133 cm Captured by a Green Light, 2025 26 x 60,5 cm Before the Sunrise, at the Station, 2025 28 x 33,5 cm After the Picnic Lunch, 2025 50 x 48 cm The Scaffold Touched the Sky, 2025 45 x 35 …
pause, 2025 Video, Performance Various video files, 25 seconds each Camera: Oskar Lohse Performers: Nelly Habelt, Valentin Huwer Courtesy the artist Nelly Habelt (b. 2001, Frankfurt am Main, Germany) is currently studying at Offenbach University of Art and Design. At the centre of her artistic practice is her own body. She describes her work as …
Die Schwarze Masse, 2025 Video, colour, stereo, 4K 12 min The prophet: Morten Rose With Khashayar Zandyavari, Sara Elizabeth Egede Andersson, Thorbjørn Pihl, Loqman Ahmed, Oliver Engelmand, Sidsel Buch Camera: John Hussain Flindt Sound: Khashayar Zandyavari Assistence: Line Lyhne Colour correction: Botond Nagy Sound mix: Leon Goltermann Courtesy the artist Paul Haas (b. 1992, Eilenburg, …
Im 2. OG rechts hinter der Wand, 2025 Grey cardboard, wood, 300 x 120 x 180 cm each Courtesy the artist Simon Gilmer (b. 1997, Pirmasens, Germany) is currently studying at Offenbach University of Art and Design. His practice operates at the intersection of sculpture, photography, and scenographic space. Cardboard is Gilmer’s central material. With …
Digitale Entfremdung, 2025 Two PCs, screen, microphone, two sound interfaces, latex, carpet, sound absorber, buttons Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist Elisa Deutloff (b. 1998, Lich, Germany) is currently studying at Offenbach University of Art and Design. Her focus lies in electronic media and she creates interactive spatial installations, performs live, codes, and trains AI systems. …
La Caoba, 2025-ongoing Performative installation with mixed materials Dimensions variable With contributions by Anna Pezzoli, Tracy Naa Koshie Thompson, Elene Gelovani, Lizi Kashakashvili Realised thanks to the support of Sonja Prochorow, Samuel Götschin, Leonie Englert, Romildo Olympio Courtesy: the artists La Caoba is an off-the-grid global movement initiated by Larry Bonćhaka (b. 1994, Accra, Ghana) and …
Adulto (Uomo) c.d. seduto (Adult man sitting), 2000 Resin 60 x 50 x 90 cm Adulto, maschio (Adult man), 2000 Resin 140 x 80 x 35 cm Courtesy Italian Ministry of Culture/Archeological Park of Pompeii The Archaeological Park of Pompeii has provided two of the most touching casts of human victims of the eruption of …
Gutting a Rotten Horse Generated The Most Horrific Migraine With The Most Beautiful Aura Upside Down Into a Landscape, 2024 Brass and original substance from a dead animal 500 x 250 cm Co-produced by Frankfurter Kunstverein Courtesy Toni R. Toivonen and Galerie Forsblom The Rivers and Streams of a Dissolved Mind, 2024 Brass and original …
Cast from Grotta del Romito (Romito Cave in Calabria, Italy) 150 x 100 cm Cast from Grotte du Roc (Roc-de-Sers Cave in Charente, France) 165 x 65 cm Cast from Grotta dell’Addaura (Addaura Cave on Sicily, Italy) 70 x 100 cm Cast specially made for the exhibition The Presence of Absence at the Frankfurter Kunstverein; …
Gibellina Heartquake VR, 2022–2024 Immersive virtual reality experience 26-30 min We thank the Archivio del Centro Sviluppo Creativo “Danilo Dolci” and Rai (Radiotelevisione Italiana) for providing the archival material Courtesy Alberto Stabile Gibellina Heartquake VR was born out of a desire to tell the story of Gibellina and the Belice region, deeply affected by the …
WHAT IS THE CRETTO? The Grande Cretto di Gibellina by Alberto Burri is one of the largest works of art in the world and measures 270 x 310 metres. Like a shroud of white concrete, it covers the ruins of the small village that was destroyed by the earthquake on 15 January 1968. In the …
Il Cretto è casa mia (The Cretto is my home), 2024 –ongoing A project by Nicolò Stabile 34 photographs by Giuseppe Ippolito Digital photography, dimensions variable Thoughts of the survivors of 1968 Belice earthquake collected and chosen by Giovanna Giordano Courtesy Giuseppe Ippolito (Photos) and Giovanna Giordano (Text) Il Cretto è casa mia (The Cretto …
Il Grande Cretto di Gibellina, 2015 Film, 14 min Courtesy Petra Noordkamp and The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Petra Noordkamp is an artist. She works with photography and film and explores the influence of experiences, memories, films and dreams on the perception of architecture and the urban environment. In 2015, she was invited by the …
Cast of the Laetoli footprints Found in 1978; location: Tanzania 3D print with a filament based on a 3D scan 40 x 360 x 4,5 cm Produced by the Frankfurter Kunstverein for the exhibition The Presence of Absence: 3D scans created by the 3D-Lab of the Natural History Museum Vienna, 3D printing by studio gilgen …
Untitled, 2024 Smoke and soot on board 4 pieces, each 115 x 205 cm Untitled, 2024 Smoke and soot on board 6 pieces, each 200 x 150 cm Untitled, 2024 Smoke and soot on board 40 x 40 cm Untitled, 2024 Smoke and soot on board 40 x 40 cm Courtesy Studio Claudio Parmiggiani Untitled, …
“Physics is all about using the transcendence of mathematics to reveal the immanence of the Universe we live in. Taking a photo of a black hole is a perfect example of how an object whose existence was purely mathematical, has been transformed into a physical object by the collaborative work of hundreds of scientists. The …
Distortions in Spacetime, 2018 Real-time interactive walk-in installation, multichannel audio 9 min 40 sec Courtesy Marshmallow Laser Feast Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) are a collective of artists from London who work at the intersection of science, technology and art. With their installation Distortions in Spacetime, they take visitors on a journey into the darker corners …
Shrink 01995, 1995 – ongoing PVC, vacuum pump, air tubes, steel pipes 260 x 320 cm Performances every weekend with different participants On Saturdays: 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. On Sundays: 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Special date: 26 December, at 2:30, 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Duration 20 min Courtesy Lawrence Malstaf / Tallieu Art …
Small Portal (Sanatorium Bellevue, Kreuzlingen), 1988 Gaze, Fischleim und Latex Gauze, fish glue and latex 455 x 340 cm Ablösen der Haut, Herrenzimmer, 1979 Three photographs by Hans Peter Siffert 75 x 50 cm; 44,5 x 30 cm; 30 x 44,3 cm; 44,2 x 30 cm © The Estate of Heidi Bucher Heidi Bucher im …
Fulgurite Found in 1985 210 x 26 x 5 cm On loan from the R. Riedinger Collection, LWL-Museum of Natural History, Münster Fulgurites are figuratively referred to as fossilised lightning. They are rare phenomena in which released energy leaves a permanent form in sandy soil. Since the beginning of time, lightning has been striking and …
Foreword by Prof Dr Andreas Mulch Director of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt The world we live in is the result of billions of years of natural development. The transformation of our planet, which accompanies this evolution, can provide insights yet to be discovered into the way Earth deals with change. …
With the exhibition The Presence of Absence, the Frankfurter Kunstverein is continuing its collaboration with the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research for the fourth time. Following Trees of Life (2019), Edmond’s Prehistoric Realm (2020) and Bending the Curve (2023), this exhibition emerges as a joint exploration of fundamental human questions through the lenses of art …
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Guest contribution Last year, I took part in Gintarė Sokelytė’s coactive art installation. We, the five participants, were suspended from a star-shaped sculpture with ropes attached to our wrists and ankles; we were asked questions and filmed while we were responding to them. It was physically demanding to be hanging there. The questions were also …
Dr Ewald Rathke 1926 – 2024 Dr Ewald Rathke, director emeritus of the Frankfurter Kunstverein from 1962 to 1970, passed away on 5 May 2024. From 1959 to 1961, he was managing director of the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen in Düsseldorf. From 1970, he ran his own art dealership in Frankfurt am Main. …
For the upcoming exhibition The Presence of Absence (October 12, 2024 to February 16, 2025, opening on October 11, 2024, at 6:30 pm), the Frankfurter Kunstverein is looking for committed people who would like to participate in the installation Shrink (1995) by Lawrence Malstaf (*1972, Brussels) for a small compensation. About the performance Shrink: Each …
Gym bro, 2024 Paper Cut, Photo cardboard 110 x 318 cm Pink sexy gym boot camp, 2024 Paper Cut, Photo cardboard 265 x 295 cm Ohne Titel, 2024 Paper Cut, Photo cardboard 680 cm / ⌀ 47 cm INSTAREXIE, 2024 Ceiling installation of 240 paper cuts, photo cardboard, color foil je 68 x 68 cm …
State of Strike, 2024 Paper cut and drawing, card stock, pencil and coloured pencil 10,65 x 2,71 m Courtesy the artist In Sonja Yakovleva’s new works, specially created for this exhibition, the overarching motif is the representation of an abstract power that governs bodies and is embedded in them. In State of Strike, the city …
* (Asterisk), 2023–24 Room installation Plaster, branches, wood and jute fabric 40 m2, Height 2,5 m Video installation Five videos 7:04 min, 3:44 min, 6:15 min, 4:21 min, 11:00 min Wood, MDF, cardboard, paper and 5 screens 3 x 3 x 3 m Sculpture Metal 92 x 68 x 210 cm Courtesy the artist The …
A-Type Complex, 2024 Installation Construction grids, coal, reflective foil, screen, series of sculptures made of chicken wire, plaster and engine oil Height 255 cm / ⌀ 260 cm 25, 2024 Wall sculpture Styrofoam, iron wire, metal, various plastics and engine oil 5 x 1,8 m Courtesy the artist A-Type Complex is the title of the …
Headed by Prof. Dr. Martin Wikelski and team ICARUS (Uschi Müller & team) Schäuffelhut & Berger GmbH, Movebank Babette Eid & team, MPIAB, MaxCine couchbits GmbH, Michael Quetting, MPIAB, Movebank Museum and AnimalTracker Dr. Kamran Safi, Dr. Andrea Kölzsch, Dr. Anne Scharf, MPIAB, MoveApps Carla Avolio, MPIAB, Press and Outreach Movebank Two videos, 3D animations …
Prof. Dr. Alexander Böker, Director Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung IAP Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Büsse, Head of Verarbeitungstechnikum für Biopolymere Schwarzheide Dr. Jens Balko, Head of Verarbeitungstechnikum für Biopolymere Schwarzheide Heiko Ziller, Technical co-worker Danny Pytek, Technical co-worker Jens Kunkel, Design of experiments and compilation of exhibits Fabian Textor, Scientific co-worker Fresh-keeping containers, cream jars, cable pass-throughs, …
Magna Glaskeramik Stormy Grey Bodenplatten, 2017 24 Glass panels from recycled crushed glass and surplus coated solar panels Each 135 x 60 x 2 cm Samples 6 Glass tiles made from recycled broken glass and surplus coated solar panels Courtesy Magna Glaskeramik BlueBlocks: Seawood Samples Fibreboards made from brown seaweed Courtesy BlueBlocks RikMakes: Compostboard Samples …
Bending the Curve – Knowing, Acting, Caring for Biodiversity Co-Kreation Kunst: Franziska Nori WHY CO-CREATIONS? Bending the Curve is the latest in a series of exhibitions (Trees of Life – Stories for a Damaged Planet 2019/2020, The Intelligence of Plants 2021/2022) in which the Frankfurt Kunstverein collaborates with international natural science research institutes and contemporary …
Bending the Curve: How to Achieve a Turnaround in Conservation? Co-Creation Science: Katrin Böhning-Gaese Franziska Nori and I met at a workshop on the New Senckenberg Natural History Museum in early 2019. Franziska deeply impressed me with her speech. She said “art can open up new perspectives” and ideally “creates ‘sublime moments’ that have transformative …
Pink Hammock, 2019 Hammock, woven sisal, dyed pink 200 x 400 x 100 cm Dog benches (pups), 2023 Weaven agave fibers, plywood structure Each 67 x 40 x 45 cm Totomoxtle, 2023 Polygonal multi-colored corn panels 12 m2 Agave Regeneration, 2019 Video 5:34 min Totomoxtle – Biomaterial Made from Mexican Heirloom Corn Husks, 2019 Video …
Prof. Dr. Dirk Hebel MycoTree, 2017 Mycelium and bamboo 100 x 100 x 150 cm Courtesy Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture The MycoTree is the result of a collaboration between the Chair of Sustainable Construction at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Block Research Group at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology …
David Leclère et al. Bending the Curve of Biodiversity Loss, 2020 Infographic from: Leclère D, Obersteiner M, Barrett M, Butchart SHM, Chaudhary A, De Palma A, DeClerck FAJ, Di Marco M, et al. (2020). Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy. Courtesy Adam Islaam | IIASA Plant and animal species across the …
Guts, 2019 HD-Video, 12:52 min Featuring the Island of Newfoundland, CLEAR, Rick Chavolla, and Max Liboiron Cinematography and Editing by Taylor Hess and Noah Hutton Courtesy Taylor Hess and Noah Hutton The short film Guts, directed by Noah Hutton and Taylor Hess, addresses the responsibility of science and its independence in the service of socio-ecological …
Hidaka Ohmu, 2020 Algae glued to rattan and laminated wood 535 x 325 x 224 cm Corpus Maris II, 2023 Algae glued to rattan and laminated wood 150 x 150 x 130 cm Department of Seaweed Studio space: Various prototypes, work samples and material Algae veneer, rattan constructions, sketches, dried algae from various countries in …
Pollinator Pathmaker: AfyLbwTriWhuR7PDkd77LZ (Pollinator Vision, Late Spring) Pollinator Pathmaker: ARr77zvQW8Bq8q6hgDHUmp (Pollinator Vision, Late Summer) Pollinator Pathmaker: AfyLbwTriWhuR7PDkd77LZ (Pollinator Vision, Late Summer) Pollinator Pathmaker: iFADDiPqc5HU3KiFxjBEuG (Pollinator Vision, Early Summer) Pollinator Pathmaker: AfyLbwTriWhuR7PDkd77LZ (Pollinator Vision, Midsummer), 2023 Five pigment prints on Baryta paper with landscape creations made with the software Pollinator Pathmaker Each 203 x 125 cm …
Six architectures of ant nests of different species Camponotus socius, Pogonomyrmex badius, Trachymyrmex septentrionalis, Formica Dolosa, Pheidole morrisi, Cyphomyrmex rimosus Tin casting Various sizes Courtesy Walter R. Tschinkel Walter R. Tschinkel is a US biologist who conducts research in the field of sociobiology and behavioral ecology of social insects, particularly ants. Tschinkel’s decades of work …
Exhibit developed by Dr. Johannes Köhler Colony of atta leaf cutter ants System of tubes and cubes with ants, food chambers, waste chambers Various sizes Courtesy Dr. Johannes Köhler, Zoo Frankfurt Thanks to a collaboration with Frankfurt Zoo, the Frankfurter Kunstverein presents a colony of leafcutter ants that will inhabit the exhibition rooms for the …
RECIPROCITY // Mogu Acoustic ASPEN Tiles, 2023 Bio-fabricated mycelium-composite acoustic tiles, grown by means of fungal fermentation on low value substrates/residues, including hemp, cotton, and mycelium biomasses Triangle-shaped modules, each one 45,5 x 39,8 cm RECIPROCITY // The Alchemist – Ganoderma lucidum, 2021 Fungal Biomass and fruiting Bodies/mushrooms, cultivated on agro-industrial residues, including hemp straw …
MYRIAD. Where we connect. is a project of Interactive Media Foundation and Filmtank, in co-creation with Miiqo Studios, Context Film and Artificial Rome MYRIAD. Installation, 2023 Fourteen modules, five seating blocks, two seating benches made of wood, Resysta, Ytong, coated with coloured concrete Various sizes Interactive projection mapping on three carbon modules, floor projection, reactive …
Server sharing artworks by Nora Al-Badri, Simon Denny, Do Not Research, Olia Lialina, Jill Magid and Jon Rafman through the P2P file sharing network Server cage, server cabinet, rack server, file, Torrent software, internet connection, neon lights Dimensions variable Courtesy the artists and Apalazzo Gallery To view the works, please visit the website www.peer-to-peer.xyz and …
Video installation, raised floor like in data centers 24:04 min Courtesy the artists and Apalazzo Gallery The Frankfurter Kunstverein is premiering Eva & Franco Mattes’ new video work, Up Next. This piece takes as its subject the fate of Fatemeh Khishvand (*2001, Tehran, Iran), who became known as Sahar Tabar on Instagram. Her story turned …
Wall mounted Plexiglas panels with content moderation guidelines UV print on plexiglass, various insulation materials, spacers, screws 100 x 100 cm / 150 x 100 cm Courtesy the artists and Apalazzo Gallery The presentation of The Bots is added to by the nine-part work Abuse Standards Violations, which marks the beginning of Eva and Franco …
Video installation Actors and actresses: Irina Cocimarov, Jesse Hoffman, Jake Levy, Alexandra Marzella, Ruby McCollister, Bobbi Salvör Menuez Six customised OKA desks, monitors, videos, headphones, cables Dimensions and length variable Courtesy the artists and Apalazzo Gallery For The Bots, Eva & Franco Mattes collaborated with investigative journalist Adrian Chen and actors and actresses Irina Cocimarov, …
Video installation Five videos, monitors, customized wall brackets, cables Dimensions and duration variable Courtesy the artists and Apalazzo Gallery BEFNOED is the title of an ongoing series of videos that Eva & Franco Mattes have been producing since 2013. These short films are published online, on obscure, peripheral or forgotten social networks around the world, …
Installation Customized cable trays from OBO Bettermann, ethernet cables, digital images, single-board computers, metal cases, micro SD cards, USB flash drives, ethernet adapters, own-developed software Dimensions variable Courtesy the artists and Apalazzo Gallery Personal Photographs November 2007 is a self-contained network between two Raspberry Pi microcomputers connected by cables and constantly exchanging files with each …
Zwei Schritte vor, ein Schritt zurück, 2023 Three-channel-video installation 3D animation and machine learning algorythms 05:44 min Sound Phil Hoffart Courtesy the artist Nassim L’Ghoul works with 3D animation to generate digital images that he creates individually for his films. L’Ghoul has produced a new three-channel work for the Frankfurter Kunstverein. His moving images unfold …
Bent cold sidewalk, 2022/2023 Installation Silkscreen on canvas (70 x 70 cm), digital print on mesh (432 x 332 cm, 357 x 457 cm, 427 x 352 cm), digital print on paper, cassette cases (10,16 x 6,35 x 1,27 cm), lp-covers (315 x 312 cm), woven blanket (185 x 150cm), crowbar, mercedes-star, metal ashtray, stickers, …
0-12 Beaufort, 2023 Set of 13 images, projected Faders 0-12, 2023 13 archival pigment prints, aluminum frames each 30 x 40 cm Courtesy the artist For the exhibition And This is Us 2023, Offert Albers creates a two-part photographic work whose parts are of equal value to one another, as they both point to the …
Filtered time series (Frankfurt), 2023 Installation 23 screens, 23 media players, switches, power supplies, network cables, video cables, power cables, adapters, Velcro Filter #0 (F) Filter #1 (F) Filter #2 (F) Filter #3 (F) Filter #4 (F) Filter #5 (F) Filter #6 (F), 2023 Screen clusters Annual Plots (Frankfurt), 2023 12 Inkjet prints on paper …
50°06’20.4″N 8°45’52.2″E, 2023 Virtual Reality Installation 3D Scan Collage, Trnio+, Ue5.03 Duration variable Film, Ue5.03, 29 min Ceramics, bisque fired, dipped in ink Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist (Please note that the Virtual Reality glasses by Jenny-Sofie Kasper can only be tried out on the following days: Thursdays, 4pm-9pm & Saturdays, Sundays, 11am-7pm). Jenny …
Capriccio (study), 2023 Handtufted tapestry Wool, linen and polyester yarn, polyester fabric, textile glue 225 x 420 cm Courtesy the artist Pia Ferm draws, sculpts and works with textile materials and with marble. Her works emerge from the act of drawing, which she then transforms into different materials and practices. The artist has created a …
Gave to the cypress a rosy shade of the redbud; and to the tulip gave the stature of a bambuseae, 2023 Mixed media ⌀ 150 x 300 cm Courtesy the artist Trained as a painter in Tehran, Iran, Anita Esfandiari worked with sculpture, drawing and installation during her studies at the Städelschule. The formal starting …
Untitled, 2022/2023 24 drawings with gouache on paper, charcoal on paper, charcoal and gouache on paper, pencil on paper 21 x 29,7 cm, 76 x 112 cm, 50 x 70 cm, 53 x 76 cm, 150 x 248 cm Courtesy the artist Meret Kern works with gouache and more recently with charcoal on paper. She …
Horizontsucher, 2023 Five latex reliefs 120 x 80 cm, 160 x 130 cm, 50 x 140 cm Narrenfreiheit, 2023 Four 3D print, oil paint, plaster 50 x 27 x 20 cm, 50 x 22 x 20 cm, 50 x 26 x 27 cm Courtesy the artist With its origins in drawing, Lisa-Sophie Gehrmann’s artistic practice …
Blessed 2, 2023 Oil on canvas 380 x 280 cm Views, 2023 Oil on canvas 260 x 280 cm Courtesy the artist Sonja Rychkova portrays people from her surroundings, friends, also youngsters from the neighbourhood where she grew up. Her gaze is not that of a stranger, it is intimate and familiar. Since she began …
Another dream under the Troposphere, 2023 Film and digital photo collages, 18 min Actresses: Elie Autins, Lalla Nomoko, Rashiyah Elanga Music Kamal Jahi Project management Emma Bombail Script, direction and editing Rashiyah Elanga Kamera Camera Jing Lin, Rashiyah Elanga Makeup Simon Mine With thanks to Kabena Kasangati, Jackson Bukasa, Jean Patrice Keka, Valentin Noujaim, Camille …
Lucía Moreno (*1982, Basel, CH) & Eva Noguera (*1979, Barcelona, ES) Calvary Chapel, 2022 Installation on glass Variable size Courtesy the artists A moral tale Momu & No Es have been an artistic duo since 2004. They work between Rotterdam, Barcelona and Madrid. Combining video, scenography and performance, their projects are populated with objects and …
Helicon, 2018 Video 6 min Courtesy Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) An invocation of the apocalypse To invoke is to voice an incantation or a plea for help, for a favour or protection, to a higher force. Helicon is an invocation: a brass band, composed of seven members of different ages playing a melody …
Under the firelight, the ash shines like glitter, 2021-2022 Cardboard, newspaper, paper mâché, glue, photocopies, risographs, acrylic, spray, grid, black light Variable dimensions Courtesy the artist A tale rescued from the ashes Antoni Hervàs described his ambitious exhibition El misterio de Caviria (The mystery of Caviria), at La Capella, Barcelona, 2016, as ‘an investigation into …
áfóñg, 2022 Mixed digital media Courtesy the artist Delving into the subject of representation through the medium of an audiovisual mixtape, the work is structured under 8 themes: íntró (éstádó cónstánté dé críngé) síndrómé dél ímpóstór / nó mérécé lá péná / párá nó dár péná ántifáz káwáíí / nárrátívá ámóré (ábró híló – té …
Carne de mi carne: Piel, 2021 Video installation Director, production, script: María Alcaide Performers: Lepen Alcaide, Antonio Alcaide, Alicia Alcaide, Nieves G. Alcaide, Blas Alcaide, José A. Alcaide; with the collaboration of María Martín, medical specialist 12:46 min Courtesy the artist soo fat, 2021 Sculpted foam seats covered with silicone, hand cut by the artist …
DILSS. Digital Intercontinental Large Supermarkets, 2022 Printed PVC tarpaulin, glass, paper, wood, glitter Variable size Courtesy the artist A hyper-realistic tale The artist Andrea Muniáin is a trained architect and researcher. Her recent work focuses on the development of prototypes, which she calls ‘bodyscapes’. By means of walk-in sceneries that allow viewers to become part …
Mariokissme (Mario Páez, *1980, Campillos, Málaga, ES) R. Marcos Mota (Rafa Marcos, *1988, Tarragona, ES) Schreber is a Woman, 2020 4K video transferred to HD 2-Channel synchronised projection Colour, stereo, 30 min Installation, variable dimensions Courtesy the artists Rewritten memories of a sick society El Palomar is an expanded art project, directed by Mariokissme and …
What is Thought in the Thought of People, 2015 Video 17 min Courtesy the artist A story for the revolution The archipelago of the Philippines, a Southeast Asian country of more than 7,000 islands named after monarch Philip II, was under Spanish rule for nearly three centuries, from 1517 until the outbreak of the US-supported …
Culture is what is done to us, 2014 Series of drawings Acrylic and charcoal on paper 100 x 75 cm Courtesy the artist, Private Collection Geesche Aarning, Clages Gallery From left to right Left wall: THE VIRGIN SPANKING THE INFANT JESUS BURNED TREE DOMESTIC FASCIST LOVING THE TREE LOVE LURKING TURNING AND TURNING AROUND PATRIARCH, …
Sempre se encontra consolo, 2022 Two-channel video HD 28:50 min Courtesy the artists Dreamed memories Noa and Lara Castro work as an artistic duo, creating films that tell stories containing elements of fable, memories, landscapes and dreams. They immerse themselves in the unconscious and memory of their homeland, their goal to protect everything there that …
10th of May 2016 (Cherry), 2020 Stainless steel, canvas, acrylic paint, thread 270 x 450 x 450 cm, each blossom Wilshire & Cochran, 2017 Two raccoon costumes, fabric Dimensions variable Courtesy the artists, ChertLüdde, kamel mennour, Travesía Cuatro A love story in letters Petrit Halilaj and Alvaro Urbano, who work as individual artists, have collaborated …
Intoxicated waters, never-seen-before comets and a meeting of suicides, 2021 HD video, 42 min Soundtrack Lucrecia Dalt Courtesy the artist Chronicles of a medium Regina de Miguel has developed an interdisciplinary cinematographic and artistic practice: hybrid films and projects such as installations, drawings, sculptures and photographs. With these, she creates complex narratives resulting from her …
This room provides context for Forensic Architecture’s ongoing practice of ‘counter-forensics’. Since 2010, Forensic Architecture (FA) has carried out more than 80 investigations around the world, and presented them in national and international courts, truth commissions, as well as in art and cultural institutions. By inverting the direction of the ‘forensic gaze’, the agency seeks …
CELL 5, DESSAU POLICE STATION Working together with the Initiative in Gedenken an Oury Jalloh, FA/Forensis reconstructed the door of the cell, and part of the surrounding corridor, as both a digital and physical model. Onto this model, we digitally projected images of the cell taken by the police after the fire. As smoke accumulates …
THE MURDER OF OURY JALLOH The third door in this exhibition is that of cell number 5 in Dessau police station, in Saxony-Anhalt. Behind that door, on the morning of 7 January 2005, Oury Jalloh burned to death. Oury had been arrested on the street that morning. After being strip-searched and having his possessions taken, …
The attack, which left nine people dead in two locations, lasted a little over five minutes. The police response on the night lasted more than five hours. To support the families of the victims and the Initiative 19. Februar Hanau in their pursuit of accountability, FA/Forensis produced a timeline of known events throughout the night, …
After murdering nine people, the perpetrator fled to his house in Kesselstadt. Police only arrived around an hour later, and they did not enter the house for more than four hours. During that time, the perpetrator murdered his mother, then killed himself, foreclosing any possibility of accountability. Our investigation, presented for the first time here, …
The Arena Bar and Kiosk in Hanau-Kesselstadt was a regular hangout for young locals, many with migrant backgrounds. The bar and its guests had suffered years of heavy-handed policing and surveillance. Sometimes people escaped from police raids through the emergency exit. The bar and kiosk were extensively surveilled by six CCTV cameras – a level …
VIDEO “INVITATION” Credit: Initiative 19. Februar Hanau, Forensic Architecture/Forensis, 2022 In the days and months following the attack in Hanau, a solidarity movement grew to support the bereaved families and survivors. By May 2020, the Initiative 19. Februar Hanau had opened its social centre on Heumarkt, directly opposite the first attack site. There, four central …
“We need a full explanation,” demands Piter Minnemann, survivor of the right-wing terror in Hanau on 19 February 2020. A “43-year-old German”, as he is called in almost all media, murdered Ferhat Unvar, Gökhan Gültekin, Hamza Kurtović, Said Nesar Hashemi, Mercedes Kierpacz, Sedat Gürbüz, Kaloyan Velkov, Vili-Viorel Păun and Fatih Saraçoğlu for racist motives: nine …
This exhibition is organised around three investigations, each concerned with a door, and an incident of racist violence in Germany. Doors are physical objects but also social contracts, determining what is private and public, state and civilian. The status of each door – open or shut, locked or unlocked – shines light on the troubling …
Café Bistro Troisi – Italian charm and creative cuisine – right in the Frankfurter Kunstverein, in the heart of Frankfurt city centre. At Café Bistro Troisi in the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Italian cuisine becomes an art form. In an atmosphere inspired by creativity and contemporary culture, we serve authentic dishes made from fresh, carefully selected and …
Peter Weiermair 1944 – 2021 The former and long-time director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein died on 25 November 2021 in Innsbruck after a long illness. Peter Weiermair directed the Frankfurter Kunstverein from 1980 to 1998, during which time over 200 exhibitions were presented by him. Until the opening of the Schirn Kunsthalle, Portikus and the …
Embalmed – Twins I, 2017 Embalmed – Twins II, 2017 Wax, fabric, leather, rope, wood, iron, epoxy 197 x 158 x 615 cm; 190 x 145 x 570 cm; iron structure: 80 x 107 x 178 cm Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth Berlinde De Bruyckere’s work emerges from a desire to find images …
El árbol de la vida y la abundancia (The Tree of Life and Abundance), 2019 Ink on paper 150 x 150 cm Bosque Vega (The Vega Forest), 2019 Ink on paper 50 x 70 cm Courtesy Spore Foundation Collection Las plantas cultivadas por la gente de centro en la Amazonia colombiana (Plants cultivated by the …
Sezione B#01, 2013 Drawings with Copic Multiliner SP 0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3, 0.35, 0.5, 0.7 black pens, Copic Marker, Copic Wide, Copic Sketch colors 100 Black and 110 Special Black on Fabriano Accademia Drawing Paper 200gsm 250 x 150 cm Sezione A#01, 2013 Drawing with Copic Multiliner SP 0.03, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, …
Treehugger: Wawona, 2017 VR experience and installation Concept by Marshmallow Laser Feast Team: Barney Steel ,Ersin Han Ersin, Robin McNicholas (direction), Mileece Ianson, Natan Sinigaglia (collaborating artists) Scientific advice by Natural History Museum, London, University of Salford, PNY, 3Dception, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca Treehugger: Wawona is commissioned by Cinekid Foundation, STRP, Southbank …
Hydra, 2021 Green algae (Chlorella vulgaris), plastic, steel, glass, pumping system, bioreactor made of glass, steel, pumping technology, PVC tubes, light element 110 x 110 x 495 cm; 315 x 100 x 100 cm (Bioreactor) With the kind support of Muffathalle München Green Hydra, 2021 Hydra (many-headed Hydra viridissima), glass, plastic, pump technology, refrigerator 170 …
Interwoven, 2021 Plantroots oats 150 x 120 cm Hyper Rhizome #4, 2021 Plantroots oats, framed 42 x 58 cm Hyper Rhizome #6, #7, #3, #8, 2021 Plantroots oats, framed 36 x 27 cm Interwoven #8, #9, 2021 Plantroots oats, framed 33 x 58 cm Interwoven #10, #11, 2021 Plantroots oats, framed 45 x 42 cm …
Prepared ash tree, 1999 100 x 640 cm Courtesy Dr. Edith Zewell Prepared winter dandelion, 1997 400 x 40 cm Courtesy Dr. Roland Eberwein Drawings by Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Erwin Lichtenegger (left wall) Tanne (Abies alba), 1998, 72 x 56 cm Zuckerrübe (Beta vulgaris), 2003, 62 x 27 cm Wiesen-Schwingel (Festuca pratensis), 1969, 62 x 39 …
The Frankfurter Kunstverein has invited natural scientists and artists to visually transfer their work and knowledge into the exhibition spaces. The collaboration resulted from the cooperation with Prof. Dr. Ulrich Schurr, Director of the Institute of Bio- and Geosciences: Plant Sciences and the scientists Dr. Robert Koller and Dr. Andreas Müller. How do plants live …
Radicalised Conservatism The book and the lecture “Radicalised Conservatism – An Analysis” focus on a development of contemporary conservatism in political parties. This strand of conservatism is developing into a definable and thus new phenomenon. It occupies an intermediate stage between state-supporting post-war conservatism and the established, popular extreme right. It draws its dynamic from …
Antifeminism and antigenderism are not just a short-term phenomenon, but are about the future of gender in the current modernisation in Europe. Ultra-religious and far-right antifeminism wants to limit or abolish freedom and self-determination in sexuality and childbearing. In combination with racism, it is particularly successful in shifting problems such as unemployment or violence onto …
As part of the panel-session , the talk of Kristina Stoeckl will focus on moral conservative strategies to redefine rights pertaining to the sphere of family and education. On the basis of findings about networks between Russian Orthodox and American Christian Right grassroots organizations (NGOs), she will argue that moral conservative interactions across denominations and …
Gender and family have always been important pillars in the normative ideas of radical conservatism. In recent years, gender issues have played a major role in public debate. For conservatives and the extreme right in particular, they have been of central importance. My commentary explores the reasons for this development. In order to understand why …
During the summer of 2013, on the occasion of the parliamentary discussion of 3 bills, respectively on the recognition of same-sex civil unions, on gender education, and the fight against homophobia and transphobia, a new group with a French name, has raised in the streets of Rome, before spreading throughout Italy: La Manif Pour Tous …
The Instrumentalization and Undermining of Human Rights by Ultra-Conservative Movements Anti-genderism has become a key component of the agenda of populist political actors both domestically and transnationally. As an anti-modern discourse often coupled with racist and anti-Semitic ideologies, anti-genderism has proven to be capable of provoking mass political mobilization. Appropriated by populists, it has the …
In recent years sexual and reproductive health and rights and the concept of “gender” itself have become political battlegrounds all over Europe and on EU level too. Most researchers analyze the supply side factors of the phenomenon: ideology, political and discursive strategies, alliances and funding of the mobilizing actors, be it conservative social movements or …
What’s (anti)gender has to do with populism? The Polish case and beyond In recent years patriarchal gender norms and ideologies have become an integral part of the right-wing populist parties programs. Right-wing leaders, including Jarosław Kaczyński, Victor Orban, Jair Bolsonaro and Matteo Salvini have invested in creating their image as defenders of traditional family and …
Although often overlooked in public discourse, gender, gender relations and sexuality play a central role in right-wing populist party politics and mobilizations. For Germany, this is particularly evident with regard to two events from recent years: on the one hand the demonstrations called ‘Demo für Alle’ (Demonstration for all) organized in several major German cities …
While topics such as sexual violence have been overused by the extreme right in recent years, many left groups neglected the same issues or reduced their analyses to exposing the extreme right rhetoric as racism. In particular, debates about ,legitimate‘ criticism of Islam or the handling of the instrumentalization of „gender politics” by the extreme …
Our Bodies, Our Politics: Against The Ultra-Conservatives–and Their Liberal Enablers The conservative backlash against women is real and scary. But effective opposition requires a critical view of the larger political constellation that has precipitated it. In this lecture, I interpret the present anti-feminist backlash as a response to four decades of “progressive-neoliberal” hegemony–and to the …
Social struggles for emancipation are fought not least in the space of reasons. Indeed, it is only when notions about the “nature” of people that condemn certain groups to second- or third-class status change that societies can begin to transform. Patriarchy begins to shake when the justificatory narratives that, whether religiously or otherwise based, simultaneously …
The Racialisation of sexism and the sexualisation of racism In the second half of the 2000s sociologists and political scientists seeking to understand why the PVV, FN and LN began to mobilize issues of women’s rights in anti-Islam and anti-immigration campaigns resorted to theories of populism. A number of elements were noted as strikingly dissimilar …
While the rise of ultra-conservatism in Europe has been apparent for several years, precisely how these actors are organising, fundraising and attempting to exert influence across national borders or issue areas has not been clear. The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual & Reproductive Rights (EPF) has produced three reports which attempt to fill this gap …
The conservative assault on liberal-constitutional democracy The emergence of liberal democracies in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 has been a process frequently including profound conflicts and even veritable “cultural wars” over the definition of national identity, democratic values, and human rights. The construction of constitutional democracy has remained conflictual and contested during the entire …
Moderate and Radical Conservatism – A Meaningful Distinction? Pinning down the specific meaning of conservatism has proven to be a daunting over the last two hundred years, not only for political theorists but also for those actors in politics who either claim or reject this label emphatically. Lately, one of the most heated debates around …
The tour with Franziska Nori through the exhibition And This is Us 2021 – Young Art from Frankfurt will be due to illness postponed to 18 Sunday, 2 pm. Since guided tours are now possible again without pre-registering, you can drop by spontaneously. Thank you for your understanding. We would be pleased to welcome you …
Selfnoid, 2021 Video and space installation Soundshower, 13:04 min Sculptures series Steel, metal, chicken wire, wire, glass wool, plaster, iron oxide, metal fibre, deep primer, acrylic, shellac, tinting concentrate Dimension variable Courtesy the artist Gintarė Sokelytė draws, paints, but is also a sculptor and filmmaker. For the expansive installation she has developed for the exhibition …
The Secret Millionaire Part 2 – Sense of Doubt, 2021 1-channel video- and space installation and 4-channel audio 30 min Courtesy the artist Matt Welch works in sculpture, drawing and film. His new film, trilogy Sense of Doubt, produced for the exhibition And This is Us 2021, is envisaged as the second part of the …
And This is the Rest, 2021 Site-specific intervention Extra Professional White chewing gum chewed and spat onto the pavement in front of the Frankfurter Kunstverein Dimension variable And This is the Rest. Die Streber oder die Strolche, 2021 Space installation Bench covered with Extra Professional White chewing gum Reflectors made of Extra Professional White aluminium …
Yurval, 2021 16:9 video; 3D-animation, 1-channel 08:35 min Direction and text: Valentina Knežević Animation: Lidija Kljakovic (lifeforms.io) Voiceover: Nikolina Govedarica Sound: Filip Caranica Editing: Mariana Brzostowski Courtesy the artist Yurval is the title of Valentina Knežević’s work. The word Yurval is made up of the names of the first two cosmonauts Yuri Gargarin and Valentina …
#SugarMacht, 2021 Ongoing participatory digital performance and space installation Courtesy the artist Faina Yunusova is concerned with the conventions of the internet and the emergence of communities that contribute to the collective construction of digital phenomena. She identifies and uses as many as possible of the factors that in social media generate success and high …
Exuvie, 2021 Space installation Topsoil, clay, branches 800 x 620 cm Courtesy the artist Michelle Harder’s work emerges at the intersection of sculpture, installation and performance. Here, clay is her central material. In a long search process, she chose six tonnes of excavated earth from the region around Limburg and had it brought to the …
Miracoli (Miracles), 2021 Glass and wall painting 1400 x 330 cm Video, 14:40 min Courtesy the artist Agnese Galiotto is a filmmaker and painter. For the exhibition at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, she has produced a new film that traces the inner and outer world of a subject named Claudia. Claudia lives in the northern Italian …
Wölfin im Menschenfell, 2021 Milch, 2021 Sublime Submersion, 2021 Die Nähe schlummert, 2021 Weltinnenraum, 2021 Mixed media on watercolour paper (watercolour, oil colour pencils, gouache, acrylics) 78,8 x 58,3 cm Berührte Natur, 2021 Seven sculptures Burnt clay, acrylics, poppy seeds, propolis Dimension variable Courtesy the artist Saya Schulzen is an artist in the age of …
Kreislauf, 2021 Space installation Conveyor belts, steel, archive lamps, concrete rubble from the Technisches Rathaus Frankfurt am Main Visitors are free to take a stone Dimension variable Courtesy the artist Max Brück’s work deals with the question of how collective memory is created and what material might make this visible. What remains when a city …
Magma Maria Frankfurter Kunst Vertrieb, 2021 Sales exhibition in the space of the Frankfurter Kunstverein and on eBay Kleinanzeigen online shop Courtesy all participating artists Magma Maria is the name of an artists’ collective consisting of a varying number of participants and temporarily occupying locations in Offenbach and Frankfurt. The Frankfurter Kunstverein has invited the …
The Frankfurter Kunstverein is closed at the moment. We are installing the upcoming exhibition And This is Us 2021 – Young Art from Frankfurt. We cordially invite you to the soft opening on Tuesday, June, 1, 2021, at 5- 10 pm!
Ordo Iuris, the Polish anti-abortion organisation, one of the most active promoters of the anti-abortion law, is part of an ultraconservative network which is active in Europe but was born in Brazil and operates under the name “Tradition, Family and Property”. Asia Leofreddi, the curator of the forum “Your body is a battleground: ultra-conservative strategies …
Annual members meeting postponed Dear members, due to the Corona Regulation of November 25, the annual members meeting 2020, to which we had invited for December 7, must be postponed. We very much regret not being able to welcome you personally at the Frankfurter Kunstverein and will inform you about a new date as soon …
Two day forum Your body is a battleground – ultra-conservative strategies to restore a “natural order” Organizing institutions: Frankfurter Kunstverein + Normative Orders of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Location: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Markt 44, 60311 Frankfurt (additional online access) Curator: Asia Leofreddi The Forum takes place under the patronage of the Department of Culture of …
Due to the current Corona Situation, we unfortunately have to close our house again as of Monday, March 29. If you would still like to visit our current exhibition Jeremy Shaw – Phase Shifting Index, we kindly ask you to pre-register by sending an email to termin@fkv.de. Please let us know your preferred date as …
The perception of things starts with a sensory experience. Humans experience and understand the world through their bodies and sensory organs, coming to form their interpretation of the world through their imagination. At the Frankfurter Kunstverein art is understood as a mediator between the most diverse fields: expert knowledge and social concerns, philosophical discourses and …
Single channel video 19:23 min Courtesy the artist and KÖNIG GALERIE Berlin, London, Tokio For his exhibition at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Jeremy Shaw has realized a new version of the work This Transition Will Never End. This video archive consists of a wide variety of appropriated footage in which a vortex, or any such tunnelling, inward-moving …
Towards Universal Pattern Recognition (McGovern Park Couple), 2020 Archival photo, acrylic, chrome 95 x 65 x 25 cm framed Towards Universal Pattern Recognition (Celebration of Spirit – Jul 16 1983), 2019 Archival photo, acrylic, chrome 75,91 x 65 x 25 cm framed Towards Universal Pattern Recognition (Full Gospel March 27 1988), 2020 Archival photo, acrylic, …
Seven channel HD video 35:19 min Courtesy the artist and KÖNIG GALERIE Berlin, London, Tokio Phase Shifting Index (2020) depicts seven autonomous groups engaged in embodied, movement-based belief systems that aspire to induce parallel realities. Employing various outmoded 20th-century media, ranging from 16mm film to Hi-8 video tape, Shaw presents what appears to be documentary …
Eins zu Eins (One-to-One), 2017 Wood, plasterboard, paint 12.68 x 4.65 x 3.21 m Courtesy the artists YRD.Works is an artist and designer collective comprised of Yacin Boudalfa, David Bausch and Ruben Fischer. YRD.Works create temporary spaces and short-term meeting places by constructing architectures in which the artificial and ephemeral is an essential part of …
Paravents, 2017 Installation with the works Prompt, 2016 and Gyricon, 2015 flatscreens, aluminium, paper Prompt, 2016 Video, 12:56 min Gyricon, 2015 E-Book (artist publication), Kindle E-Reader and video 10 min Courtesy the artist Adam Fearon developed a site-specific spatial installation that combined the filmic works Prompt (2015) and Gyricon (2016) with sculptural structures. Fearon used …
Zoon Politikon, 2014 (work in progress) 7 channel video installation each 50 min Courtesy Galerie Anita Beckers In his ongoing long-term project Zoon Politikon, a multi-channel video installation, Jonas Englert presented personalities from politics, science and art who have initiated, and helped shape the history of, social upheavals and revolutions in Frankfurt and Germany. In …
Prophezeiung eines lächerlichen Avatars (Prophecy of a ridiculous avatar), 2017 Rotoscopy (3D Animation), HD Film 5 min In Between Identities, 2015 Game Modding (GTA 5), HD Film 8:50 min Courtesy the artist Aleksandar Radan describes himself as a filmmaker in search of innovative forms of filmic work. His works move between animation and documentary film, …
Untitled, 2015 Cast plastic Venus Embrace razor holders, silicone Dimensions variable (75 m silicone chain) Untitled, 2016 Steel, thermoplastic, silicone, plastic tub 63.50 x 111.80 x 91.40 cm Untitled, 2016 Steel, epoxy clay, acrylic, silicone, plastic tub 63.50 x 111.80 x 91.44 cm Untitled, 2016 Nickel plated steel, silicone, hand carved alabaster 182.90 x 63.50 …
Icon Flex: Non-Permanent Templates, 2017 Digital print on Forex, adhesive film and wallpaper, acrylic paint Dimensions variable Courtesy the artist David Schiesser covered the façade of the Frankfurter Kunstverein with a site-specific wall installation, which he collaged with reduced graphic drawings from the art of tattooing and photographs of tattooed bodies. The work extended from …
From 11 – 20 November 2016, the Atelier van Hove from Marrakesh moved into the Frankfurter Kunstverein. The artist and his team of ten highly specialised artisans and mechanics invited visitors, as well as local project groups and initiatives from the fields of craftsmanship, design and engineering to participate. Initially, Moroccan craftsmen worked at the …
Mahjouba I, 2016 Mixed media, 15 materials including Middle Atlas white cedar wood, yellow and red copper, copper-plated forged steel, recycled aluminium, nickel silver, tin, cow bone, camel bone, rubber, cowskin, batteries, plastic, magnets, resin 200 x 70 x 113 cm, 119 kg Courtesy the artist Mahjouba derives from the Arab term Mahjoub, meaning “the …
Mixed media, 15 materials including Middle Atlas white cedar wood, walnut wood, mahogany wood, Wenge wood from Congo, pepper wood, Purple Heart wood, cow bone, nickel silver, yellow copper, recycled aluminium, recycled brass, resin, paint, wood glue, Chinese superglue 300 x 90 x 43 cm Courtesy the artist The sculpture VW Passat Gear Box is …
Mixed Media, 53 materials including Middle Atlas white cedar wood, High Atlas red cedar wood, walnut wood, lemon wood, orange wood, Macassar ebony (dark Thuya wood), mahogany wood, Thuya wood, Moroccan beech wood, pink apricot wood, mother-of-pearl, yellow copper, nickel plated copper, red copper, forged iron, recycled aluminium, nickel silver, silver, tin, cow bone, goat …
Mixed Media, 44 materials including Middle Atlas white cedar wood, High Atlas red cedar wood, walnut wood, lemon wood, Purple Heart wood from Brazil, Wenge wood from Congo, Tatajuba wood from Suriname, orange wood, Macassar ebony (dark Thuya wood), mahogany wood, Thuya wood, Moroccan beech wood, pink apricot wood, mother-of-pearl (Japing shells) from Java, yellow …
Mixed media, 240 materials of the original vehicle Mercedes 240 D 468 x 177 x 144 cm, ca. 1430 kg Courtesy the artist Thanks to the support of the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Eric van Hove developed the new work Dorigin for the exhibition. This was a Mercedes-Benz 240 D assembled out of component parts of ten …
DA VINCI, 2012 35mm Film, colour 5.1, Dolby Digital 25 min Courtesy the artist, Galleria Zero, Milan and Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin The lead in Yuri Ancarani’s film “Da Vinci” is a sophisticated technological surgical system named after the Italian polymath. When performing an operation with the “da Vinci Si Surgical System,” the surgeon does …
RIGGED, 2014 HD Videos 1:54 min and 4:28 min two digital prints on wallpaper (fleece wallpaper) Courtesy the artist and Neumeister Bar-Am, Berlin In her installation RIGGED, Kate Cooper uses CGI technology to translate the physical body into hyper real, stereotypical, female models. Her entirely constructed computer generated models of young women with flawless bodies …
I, GOAT, 2015 sculpture; wood, ice skates, fabric; Video 16:05 min; 15 prints Courtesy the artist With his project “I, Goat” Thomas Thwaites alters physical reality in an attempt to escape his own human perspective and take on another way of experiencing the world. Through a process of elaborate anatomical tests and research on materials, …
THE COMMON SENSE (PHASE 1), 2014-15 5-channel HD video installation, LED TVs, powder-coated steel tubes, synchronised, colour, sound Videos each 6-7 min Courtesy the artist and Galerie Max Mayer, Düsseldorf Melanie Gilligan’s video installation presents the first three episodes of her three-part sci-fi mini-series “The Common Sense.” The storyline revolves around a technology simply called …
born 1976, lives and works in Bali und Yogyakarta (ID) BIG TREES (POHON BESAR), 2015 bamboo and concrete Courtesy the artist Joko Avianto’s “Big Trees (Pohon Besar)” is sculpture, architectural façade, and spectacle. Its scale and the artist’s choice of the simple but iconic bamboo as material underscores to global concerns pertinent to our time. …
born 1976, lives and works in Bali und Yogyakarta (ID) POWER UNIT, 2015 Fabrics, mechanics, wooden sticks, lights, shoes, resin Courtesy the artist The installation “Power unit” is a kinetic work and theatrical presentation. Using motion triggered sensors. Jompet Kuswidananto encourages the audience to engage with his work, to reflect on the possibilities and processes …
BREAK A LEG, 2015 video animation, towels, wire Courtesy the artist The idea for “Break A Leg” began with the ordinary Good Morning brand of towels. These thin disposable rectangles of cheap white cotton are mass produced in China and sold throughout Asia in packages of multiples. Hundreds of Good Morning towels are hung along …
Eko Nugroho, born 1977, lives and works in Yogyakarta (ID) NICHT POLITIK, SONDERN SCHICKSAL (Non political, but destiny), 2015 site specific mural acrylic Courtesy the artist TRAVELLER, 2015 fiberglass and acrylic Courtesy ARNDT Berlin UNTITLED, 2012-2013 embroideries Courtesy ARNDT Berlin Eko Nugroho entered the Yogyakarta art scene at the beginning of Reformasi (1998-2001), or the …
Oil piston, steel, wood, hydraulic system Courtesy Galleria Continua and Galerie Rolando Anselmi Held only by one steel rope, the 800 kg heavy sculpture is suspended above the ground. Two other steel ropes fix the long logs of larch wood. A hydraulic piston applies alternating pressure onto the wood. Through the almost invisible but constant …
Steel, compressed nitrogen, glass bottles, computer, perspex, steel cage Courtesy Galleria Continua and Galerie Rolando Anselmi An empty glass bottle falls into a steel tube that resembles the barrel of a gun. For one split second, this enables the opening-mechanism of a magnetic gas-valve, which releases compressed nitrogen at the pressure of 30 bar into …
Steel and hydraulic system Courtesy Galleria Continua and Galerie Rolando Anselmi Six moveable parts of a grab shovel are being triggered and controlled individually by a hydraulic system working with oil pressure. The normally seamless movements are transformed into unpredictable patterns of opening and closing. In its vain attempts to grab the stone floor, the …
2009 Developed by Thatgamecompany and designed by Jenova Chen & Nicholas Clark We thank: Sony Interactive Entertainment “Flower” is a deceleration game developed by Thatgamecompany. Released by Sony Entertainment in 2009, it was designed by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark for the PlayStation 3. Players slip into the role of the wind. The audio is …
2019 HD video, 14:59 min Supported by Fondation des Artistes and Seine-Saint-Denis Department, Lab’Bel and General Pop Courtesy the artist Julien Prévieux (*1974) explores the visualization and functionality of AI technologies, and the principles of machine learning. In the video “Where Is My (Deep) Mind?” Previeux translates invisible digital processes into human actions that are …
2017 Video, 03:36 min Courtesy the artist Jaakko Pallasvuo (*1987) combines a variety of visual and narrative forms in his works. His work encompasses themes like reflection on what it means to undertake artistic work and examination of phenomena such as fear, sadness and belief in progress. The video work “Soft Body Goal” is a …
2017 Video and space installation, 03:50 min / digital prints LAUREN Testimonials: directed by David Leonard Lauren Lee McCarthy’s artistic practice is focused on social relations under the influence of surveillance, automation and algorithm-dependent lifestyles. In addition to her activity as an artist, she develops software tools for artists and teaches the necessary skills to …
2016 Video and space installation, 22:41 min / VR-application Courtesy the artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen’s (*1987) multimedia work “Primal Tourism” offers a critical examination of the human capacity to live in constant contradiction between fantasy and reality, desire and actuality. Steensen’s working methods are exemplary of our ability to make: the world is measured and …
2019 HD CGI three channel video-projection, 40:00 min / Augmented Reality Filters / Foam seating, Vinyl reflective floor Originally created for Jerwood Arts Collaborate! and also supported by Arts Council England, SECT and Finbar Mostyn-Williams Courtesy the artists Keiken and George Jasper Stone would like to thank collaborators Charlotte Oppenheim, Sakeema Crook and Linda Rocco …
2019 Video and space installation, 19 min Produced by Le Fresnoy and supported by Palais des Paris, Takasaki (Japan), Frédéric Weigel, Yoshiko Suto Courtesy the artists Fleuryfontaine is French artist duo Galdric Fleury and Antoine Fontaine. Their work deals with the interaction between people and their environment. The question of dependency created by technology plays …
2018 Research project Courtesy the artists Kate Crawford is a professor at New York University and co-founder and co-director of the AI Now Institute, where she researches the social impact of data systems, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Vladan Joler is a professor at the Art Academy of the University of Novi Sad and founder …
2014 Prores video, 25:14 min Produced by Le Fresnoy and supported by Fondation d’enterprise Hermès Courtesy the artist Elisabeth Caravella (*1986) is a French filmmaker who acquired technical digital design knowledge with the help of “how to” instructions on the internet. The artist draws attention to this learning and these animation software skills in her …
2019 Three channel video-projection, satellite imagery, CESM climate model, multi-processor computer and custom software Courtesy the artists These three artists work as a collective. Tega Brain is an artist and environmental engineer who combines art, ecology and engineering in her work. Julian Oliver works on open source projects to preserve privacy, critically investigating technologies. Oliver …
America’s Family Prison, 2008 Video, 54:49 min ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas, USA “What is fascinating about prisons is that, for once, power doesn’t hide or mask itself; it reveals itself as tyranny pursued down to the smallest details.” – Michel Foucault Rento una celda utilizada en exhibiciones dentro de la industria de prisiones privadas en …
Tierra / Earth, 2013 Photography, Video, 35:56 min Les Moulins, France – ¿Cómo mataban gente? –preguntó el fiscal. – Primero ordenaban al operador de la máquina, al oficial García, que cavara un hoyo. Luego los camiones llenos de gente los parqueaban frente al Pino, y uno por uno, iban pasando. No les disparaban. Muchas veces …
La Verdad / The Truth, 2013 Video, 70:35 min Centro de Cultura de España, Cuidad de Guatemala, Guatemala „No importa que tanto intenten callarnos. La verdad está allí, nadie podrá silenciarla.“ Durante una hora leo testimonios de sobrevivientes del conflicto armado en Guatemala, mientras un dentista intenta silenciarme, anestesiándome la boca, una y otra vez. Guatemala …
The exhibition “Mechanisms of Power” begins on the ground floor with a central work by both artists: Regina José Galindo with Estoy Viva and Arcangelo Sassolino with Afasia 2. Estoy Viva (I am alive) is a quotation from one of the survivors of the mass murders of Guatemalan indigenous women. “Estoy Viva”, said one of …
Trevor Paglen: The Octopus Through his work, Trevor Paglen seeks possible metaphors for ubiquitous mass surveillance and data collection and the systems of power connected to these activities. His projects focus in particular on the infrastructure of the United States’ surveillance activities, the so-called ‘black world‘ hidden from public view. Using advanced technology and models …
Trevor Paglen: The Octopus Through his work, Trevor Paglen seeks possible metaphors for ubiquitous mass surveillance and data collection and the systems of power connected to these activities. His projects focus in particular on the infrastructure of the United States’ surveillance activities, the so-called ‘black world‘ hidden from public view. Using advanced technology and models …
The film Progress vs. Regress explores the influence of modern inventions on social relationships. As its point of departure, it works with the perspectives of a generation who has lived through extreme industrial, technological, and digital revolutions. The film’s protagonists speak about their experience of alienation and isolation from the whole of technophilic society, which …
In this film children reflect on their perception animals and nature. Through their narration we observer the impact that media imagery has produced in their understanding of the world and the disappearance of first-degree experience with nature and wildlife. For more than ten years, Melanie Bonajo has been working on an on-going image and video …
The human experience of being one with nature is a deep sensation, which lies beyond words. Making it somehow tangible has always been one of the greatest concerns of philosophy, religion, myth, and art. Poetry is able to provide a language, which makes the invisible describable and histories experienceable. Melanie Bonajo’s work, especially the experimental, …
On the wall, the graphic PSILOVE shows the structure of the molecule PSILAMIN, into the atoms of which the entire literary work of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) is inscribed in spiral form. Slime, semi-fluids and other viscous substances are recurrent motifs in Lovecraft’s horror stories. In the installation ACCADEMIA DEI SECRETI, slime flows out of …
In the cooling chamber, the visitor enters a place that challenges the reliability of sensory perception and medial imagery. Here, phenomena occur that seem to elude logical explanation. The biomass of algae and fungi that mostly consists of cellulose and glycoproteins and is a by-product of the dopamine and psilocin extraction process is arranged in …
Algae and fungi grow in the greenhouse forming the ‘processual sculptures’ referred to by Feuerstein. The basic elements needed to synthesize the new molecule PSILAMIN for the exhibition are extracted from these sculptures. The green algae Chlorella vulgaris circulates in glass pipes and tubes in order to gain even exposure to light needed for photosynthesis …
Thomas Feuerstein uses the single-cell chlorella harvested from the MANNA-MACHINE III as painting pigment. In the monochromatic images from the HARVEST series, art and natural history overlap accordingly. An example of what Feuerstein calls ‘processual sculpture’, MRS D. and MR P. serve the dual purpose of treating the dopamine obtained from the algae and extracting …
In the room entitled cinema, Feuerstein’s science fiction text FOR HE’S A JELLY GOO FELLOW has been set to music. In almost total darkness, the visitor can listen to the 100-minute audio drama. The only light source in the room is a glass sculpture, onto which a viscous, phosphorescent slime slowly drips. The audio play …
In the sculpture GATE, specially cultivated algae are filtered in order to extract the amino acid tyrosine, which is necessary for the production of dopamine. The dopamine gained from the algae is used along with the psilocyn from the fungi to synthesize the molecular sculpture PSILAMIN. The substance exhibits psychoactive properties, which is why solid …
Dear visitors, from Tuesday, May 5, you can visit the Frankfurter Kunstverein again. We have already implemented the corresponding hygiene and safety measures for you. We ask you to observe the following measures: Please keep a distance of at least 1.5 meters between each other. Please observe the sneezing and hygiene rules, a disinfectant dispenser …
The current exhibition “Trees of Life – Stories for a Damaged Planet” is open as follows on holidays: Tuesday, 24 December 2019, closed (Christmas) Wednesday, 25 December 2019, 11 am – 7 pm (Christmas) Thursday, 26 December 2019, 11 am – 7 pm (Christmas) Tuesday, 31 December 2019, closed (New Year’s Eve) Wednesday, 1 January …
Probably Chelsea, 2017 30 3D-prints, algorithmically generated with Manning’s DNA Dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist The work Probably Chelsea by artist and bio-hacker Heather Dewey-Hagborg came about as the result of a collaboration with the American whistle-blower Chelsea E. Manning. Manning was imprisoned from 2010 to 2017 for transmitting 40,000 classified documents about the …
Human Study #1, 3RNP, 2011-18 Robots, table Courtesy of the artist Patrick Tresset’s interactive installation Human Study #1 consists of three drawing robots. Visitors can sit as models to be visually recorded and portrayed by the three machines. Each of the three robots draws in their own style and handles the pen in a different …
A cooperation project between the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and the Frankfurter Kunstverein – New Paths between Science and Art Never before has the experienceable world changed so quickly as it does today. The “great acceleration”—i.e., the exponentially increasing use of our resources—is a reality and distinguishes the anthropocene with all its positive and negative …
2019 Space installation Ricarda Dennen, (Komposition, Sound), Marius Jacob (CGI, Animation), Simone Rduch, Dario Robra, Martin Thul (Master-Studierende, Intermedia Design Trier) Prof. Daniel Gilgen (Installation), Marcus Haberkorn (Sound Editing) (Hochschule Trier) Kindly supported by: Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung – Stefanie Klein, Philipe Havlik A drop of water and the life of countless single-celled organisms contained …
“Horace” Meteorite Ordinary chondrite Found: 1940 Location: Horace, Greeley County, Kansas, USA Larger fragment (SGN, meteorite collection): “Horace” achondrite, Horace, Greeley County, Kansas, USA 15 x 20 x 5 cm, 10,1 kg On loan: the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung Meteorites are rock or metal objects that fall to Earth from space. They were formed 4.5 …
„Symbiotic Earth – How Lynn Margulis Rocked The Boat and Started a Scientific Revolution“, 2017 a Film by: John Feldman As part of the exhibition the Frankfurter Kunstverein presents the film Symbiotic Earth, which celebrated its world premiere at the University of Oxford in 2017. Divided into 10 chapters, the film takes us through the …
Charles Bonnet “Scala Naturae”, 1781 The visual metaphor of the Scala Naturae (The Great Chain of Being) dates back to Aristotle (384–322 BC). He wrote the Historia Animalium, in which, based purely on observation, he classified all the animate and inanimate elements of nature into one structure. He concluded that a comprehensive classification system that …
Holobiont Society, 2017 Video-, sound-, space installation, 33 min Courtesy the artist The title of Dominique Koch’s work “Holobiont Society” consists of two terms. “Holobiont” stems from biology. Coined by microbiologist Lynn Margulis in 1991, it is a technical term for the merge of a host and all its microbiological guests. Koch combines this with …
GoBugsGo, 2018 Videoanimation, 1:29 min C-Prints, various sizes Courtesy the artist Edgar Honetschläger (*1967) is an artist and filmmaker. In his artistic practice, he concentrates on questioning cultural givens and humankind’s relationship with nature. Influenced by personal experiences, his focus was increasingly directed at the effects of climate change and species extinction, which can no …
AK47 + bullet, 2019 mixed media, 130 x 274 x 268 mm M16 + bullet, 2019 mixed media, 110 x 246 x 255 mm Iphone 4S, 2019 mixed media, 42 x 113 x 80 mm Nokia 3210, 2019 mixed media, 4 x 184 x 98 mm Pencil, 2017 mixed media, 24 x 28 x 18 …
Sonja Bäumel’s work draws on a critique of so-called human exceptionalism—the privileged position of humans—and calls it into question. Her work examines the mutual relationship between the human body and the microorganisms with which it coexists. Bäumel has been exploring human skin as an interface between the individual and the outside world in her work …
Catharina Szonn’s sculptures and structures are self-contained systems that, as obsolete machines freed from their original purpose, become symbols of a requiem to the efficiency and performance of our growth utopia. At the center of her work for the Frankfurter Kunstverein is Szonn’s artistic exploration of a straw blower. In the past, the machine was …
Wagehe Raufi’s artistic investigation is a closer examination of the interface between material presence and digital fragility. Her installations dissolve the boundaries between analog and digital space by allowing real objects to encounter their logarithmic depiction and assembling them into artificial landscapes. With her sculptures and video works she attempts to expand digital space and …
Christian Leicher creates abstract canvases that are the result of complex compositions of systems and sequences. A tangible depth seems to emerge in his works through painting techniques alone, which consist of various methodical approaches. Christian Leicher superimposes reduced conditions and limitations onto his painterly practice to explore the systems and restrictions of the individual …
At the center of Bertrand Flanet’s multimedia installations are animated films in which the viewer is drawn into complex dream worlds of figures, symbols, and metaphors. The artist creates ambiguous narratives that cast a spell over the audience through skillfully deployed cinematic devices but resist any clear interpretation. The emotional control of the viewer occupies …
Hanna-Maria Hammari’s sculptures are fantastical objects that playfully circle around our immediate reality. Her work is created by conceptually engaging with her materials and their creation processes; she makes self-referential allusions that continually refer to each other. The ceramic flames in the installation at Frankfurter Kunstverein come from a process in which clay is first …
In his newly developed work for the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Jonas Brinker follows a domesticated wolf who lives in a private household in Lower Saxony. Along with other wolves, he is trained to work in films—to react to simple commands, to stand still, and to pose. Jonas Brinker observes the behavior of domesticated creatures in this …
Viviana Abelson’s sculptures stem from the artist’s particular interest in the physical and alchemical potential of materials and their different possible combinations. Her works establish a vocabulary of forms and textures in which rubber, leather, and steel create bold connections. At the center of Viviana Abelson’s artistic practice is the exchange of bodily and physical …
Max Geisler’s installations are pictorial spaces made of color explosions and material collages that one can enter. Specifically created for the Frankfurter Kunstverein, the installation seems to be the result of an invisible force that, like a projectile, has flashed through the center of the architecture and blown it apart. We encounter the space as …
1 & N Chairs, 2017 Wooden chair, monitors, camera, cognitive computation engine, custom software dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist Fito Segrera’s work 1 & N Chairs consists of four elements: a wooden chair, two monitors, and a camera. The camera records the chair, zooming into certain areas and photographing a small fragment of the …
With his works, Sam Falls explores the position of humankind in the face of the perennial pro-cesses that structure our world. The installation “Untitled (Vivaldi’s Four Seasons for the four seasons)” (2015) is enveloped by a celestial sound that only minimally changes. For this work, Sam Falls slowed down the titular piece of music by …
Lucy Dodd connects art and life into a singular entity that aims to give meaning to things through a spiritual interpretation of our physical existence. For “Reconnecting with the World”, the artist conceived of a specific connection between a new series of paintings and the architectural properties of the Frankfurter Kunstverein. The defining element of …
Mesk-ellil, 2015 In Hicham Berrada’s work, the knowledge of science unites with the forces of poetry. The materials that make up the realities of our lives are his artistic material, whose processes and mechanisms he intensively studies through research. He uses his knowledge of the complex properties of these elements and substances to trigger their …
Contemporary Art has always been a mirror of society and continues to reveal much both about the here and now and the history out of which the present has emerged. The Frankfurter Kunstverein’s mission is to make current and emerging artistic positions available to a broad public and to encourage active participation by inviting the …
Explore the Exhibition “Body-Me: The Body in the Age of Digital Technology” with Your Smartphone The smartphone as a constant companion: always within reach to take the next picture or send the next text. One could almost think it has become part of our body, a transformation of our hand. At school, it’s considered more …
„Melanie Bonajo ist offenkundig daran gelegen, dass man sich wohlfühlt. Ihre Installationen […] sorgen auch dafür, dass man sich entspannt und daher Lust hat, die sehenswerten Filme auch wirklich zu Ende zu sehen. Für Kunst, die einen ernsten, kritischen Anspruch verfolgt, ist das ziemlich ungewöhnlich.“ Sandra Danicke, „Der Topfpflanze als Tisch dienen“, Frankfurter Rundschau „die …
Flower 01-03, 2016-17 3-channel video installation, Google Cloud Vision API, custom software 7:54 min Courtesy of the artists Shinseungback Kimyonghun’s video installation Flower is based on the eponymous motif. The initial image is split up according to a polygon grid and distorted. The system then pauses to evaluate the resultant image using an image recognition …
Sunspring, 2017 Video, 9:02 min Courtesy of the artist Sunspring is a short science fiction film by Oscar Sharp, Ross Goodwin & Benjamin. Its script is probably the first one to be written entirely by an artificial intelligence. Ross Goodwin developed a neural network with long short-term memory abilities (these are often used to analyse …
House, 2009 Print on wall paper 396 x 215 cm Courtesy of the artist As starting point for the work House served a photograph taken by Noomi Ljungdell. It shows a house in winter: lined with spruces, the ground is covered in snow and gravel. The artist deconstructed the image into individual elements. She then …
CV Dazzle, 2010-17 Video: Look 5 (2014), 3:23 min Prints, each 51 x 51 cm Courtesy of the artist Adam Harvey’s project CV Dazzle offers styling advice that helps one to avoid automatic recognition by various identification systems. Facial recognition algorithms are trained by being fed with thousands of images of faces whose distinguishing features …
Machine Learning Porn, 2016 Video, 12 min Courtesy of the artist Jake Elwes is presenting the video Machine learning porn, which is entirely synthetically produced by a convolutional neural network. The AI is trained by showing it thousands of images with pornographic content. The training set was taken from Yahoo and usually served to help …
Surveillance Paparazzi, 2018 Acrylic glass box, engraved, with LED, wires and monitors 100 x 50 x 10 cm Courtesy of the artist Dries Depoorter’s Surveillance Paparazzi thematises the phenomenon of global surveillance in public space. The work taps into various surveillance cameras worldwide that record and transmit unencrypted images. It was possible to hack into …
The Thing That Isn’t, 2016 Electronics, software and drawings Dimensions variable Courtesy of the artist The Thing That Isn’t by Jerry Galle combines a word-processing system with a drawing robot. The work is controlled by two computers, which use electronic components to manoeuvre the drawing arm and broadcast spoken sentences out of the speakers. The …
False Positives: Overview A – Timeframe: 04‘ 26”, 2015-16 False Positives: Overview H – Timeframe: 02’ 13”, 2015-16 False Positives: Overview I – Timeframe: 05’ 42”, 2015-16 C-Prints, each 130 x 97,51 cm Courtesy of the artist Esther Hovers’ work False Positives thematises the systems underlying so-called smart cameras. These cameras not only record their …
Self_portrait.jpg, 2003 Ink on paper, 77,5 x 130 cm Courtesy of Anthony Moore The drawing Self_portrait.jpg consists of 58,806 text characters. These have been manually transferred onto fine Japanese paper with ink. The letters, numbers, and special characters (ASCII-Code) represent an image in jpg format. When the digital equivalent of these characters are read by …
Schüchterne Kamera, 2007/2013 Code and electronics, external monitor A camera’s function is to record its environment while being directed at a specific target. If the camera is mobile, then it follows the target object. Gregor Kuschmirz’ Shy Camera behaves differently. It turns away, avoiding the gazes of the people around it. It uses freely available …
Adversarially Evolved Hallucination: A Man (Corpus: The Humans), 2017 Adversarially Evolved Hallucination: Porn (Corpus: The Humans), 2017 Adversarially Evolved Hallucination: Vampire (Corpus: Monsters of Capitalism), 2017 Dye-sublimation metal print each 121,9 x 152,4 cm Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York Behold these Glorious Times!, 2017 Video projection, 10 min Courtesy of the …
From January 8 until February 13, 2018 we’re under construction. You are cordially invited to join us for the opening of the exhibition “I am here to learn: On Machinic Interpretations of the World” on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 7pm.
Die Arbeit 1 & N Chairs von Fito Segrera besteht aus vier Elementen: einem Holzstuhl, zwei Monitoren und einer Kamera. Die Kamera nimmt den Stuhl auf, zoomt in Teile und Details des Möbels hinein und fotografiert den jeweiligen Bildausschnitt. Das Bild wird über eine Internetverbindung zu einem Bilderkennungsservice von Microsoft gesendet und nach einer algorithmischen …
im here to learn so :)))))), 2017 4-channel video installation 27:32 min Courtesy of the artists Zach Blas and Jemima Wyman are presenting the 4-channel video installation im here to learn so :)))))). In the installation, they reflect on the story of the chatbot Tay, a learning system from Microsoft that garnered widespread attention in …
„Perception is Reality im Frankfurter Kunstverein […], gehört zu den anregendsten (und den Ausstellungsbegriff am energischsten erweiternden) Ausstellungen des vergangenen Jahres.“ Niklas Maak, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung „This brilliant and at times frightening exhibition offers multifaceted insight into virtual reality as praxis.“ Travis Jeppesen, Artforum „Virtualität prallt auf Realität – bisher sind es zwei Welten. Welche …
„Perception is Reality im Frankfurter Kunstverein […], gehört zu den anregendsten (und den Ausstellungsbegriff am energischsten erweiternden) Ausstellungen des vergangenen Jahres.“ Niklas Maak, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung „This brilliant and at times frightening exhibition offers multifaceted insight into virtual reality as praxis.“ Travis Jeppesen, Artforum “Virtuality meets reality – which world is going to win the …
THE GARDEN ROOM, 2017 Installation, mixed media 12,7 x 9 x 3 m Courtesy Studio Hans Op de Beeck “The Garden Room” is an installation by Hans Op de Beeck (*1969) especially produced for the exhibition – an immersive space that transports the viewer into a fictive parallel world by entirely analogue means. Op de …
RUN MOTHERFUCKER RUN, 2001/2004 HD-Video Interactive installation Courtesy the artist In his works, multimedia artist and sculptor Marnix de Nijs (b. 1970) investigates the effects of interactive technologies on the viewer’s sensory and bodily perception. His work brings the human body into a direct relationship with machines by allowing the body to experience itself as …
GEGEBENENFALLS DIE WIRKLICHKEIT, 2017 Installation Stone (Rosso Royal), copper, paper 107 x 68 x 61 cm Courtesy the artist and König Galerie Alicia Kwade (b. 1979) presents the installation „Gegebenenfalls die Wirklichkeit” (‘possibly reality’) developed especially for the Frankfurter Kunstverein, which takes up the central themes of the exhibition and highlights them from a conceptual …
PATIO, 2014 C-Print, Diasec 193 x 130 cm Courtesy Sprüth Magers Thomas Demand (*1964) presents the work “Patio” in the Frankfurter Kunstverein. Today, photography is free of the assumption that it undoubtedly depicts an instance of the real world. In a turn by now distinctive of Demand’s practice, photography instead presents a reconstructed reality. The …
Department Central Photo Technology and 3D Crime Scene Mapping MALE HEAD, 2014 3D-print, plaster mixture 24 x 25 x 15 cm CHEST, 2014 3D-print, plaster mixture 36 x 46 x 40 cm SKULL, 2013 3D-print, plaster mixture 16 x 22 x 16 cm WOUNDED SKIN, 2012 3D-print, plaster mixture 16 x 12 x 6 cm …
SWING, 2015 Interactive Virtual Reality installation Near to Op de Beeck’s installation, one finds the work “Swing” by Christin Marczinzik (*1988) & Thi Binh Minh Nguyen (*1987). The VR installation uses a swing as the controller. Via VR glasses, the user can experience an artificial landscape far beyond the exhibition space’s restrictive walls. The use …
PLANK EXPERIENCE, 2016 Simulation game The virtual reality game “Plank Experience” by Toast takes the mind/body split to the extreme. Using VR glasses, exhibition visitors once again find themselves in a big city. This time they enter a virtual elevator whose door opens onto a skyline 160 meters up. This is where the parallelism begins. …
WETWARE, 2017 Installation / VR-application, LED panel, spotlights, paint Courtesy the artist In his work “Wetware”, Manuel Roßner (*1989) has digitally recreated the architecture of the Frankfurter Kunstverein. Countless photographs of the interior and exterior gave Roßner the raw data for his illusionistically constructed virtual environment. With the help of VR glasses, the visitor enters …
EVERYTHING, 2016 Simulation game EVERYTHING Trailer / Original voice by Allan Watts 10.45 Minutes The artist and game developer David OReilly (*1985) presents the work “Everything”. Here, viewers take a journey without a fixed course through a boundless world. Far from making any claims to realism, it offers us a poetic, philosophical, and holistic view …
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On occasion of the exhibition “Regina José Galindo. Mechanisms of Power” an artists edition is released. The “Secreto de Estado” has been shown at the opening of the exhibition on February 18, 2016 at Frankfurter Kunstverein. Now a photogrpahy of this performance is available at Frankfurter Kunstverein. In her performance ”Secreto de Estado“ (State Secret), …
“An exhibition couldn’t be more current. The visitor is confronted with an uncomfortable reality, namely a power, which doesn’t end according to “Tatort” or Swedish crime fiction, but which endures globally and claims victims. The show captivates because of its compressed and intense statements. And it stirs you up. It is quite the opposite of …
You are looking for an individual Christmas gift? Frankfurter Kunstverein is now offering many original gift ideas for art connoisseurs and enthusiasts such as vouchers for exhibition entries or guided tours, catalogues, exclusive artists’ editions or gift memberships. A gift membership at Frankfurter Kunstverein offers many benefits: – Year-round free admission to all exhibitions – …
“Prosthetic God, as Sigmund Freud called the man who tries to overcome his physical and mental shortcomings with the help of technology. And who can not get happy about it. The exhibition at Frankfurter Kunstverein shows what the new misfortune of the optimized body might look like. Fascinating images that present themselves with great ease. …
“The Book Fair has taken over the whole city. Like this, an artist from Indonesia, the Guest of Honour country of the Book Fair 2015 […], has built a bamboo sculpture on the facade of the Frankfurter Kunstverein and even inside the Kunstverein one can discover the guest country. You can see contemporary art from …
The Frankfurter Kunstverein offers exclusively for its members a wide range of yearly editions for sale at below-market prices. The editions and unique works are by artists who has exhibited at the Frankfurter Kunstverein and they are limited exclusively to members. Non-members can purchase the editions while becoming a member at the same time. A …
The catalogue for the exhibition “Roots. Indonesian Contemporary Art“ is now on sale at the Frankfurter Kunstverein! The publication contains texts by Franziska Nori (director Frankfurter Kunstverein), Goenawan Mohamad (chairman of the National Committee for Indonesia as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015), Asikin Hasan (Curator at the National Gallery of Indonesia …
Last night Franziska Nori gratefully received the BEN Nachwuchspreis 2015 of the B3 Biennial of the Moving Image for Kate Cooper. Coopers Installation “RIGGED”, in which the artist creates hyperrealistic female bodies using CGI technology, will be on view until January 10, 2015 as part of the exhibition “Body-Me. The Body in the Age of …
– A Workshop on the Supernatural of Past and Present Ghosts occupy a space in limbo between life and death, past and present, good and evil. They are at once mediums, illusions, messengers of doom, frightful figures, bringers of fortune, bearers of hope and apparitions. They appear as figures of our imagination and our primal …
“Trevor Paglen makes visible what should remain invisible at NSA’s will. The Frankfurter Kunstverein presents his latest work. […] The Paglen retrospective […] delivers a very good argument for why a city needs a Kunstverein alongside its great museums.” [„Trevor Paglen macht sichtbar, was nach Willen der NSA unsichtbar bleiben soll. Der Frankfurter Kunstverein zeigt …
“By leaving his works’ shapes to the Psilamin, Feuerstein radically questions the classic notion of authorship.” [„Indem er dem Psilamin die Gestaltung seiner Kunst überlässt, stellt Feuerstein das klassische Konzept der Autorschaft radikal infrage.“] Julian Gutberlet, Die Welt Kompakt, 29.05.2015 “Thomas Feuerstein’s work is a lush and elaborate comment on a present, for which the …
Until Friday, September 25, 2015 the upcoming exhibitions “Roots. Indonesian Contemporary Art” and “Body-Me: The Body in the Digital Age” will be set up. Stop by and keep track on the spectaculous installation of Joko Avianto’s bamboo sculpture along the façade of Steinernes Haus which will be installed within this time. The opening of the …
