The city is our factory

Christoph Schäfer will present his artistic-activist approach at the Kunstraum on the basis of his widely received visual essay ‘The City is our Factory,’ which was published in 2010 by Spector Books. Using a water color pen, Christoph Schäfer traced in this essay the conceptual landscapes and …

Henri Lefebvre, the State and Social Movements

The event is held in the context of the exhibition »Front, Field, Line, Plane – Researching the Militant Image« by Urban Subjects (Sabine Bitter/Jeff Derksen/Helmut Weber), who in 2009 already cooperated with Klaus Ronneberger for the project »Autogestion, or Henri Lefebvre in New Belgrade«.

Júlia Ayerbe (w/ Dandara Catete) - Conversations on the Bed

This performance is part of the performance series INSIDE WOUNDS

Staatskunst & Staatsräson - Art about the State

How does the state respond to shifts and transformations in the political sphere with regard to its support for the arts? How can we preserve and defend institutional spaces that are maintained by the state despite being in regular opposition to it?

Staatskunst & Staatsräson - Art despite the State

How does the state respond to shifts and transformations in the political sphere with regard to its support for the arts? How can we preserve and defend institutional spaces that are maintained by the state despite being in regular opposition to it?

Staatskunst & Staatsräson - Art with the State

How does the state respond to shifts and transformations in the political sphere with regard to its support for the arts? How can we preserve and defend institutional spaces that are maintained by the state despite being in regular opposition to it?

reformpause

Exhibition in collaboration with students and the Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, in the frame of the project transform

Staatskunst & Staatsräson

Over the past two years, a remarkable renegotiation of the relationship between the arts and the state has taken place in Germany. From outright censorship to ongoing discussions around provisions for public art funding — often in the name of anti-antisemitism — cultural producers and workers across disciplines have been forced to confront the ambivalent legacies of a self-proclaimed culture nation (Kulturnation).