BETWEEN BELONGING

In the organizer's words:

Program for the finissage weekend on Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26:

Friday, April 25, 6pm-2pm
7pm: Performance "Akechan" by Soya Arakawa
8pm: Zine launch "Rhine River Rehearsal" and artist talk with René Boer (Loom - practice for cultural transformation)
9pm: Performance "Green Dots" by Hasmik Tangyan

Saturday, April 26, 2-6 p.m.:
The artists Soya Arakawa, Agata Siwek and Hasmik Tangyan will be present and look forward to exchanging ideas with you.

In the exhibition BETWEEN BELONGING, this year's Borderland Residencies scholarship holders will present works and performances created during their stay in the Rhine-Meuse region in 2024-25. The Borderland Residencies programme is organized by Kulturraum Niederrhein e.V., Odapark in Venray and the participating residencies.

A temporary stay in a new region or on a border often raises questions about one's own identity. How do I fit in? Where do I belong? This often results in a feeling of being "in-between". A phenomenon that the fellows of the Borderland Residencies 2024-25 got to the bottom of during their field trips in the border region between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. Moments of collective artistic research gave rise to work impulses, the results of which they will present in the exhibition BETWEEN BELONGING at the Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf from April 11 to 26. The exhibition tells of an indeterminacy that offers the opportunity to reinterpret one's own belonging and the concept of belonging itself. It also raises the idea that we are all ultimately part of various complex and constantly evolving systems.

Participating artists: Apparatus 22, Ayo Akingbade, Soya Arakawa, Leonie Brandner, Francisco Correia, Maartje Fliervoet, Silviu Guiman, Christine Hvidt, Jonny Isaak, Tiko Imnadze, Hugo Kostrzewa, Loom, Beatrice Richter, Agata Siwek, Renée Stravers, Hasmik Tangyan & Cléo Totti

The exhibition is curated by Nathalie Schulz (freelance curator, Düsseldorf), with the support of Lene ter Haar (Cultural Officer, Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Düsseldorf).

Regular opening hours: Thursday to Saturday from 2 pm to 6 pm (except Easter Sunday)

Free admission

Opening:
Fri April 11, 2025, 6 pm - midnight
with opening speeches, live performances, artist talks, a playable artwork and a DJ set by Laktose_Intolerant