Eröffnungswochenende: Assembling Grounds

In the organizer's words:

As part of the opening of "Assembling Grounds. Practices of Coexistence" , we would like to use lectures, performances and artist talks over two days to reflect on what we can learn from each other about living together in times of comprehensive ecological and political change. The talks and lectures will also be streamed live.

What role do the tools of art and global and local cultural knowledge play? How can connections be created despite all differences and divisions? To this end, we will also address the questions, suggestions and encounters that emerged at the ZKM traveling exhibition "Critical Zones. In Search of a Common Ground" through South Asia (2022-2024).

In addition, Stéphane Verlet-Bottéro, Oliver-Selim Boualam and Kollaborateur:innen will continue their long-term project based there with a performative event on the ZKM's Katzenwedelwiese. In dialog with invited local and international artists, the meadow will be reactivated as a place of multiple knowledge systems, collective exchange and sustainable art production.