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About
Statement
From the idea of ruins as symbols of an ancient past, and as witnesses to a political status quo, to the concept of ruins as projections of the future this international group show brings together different artistic approaches to the subject matter.
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Events
Opening Reception
Thu, Jun 22, 2017 from 7:00 – 10:00pm UTC
Artist Talk
Thu, Jul 6, 2017 from 7:00 – 8:00pm UTC
Umgekehrte Ruinen
Round Table accompanying the exhibition: Dr. Eva Schmidt, Director Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen and Katya Gardea Browne, Clemens Botho Goldbach, Julia Höner, Ludwig Seyfarth.
A discussion of the relationship between historic and modern-day ruins, based on Robert Smithson’s idea of Ruins in Reverse and his famous project, Hotel Palenque, located on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico.
The Ruins of the Future
Thu, Sep 7, 2017 from 7:00 – 8:30pm UTC
Dr. Brian Dillon, Royal College of Art, London, talk
Since at least the eighteenth century, the ruin has been a decayed but eloquent presence in art and aesthetics. Ruins remind us of the past but are really oriented towards the future; this talk will describe some of the ways contemporary art looks to the future through ruins.
Ruiniert das Bauen!
Thu, Sep 21, 2017 from 7:00 – 8:30pm UTC
Thomas Burlon, Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon, Berlin, talk
About the Antivilla in Potsdam and other repurposed ruins. The architecture office Brandlhuber+ Emde, Burlon often takes existing ruinous structures and transforms them with small interventions and key additions into new useful spaces.
Institution
Location
Kaistraße 10
Düsseldorf, DE
