Artistic positions on urban phenomena
The world is experiencing a shift towards urbanisation. Our cities today are characterised by enormous processes of architectural, social and urban political change. As an interdisciplinary exhibition and research project, ARCHEtypus – Utopias of Social Architecture examines the transformation processes between past and future utopias using historical examples. The thematic crystallisation point is formed by 60 image text panels in the integrated exhibition ‘SOS Brutalism – Save the Concrete Monsters! A joint project of the Deutsches Architekturmuseum and the Wüstenrot Foundation’.
By reflecting on these utopias in contemporary art, the project combines science, education, architecture and modern art. Using performative, participative and projective strategies in the Kunsthalle Faust, the Zukunftswerkstatt Ihme Centre and the foyer of Leibniz University, it traces the upheavals, expansion and retreat phenomena in urban space.
The artistic focus is a selection of multimedia works from the exhibition ‘Arche – Architecture of the Universe’, which was previously realised in Venice and presented during the 2021 Architecture Biennale. The international artistic positions taken from Venice open up an interdisciplinary space for discourse. They draw attention back to the centre of urban society, using installations, video projections, performative and participatory ideas to reflect on restructuring and changing values and thus examine the scope for action of the ‘public sphere’. The consequences of poor urban planning are addressed, as are initiatives of successful citizen participation, as well as the temporary, sometimes utopian appropriation of ‘urban wilderness’. Overall, the Brutalist architecture-related works expand the everyday view of the urban and architectural landscape and also open up the virtual space for new perspectives.
To this end, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover e.V. is developing an art education programme consisting of lectures, discussion forums, workshops and performances.
Participating artists:
Bbeyond, Chien-Chi Chang, Elektro Moon Vision, Clemens Fürtler, Patricija Gilyte, Anna Grunemann, Grzegorz Hajderek, Chin-Yun Kuo, David Mozny, Oliver Niemöller, Christiane Oppermann, Ella Raidel, Ran Slavin, SM Rk+ Group, Yu-Hsin Su, Lesław Tetla, Ilka Theurich, Sanae Yamada, Tetsuo Yamashige.
Exhibition duration:
Sunday, 29 August, until Sunday, 3 October 2021
Vernissage: Saturday, 28 August, 7 pm
Curation: Tomasz Wendland, Harro Schmidt
Co-curation: Hong-John Lin, Filip Gajewski
Cooperation partner:
Mediations Biennale Foundation, Poznan, Poland
Giudecca Art District, Venice, Italy
Faculty of Architecture and Landscape at Leibniz University
Future Workshop Ihme Centre
Opening hours: Fri 4-8pm, Sat and Sun 2-6pm
Admission: 5 euros, reduced: 3 euros
Public guided tours: every Sunday at 3 pm
Special opening hours during the Zinnober-Kunstvolkslauf:
Saturday, 4 September: 12pm-7pm, free admission
Sunday, 5 September: 12-19 hrs, free admission
Accompanying events:
Saturday, 18 September, 5 pm
Lecture Ihme Centre and Brutalism
Ekkehard Bollmann: Brutalism from the perspective of a contemporary witness
Gerd Runge: Brutalism and the Ihme Centre – a classification
Location: Zukunftswerkstatt Ihme Centre, Ihmeplatz 7E
Sunday, 19 September, 3 p.m.
Cycle tour Brutalism in Hanover
Cycle tour to brutalist buildings in Hanover
Maritim Hotel, multi-storey car park in Osterstraße, Sparkasse building, University of Music, Bredero Tower, etc.
Location: Meeting point Küchengartenplatz
Friday, 22 October – Friday, 19 November
Exhibition ‘SOS Brutalism – Save the concrete monsters! A joint project of the German Architecture Museum and the Wüstenrot Foundation’
60 text panels from the Deutsches Architekturmuseum Frankfurt on the architectural form of Brutalism supplemented by student research presentations and artistic contributions
Location: Foyer of the Faculty of Architecture and Landscape, Herrenhäuser Straße 8, 30419 Hanover
Opening hours: Mon to Fri 09-18 h
Notes on opening hours:
The maximum number of visitors in the Kunsthalle Faust is limited. The distancing rule of at least 1.5 metres applies. As part of the infection protection regulations, visitors are obliged to wear a mouth and nose cover. Admission according to the 3G rule (vaccinated, recovered or tested).
