TRANSMISSION

Multimediale Kunst aus Polen und Deutschland

Under the title TRANSMISSION, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover is developing an extensive, Polish-German urban art project which, in addition to its presence at the venues Städtische Galerie KUBUS and Kunsthalle Faust, will also intervene in the public space between the locations along the course of the Leine river with around 25 positions and use it as a multimedia venue.

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Lichtzeit-Labor II

Media interventions and light art in the urban space of Hanover

With the realisation of the multimedia project Lichtzeit-Labor II, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover is following up on the successful project of the same name from 2022. While Lichtzeit-Labor I focussed more on general experimental research in the field of new auditory and visual media, Lichtzeit-Labor II focuses on the interaction between humans and nature: communication and energy transfer.

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AR JOURNEY FUTURING – MAKING THE FUTURE VISIBLE

Build a city for yourself! A workshop project for a revolutionary future

Are you an art, design or architecture enthusiast? Or are you already active in these fields? Then you’ve come to the right place. Become part of a great community, embark on a transformative journey and broaden your horizons in the process. With the help of cutting-edge technologies, you will bring your own vision of the future to life. You will make the invisible visible and create a reality that goes beyond your imagination.

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Transformation und Die Tüte am Ende der Plastik

Installation & sound sculpture: Deborah Geppert, Felix Ermacora (Dresden)
In context: A collection of trade and museum bags

Prologue: The year is 1965, and Swedish engineer Sten Gustaf Thulin applies for a patent in the USA for a ground-breaking invention: the bag made of weldable plastic with handles. At the beginning of the 21st century, the plastic bag has not only become the epitome of consumption in urban societies, regardless of its political orientation, it has also long symbolised the catastrophic consequences for our environment and the pollution of the world’s oceans.

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Till Nowak: Verwirklichkeit

Video art and digitally generated images

Under the title Verwirklichkeit, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover is showing a solo exhibition of the artist Till Nowak, born in Bonn in 1980 and living in the USA, who is regarded as one of the most innovative, imaginative protagonists of the digital art scene.

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ART AFFAIR 4

Group exhibition with works by around 40 regional and international artists with a concluding auction day

At the end of 2022, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover e.V. will be showing annual editions and works by artists from Lower Saxony and beyond who have previously been represented at the Kunsthalle or are associated with the Kunstverein. (more…)

OIL – BLOOD – LIBERTY

Crypto-Art by Ukrainian artists

Artists from different parts of Ukraine show digitally based works in the face of current world events. With a selection of around 20 artistic positions from an NFT art scene (non-fungible tokens) already established in Ukraine, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover is providing a broad audience with insights into artistic strategies, personal statements and aesthetic concepts.

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CALIFORNIA DREAMS

Interactive media works and live streaming between Los Angeles (USA), Tijuana (MEX) and Hanover (D)

In a cooperation between the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover and the independent organisation NettNett, based in Tijuana, Mexico, and the independent artist group Visuales.LucidInterval, based in Vertexx, USA, Mexican and Californian artists sample audio and video material from the internet and their own recordings relating to the current political situation in America. The edited outputs are transmitted to the Kunsthalle Faust via downloads and live streams and transformed into a complete work of art.

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OCEAN MEMORIES

A multimedia exhibition from Oceania

With the exhibition ‘Ocean Memories’, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover is showing a selection of contemporary photographs and videos as well as 3D prints by artists from Oceania. The Pacific Ocean – Te Moananui-a-Kiwa – is the largest populated habitat on earth. The participating artists see themselves as indigenous people of the South Pacific and live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand. (more…)

Jahresrückblick 2021

REPORT FROM ABROAD
Looking back and looking ahead with the KV Kunsthalle Hannover

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FoodFuturesArt – Everything that goes across the table!

International multimedia and performance project on the future of food

The Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover e.V., in cooperation with curators and institutions such as the Environmental Centre, the Wissenschaftsladen Hannover and the Pestel Institut Hannover, presents the exhibition FoodFuturesArt, which deals with the problems of future nutrition. The international exhibition and performance project will use paintings, photographs, videos, installations and performances to provide indications of the changes that need to take place in today’s eating habits in order to ensure a conscious and healthy diet in the light of climate change and in the shadow of the ever-increasing population rate in the coming decades. (more…)

iJacking

Augmented reality from Asia, Australia, North America and Europe. The festival for invisible art

Together with Virtuale Swizerland, Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover e.V. has developed the digitally based cyberspace project iJacking, which subtly and poetically intertwines with and in Hannover’s urban space, primarily using the user’s own smartphone or tablet, and allows unimagined spaces of possibility to be experienced. (more…)

Territories

A multimedia encounter between artists from Munich and Hanover

The Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover e.V. in co-operation with the Neue Münchener Künstlergenossenschaft presents the exhibition Territorien. Possession, Power, Domination – The starting point for an artistic exploration of the concept of the territorial is the encounter between two groups of artists from the south and north of Germany, each organised in and via sponsoring associations. From a pre-selection by the respective art association, a committee defines a selection of six positions for the exhibitions in Hanover (2017) and Munich (2018). (more…)

Boondocks III Hanover

International multimedia and performance project

The international exhibition project Boondocks III Hanover expands on the objectives of the Boondocks predecessors and the Urban Touch exhibition. The project directs the gaze to the centre of urban society, uses media works and installations in the Kunsthalle Faust and performative and participatory actions in the urban space to reflect on its restructuring and changing values and at the same time examines the scope for action of the ‘public cause’. Boondocks III Hanover intervenes in the no man’s land between public and private territories in Hanover’s urban wilderness and at the same time provides access to new cultural territory. (more…)

Art Affair 2

Works by around 50 artists from Lower Saxony and abroad

At the end of 2016, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover e.V. is presenting a selection of photographic and film documents, objects, paintings and drawings by artists from Lower Saxony and abroad under the title Art Affair 2. What they all have in common is that they have previously been shown at the Kunsthalle Faust. Art Affair 2 cordially invites all interested parties to the vernissage, to an exciting accompanying programme and to a public auction on the last day of the exhibition with a concluding finissage over a glass of wine and buffet. (more…)

Urban Touch

An international art project in the Kunsthalle Faust and in public spaces

Under the title Urban Touch, the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover is showing 25 artistic positions on urban phenomena in the Kunsthalle Faust and in Hannover’s public space in cooperation with the OSTRALE O’16 – Centre for Contemporary Art Dresden and in connection with the Mediations Biennale Poznan, Poland. (more…)

Bullet Channel

Installation and multimedia project by Chinese-German artist Liu Guangyun on the subject of migration and identity

A dictionary, bullet holes and a revolver are the ingredients in Liu Guangyun’s 2013 work ‘Bullet Channel’, which centres on a Chinese-German dictionary that has accompanied the artist since the 1980s. Guangyun placed 26 personal documents between the pages – a visa, his passport, a registration certificate, a certificate of good conduct and so on – attached the book to the wall and fired three shots at it from a distance of five metres.

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