Episode 02—no one belongs here more than you
May 25, 2023
Artists: Hannah Assmann-Staudt, Verena von Beckerath & Barbara Schönig, Esther Betz & Mara Kossira, Elisa Breyer, Moritz Eggert, Emma von Helden & Paula Pichler, Sofia Hultén, Ian Kiaer, Mailand / Innenhof, Christian Andrés Parra Sánchez, Negar Rahnamae, Charlotte Rohde, Katrin Steiger
Under the title no one belongs here more than you, the university gallery of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar presents the second part of its exhibition series on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the first Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar’s Schiller-Museum. The exhibited works explore themes of belonging, identification and security within the context of living.
With whom do we share our personal space? Do we share it voluntarily, or are we forced to? Where do we want to live, and how can people identify with new living spaces if they have no freedom to choose them, for example due to forced flight or displacement? Designers and artists from various disciplines explore these and other questions in the second episode of the POWER HOUSE exhibition.
Works by students from the Architecture, Media Architecture, Product Design and Fine Arts Master’s degree programmes will be on display. Also participating are Visual Communication alumni and teachers of Fine Arts, from the Fine Art Education programme and from the field of typography, as well as external artists.
Some of the artistic positions investigate the (re)designing of living spaces and pursue the connection between architecture and the human body and its need for localisation and belonging. Other works examine the border between private and public spaces and the question of who is actually allowed to reside where. Other works detach themselves from spatial context completely, instead focusing on situations of social coexistence in which people are able to find a sense of safety.
The exhibition in the Schiller-Museum premises of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar is not static, but rather in a constant state of flux, with a start date but no end date. Conceptually conceived as an organic structure, the second episode will expand into other rooms of the building and even sprawl beyond. The exhibition’s appearance will continue to change greatly over episodes to come; it may expand and grow further, or it may even shrink and taper.
In the 100th anniversary year of the first-ever Bauhaus exhibition, nova space—the university gallery of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar—will inhabit the exhibition space of the Schiller-Museum in Weimar until the end of 2023. The Klassik Stiftung Weimar is dedicating its 2023 annual programme to the theme of living, focusing centrally on the Weimar State Bauhaus. The Stiftung casts its gaze towards the future of housing and coexistence, invites visitors to engage with sustainable building, discusses topics such as displacement and gentrification and relates these to historical forms of housing.
The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive program of lectures, performances, screenings, workshops, yoga and much more. For more information on upcoming events, see here.
Events
June 20, 4:30–6pm: Lecture by Ulf Büntgen (dendrochronologist and climate researcher)
June 20, 7–9pm: Lecture by Sophia Sommer (lawyer, Berlin)
June 22, 10–11am: Yoga at nova space
June 27, 7–9pm: Lecture by Natalie Keppler (curator, Berlin)
June 29, 10–11am: Yoga at nova space
June 29, 6–9pm: Opening of the exhibition POWER HOUSE Episode 03 can’t stop won’t stop
July 4, 7–9pm: Lecture by Gisela Bullacher (artist and photographer, Folkwang University of the Arts, Essen)
July 6, 4:30–5:30pm: Yoga at nova space
July 12, 7–9pm: Lecture and artist talk with Ian Kiaer (The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford).
Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30am–6pm. Admission fees: Admission to the exhibition and the entire events program is free.
Curated by Katharina Wendler. A collaborative project between Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, nova space university gallery and Klassik Stiftung Weimar.
