Interactions
30 April – 15 October 2023
With Interactions, we invite you to play with numerous artistic offers in the exterior and public interior of the Bundeskunsthalle over the summer. New works of art complement existing ones: the water pavilion Circular Appearing Rooms by Jeppe Hein presented on the museum square, the Bonn Slide by Carsten Höller that winds around its own axis down the façade, and The Curve by Bettina Pousttchi on the roof, which is dedicated to movement. On the south lawn, as well as in the inner courtyard, the foyer, the staircase, and the media art space, selected works of art will invite visitors to play, but will also deal with visual languages, sound and movement as universal forms of communication. For the first time, the LED wall on the façade will also be part of the art programme.
For the exhibition, Nevin Aladağ’s Verflechtungen (Interweavings) covers the roof – an installation of carpets, basketball hoops, and balls that invites play and communication. Benches with handwritten messages by Finnegan Shannon, Do you want us here or not, invite visitors to pause for a moment and offer a place for reflection. Jan St. Werner’s two sound stations Excitatory Yards allow the architecture of the Bundeskunsthalle to be perceived in a new way. And ping-pong tables by Rirkrit Tiravanija, the football goal walls Camouflage/Torwand 1-3 [Croy, Kleff, Maier] by Olaf Nicolai on the south lawn, an Animaloculomat by Klara Hobza in the foyer, and other works demonstrate that art can be an open offer, serving both individual and shared experience – a togetherness in which rigid roles and behaviours are challenged, and openness, tolerance and sensitivity are promoted. All participating artists are interested in forms of expression and techniques that can reduce the possible distance to art, but also within a complex and diverse society.
On 30 April and 1 May, the exhibition will kick off with spectacular opening days with performances by Franka Marlene Foth, Helga Wretman, and Nevin Aladağ, opportunities for play and participation, as well as a ‘Dance into May’.
Artists
Nevin Aladağ, Franka Marlene Foth, Ryan Gander, Jeppe Hein, Klara Hobza, Carsten Höller, Olaf Nicolai, Bettina Pousttchi, John Provencher, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Finnegan Shannon, Jan St. Werner