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Venue:
Libken e.V.
Böckenberg 15 - 17
17268 Gerswalde
www.libken.de

The one-week interdisciplinary Libken Summer Academy is an invitation to live, work and exhibit together beyond familiar environments and structures. It is about exchange, reflection and expansion of one's own artistic practice. The theme of this year's summer academy is sustainability/political ecology. What could a more sustainable art production, a more sustainable common life and action look like?

You will explore these and similar questions together, using different media and working methods. You will be accompanied by the lecturers @harryhachmeister working with clay / sculpture / photography and @ozlemaltin (mixed media). In addition to the practical programme, you will be cooked a decent meal, can swim in the lake on the doorstep, watch films at night and enjoy the campfire. At the end of the week on 7 September, the works will be presented to the public in a joint exhibition in the former waterworks and on the Libken site.

Photos from past summer academies, as well as information on the programme, prices and registration can be found on our website.

The Summer Academy 2024 is conceived and organised this time by Sophia Kesting in cooperation with Libken e.V.

Venue:
Stadtwerkstatt
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11
10178 Berlin

LONG WAY FROM THE CENTER - FILMS IN PROGRESS
Ralf Forster: Film clubs of the GDR (with cine films)
Clemens von Wedemeyer, Stefania Smolkina: Cinema in Motion (with the film by Jürgen Böttcher: Arbeiterfamilie, 1969)
Curator: Jochen Becker/metroZones

The “Kino in Bewegung” initiative has been roaming the villages and small towns of Saxony for five years: “We believe (...) in the ‘cinema principle’ as a collective emotional experience that brings people into conversation. The screenings are combined with moderated film talks that initiate discussions about attitudes, needs and values based on the specific films.” Together we will watch Jürgen Böttcher's documentary Arbeiterfamilie: Arbeiter:innen des Dresdener VEB Transformatoren- und Röntgenwerk haben gute Kontakte zu Künstler:innen des Staatstheaters Dresden; excerpts from the amateur film Günter Becker will also be shown; “they show the ‘complex rationalization’ in the factory, (...) also a dance by Vietnamese women who are doing their ‘internship’ in the factory”. This is what film scholar Ralf Forster writes in his book on amateur film in the GDR. He will introduce us to the film movements inside and outside the cultural centers of the GDR with some examples of cine films.

The presentation of the Kino in Bewegung initiative is part of the “Clubs of the Future” project on shared spaces in transitional societies.

Participating artists:
Katharina Gahlert, Coretta Klaue, Lena Koneberg, Hanna Kučera, Eduardo José Rubio Parra, Sophie Constanze Polheim, Clara Pötsch, Iva Svoboda

opening hours:
Tue-Sun 11am-5pm

Venue:
Prinzenpalais - Residenzschloss Altenburg
Schloss 16
04600 Altenburg

The Lindenau Museum Altenburg is awarding the Bernhard August von Lindenau Prize for the second time. A total of eight young graduates from four art academies in Central Germany have been nominated. Participants include the Dresden University of Fine Arts, the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig and the Bauhaus University Weimar.

The exhibition in the Prinzenpalais of the Residenzschloss forms a panorama of contemporary art with photography, glass objects, (sound) installations, ceramics, painting, performance, textile objects and drawing. Exhibiting are: Katharina Gahlert, Coretta Klaue, Lena Melis Koneberg, Hanna Kučera, Eduardo José Rubio Parra, Sophie Constanze Polheim, Clara Pötsch, Iva Svoboda. A high-caliber jury will select the winner of the Bernhard August von Lindenau Prize 2024, which is endowed with 5,000 euros.

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Participating artists:
Hoda Afshar, Laura Aguilar, Diane Arbus, Ellen Auerbach, AWA: la revue de la femme noire, BALAM, Jürgen Baldiga, Barber Turko, Carina Brandes, BRAVO, Nakeya Brown, Tessica Brown, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jim Carrey, Chaumont–Zaerpour, Heather Dewey-Hagborg, Rineke Dijkstra, Juan Pablo Echeverri, Anna Ehrenstein, Lotte Errell, Jason Evans, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, Pippa Garner, André Gelpke, Weronika Gęsicka, Camilo Godoy, Nan Goldin, Ulrich Görlich, Henriette Grindat, Carola von Groddeck, F. C. Gundlach, Johann Hinrich W. Hamann, Mona Hatoum, Florence Henri, Florian Hetz, David O. Hill & Robert Adamson, Thomas Hoepker, Ewald Hoinkis, Peter Hujar, Graciela Iturbide, Lebohang Kganye, Jens Klein, Peter Knapp, Herlinde Koelbl, Paul Kooiker, Anouk Kruithof, Andreas Langfeld, Alwin Lay, Zoe Leonard, Madame d’Ora, Mahmoud Manaa, Ana Mendieta, Sabelo Mlangeni, Suffo Moncloa, Marge Monko, Thandiwe Muriu, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Emmanuel Ndefo, Helmut Newton, Satomi Nihongi, Nicholas Nixon, Fred Odede, Bubu Ogisi, Mobolaji Ogunrosoye, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Ulrike Ottinger, Helga Paris, Doris Quarella, Rebecca Racine Ramershoven, Alfred A. Rau, Eugene Richards, ringl + pit, Roxana Rios, Torbjørn Rødland, Thomas Ruff, RuPaul, August Sander, Viviane Sassen, Max Scheler, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Lorna Simpson, Slavs and Tatars, Annegret Soltau, John Stezaker, Tabboo!, Hank Willis Thomas, Wolfgang Tillmans, Marie Tomanova, Tunga, Danielle Udogaranya (Ebonix), Dorothea von der Osten, William Wegman, Tom Wood, Yatreda, Leyla Yenirce, Sheung Yiu

opening hours:
Tue, Wed 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Thur, Fri 10 a.m.– 8 p.m. Sat, Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Mon closed

Venue:
Museum Folkwang
Museumsplatz 1
45128 Essen

Roxana Rios work FIGURE, FORM is part of the group exhibition Grow It, Show It! which takes place at Museum Folkwang. Roxana Rios finished the studies at HGB 2023 with a diploma.

The exhibition entitled Grow It, Show It! explores the historical, political and everyday cultural significance of hair through a wide range of historical and contemporary photographs, videos and film clips from art as well as fashion and social media. The comprehensive exhibition shows that hair is always a carrier of information. The way we wear our hair is not only determined by the pursuit of beauty ideals, but has always been politically and socially charged as an identity-forming feature, a ritual symbol of power, a spiritual material and a communicator of social status.

In its historical and popular science dimension, the exhibition explores the question of how representations of hair at the interface of art, fashion and advertising photography are not only the subject of the beauty industry, but also of queer-feminist, body-political and post-colonial discourses. At the same time, the exhibits dating from the 19th century to the present day shed light on the ways in which images of hair have consolidated and defined trends over the course of time.

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Venue:
PhMuseum @ Spazio Bianco, DumBO
Via Camillo Casarini, 19
Bologna

Raisan Hameed's work Zer-Störung will be shown at the international photo festival of the PhMuseum in Bologna. Raisan Hameed is currently a Meisterschüler of Prof. Tina Bara.

PhMuseum International Photo Festival is back for its fourth edition taking place from 12 to 15 September 2024 in Bologna, Italy.

The chosen theme is CLOSER: we live in an era in which it is not possible to imagine any objective detachment between us and reality. Observation itself touches and changes things, every story is contamination. The works on show do not attempt to achieve an impossible neutrality, but accept the partiality that comes from looking closely. They make intimacy their strength: in interpersonal relationships as much as in that with the territory, with history, and with living beings. An invitation to open up, to share, to observe things more carefully, beyond prejudices and stereotypes.

The event will be held at the DumBO’s Spazio Bianco in Bologna, Italy, a 1600 square meter post-industrial pavilion that will host exhibitions, presentations, a space dedicated to photographic publishing and an outdoor area. Plus, installations across the city of Bologna, events and more.

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Venue:
Techne Sphere Leipzig
Niemeyerstraße 2-5
04179 Leipzig
www.technesphere.de

„Balancing the tangible with the ethereal,
A symphony of chaos and calm unfold.“

From September 13 to 29, 2024,  the Techne Sphere, Leipzig, will host „Shifting Temple“ – a project by Alexander Klaubert and Colette Patterson. This temporary platform for interdisciplinary expression invites participants to engage with the collective and individual wounds of our time.

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Participating artists:
Arvid Jansen, Oliver Bleckmann, Tereza Kalousova, Zwaantje Kurpershoek, Rosa Shepherd

Venue:
P////AKT Foundation
Zeeburgerpad 53
1019 Amsterdam

Partner:
Witte Barskamp GmbH & Co. KG, EZS Identtechnik GmbH

The Presskuchen tour offers artists the opportunity to develop structures and networks across various cities. It uses the gesture of staging and the structure of the stage itself, highlighting and doubling the staged nature of exhibiting. Proceeding from the idea of bringing individual positions together that have been developed over the years, without having to subordinate them to a specific theme. The tour travels through the cities of Leipzig, Berlin, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Munich, Graz, and Vienna. - -> - - -> -->

Born out of a shared frustration with the purpose-oriented art scene and the desire for added value within the art business, they concentrate on finding and developing formats for young artists that circumvent these tendencies. Understanding and describing the conventions of artistic production and it’s representation in conventional exhibition spaces is part of the motivation, the Presskuchen tour.

Closing 28.09.24 7pm

opening hours:
Wed.-Fri.: 11am-6.30pm + Sat-Sun.: 11am–6pm

Venue:
Kunstforum Ingelheim – Altes Rathaus
François-Lachenal-Platz 1
55218 Ingelheim am Rhein


A new format is being tried out with this exhibition: Conceived as an open project, ten contemporary artists have been invited to explore etchings by the Dutch artist Jan Luyken (1649-1712).

In 1708, Luyken created ten impressive sheets, each of which depicts one of the ten plagues from the Old Testament (Genesis 2: Exodus) in rich detail and narrative style: Egypt was also the home of the people of Israel at that time, but they suffered greatly under Pharaoh's rule. When he refused to release the Jewish people from slavery, his God - according to the Bible - brought ten devastating disasters upon the land: water turned to blood, frogs, fire and darkness descended and locusts plagued the region. Only after the tenth, most terrible plague, which killed all the first-born of man and beast, did Pharaoh allow the people of Israel to leave.

Although Luyken's dramatic depictions of the biblical accounts form the beginning and starting point of the exhibition, the newly created drawings by the invited contemporary artists are the focus of our fall project.

An impressive variety of drawings have been created over the last few months: While some artists dealt with the theme of “plague” in general or with just one specific plague, others refer to current threats or process individual challenges. The spectrum of artistic works is correspondingly diverse and varied: it ranges from small, delicate sheets that call for a closer look to large-format drawings that also require intensive observation.

While some participants created ten drawings or even more, others produced far fewer works. While paper was mostly used as a medium, canvas, a screen or a multi-part installation on tables that extends into the room were also chosen. While many of the works are in black and white, there are also colorful examples.

In addition to Jan Luyken's historical originals, works by Sandra Boeschenstein (* 1967), Ambra Durante (* 2000), Marcel van Eeden (* 1965), Sławomir Elsner (* 1976), Serena Ferrario (* 1986), Bettina Munk (* 1960), Christian Pilz (* 1978), Malte Spohr (* 1958), Brigitte Waldach (* 1966) and Christian Weihrauch (* 1966) are also on display.

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Participating artists:
Lotti Brockmann, Benjamin Busch, Felix Dreesen & Stephan Thierbach, Mascha Fehse, Judith Hopf & Natascha Sadr Haghighian & Florian Zeyfang, Mara Jenny, Julia Kiehlmann, Benedikt Kuhn, Sophie Pape, Liu Tianxu

Mirsini Artakianou, Julia Boswank, Max Brück, Evgenij Gottfried, Lara Hampe, Tobi Keck, Layla Nabi und Philipp Zöhrer

opening hours:
Wed. 4pm-7pm + Sun. 3pm-7pm

Venue:
IDEAL artspace
Schulze-Delitzsch-Straße 27
04315 Leipzig
idealartspace.de

Partner:
Supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Leipzig and the Stiftung Kunstfonds.


In three episodes, the exhibition project The Stories We Inhabit takes a look at forms of self-organization in public space and addresses questions of representation and creative power within urban planning. The project sheds light on motifs of resistant recoding and informal continuations of urban infrastructure, examines porous, provisional dramaturgies and follows rituals, peripheral narratives and beaten paths in urban space

The starting point of the project is the imminent development of the Bürgergarten maintained by Neustädter Markt e.V. and the necessary relocation of the self-organized Skulpturenpark Neustadt, which was initiated a few years ago on the wasteland in Meißner Straße as a collaboration between several Leipzig art spaces. For the depot of the formerly site-specific artworks, a storaage system was constructed in the spacious garden of IDEAL, which thematizes the relocation of the objects and the associated decontextualization. In three episodes, a growing network of works and artistic interventions is formed in this setting, continuously creating new references and overwritings over the course of the exhibition.

The name Neustadt is the generic name of a planned city, and also the name of the district in which the IDEAL and the sculpture park are located. The term follows the phantasm of the new, the new building, seriality, urban renewal, the new housing estate, a city without a past and the eternally new. The pursuit of decay, wilderness, deviation and disorder forces this newness into a permanent program of reproduction and restoration.

In the 3rd episode, an idea of renewal is illuminated that follows the coincidences and glitches and defines the new out of the repair. Personal recodings, proliferating stories, desire, the unplanned and the deviant are inscribed as a transgressive force in the re-enactment and care.

Program:
Opening NEUSTADT
Sunday, 15.09.2024, 3pm - 2pm
6-8 pm: Food performance with Liu Tianxu
With works by Lotti Brockmann, Benjamin Busch, Felix Dreesen & Stephan Thierbach, Mascha Fehse, Judith Hopf & Natascha Sadr Haghighian & Florian Zeyfang, Mara Jenny, Julia Kiehlmann, Benedikt Kuhn, Sophie Pape, Liu Tianxu

IDEAL Cinema #3
Sunday, 22.09.2024
8 pm
Film screening of “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence” by Silke Schönfeld and “Frohe Zukunft” by Katharina Wittmann & Andrea Rüthel

opening hours:
5pm-10pm and by appointment

Venue:
Kino der Jugend
Eisenbahnstraße 158
04315 Leipzig

The exhibition, which takes place at the same time as Parking Day, deals with the destructive level of traffic and the armoring processes associated with cars, as well as the car as a cultural object. Traffic accidents are a central issue. The exhibition includes paintings/graphics as well as installation works.

The exhibition will be open from September 21st to 24th from 5pm to 10pm. Alternative times are also possible by arrangement.

Content Note: Depicition of Traffic Accidents

Participating artists:
Anton Koval, Brennan Wojtyla, Camilla Carlsen, Caspar Sänger, Diana Alb, Dorothea Schmelzer, Eliane Diur/ Martin Schuster, Bob Jones, Erik Weiser, Franziska Dathe, Franziska Peschel, Hannah Zoe Götschl, Hyejeong Yoo, Ivo Zibulla, Josefine Theresa Schmidt, Judith Lorbach, Julia Hochbaum, Julia Peters, Katja Deutschmann, Lillian Morrissey, Lucia Graf, Marie Brehmer, Matthias Jun Wilhelm, Michael Thieme, Qiuning Zhu, Sabine Müller, Saskia Masannek, Seungjoo Lee, Sofiia Yesakova, Sophia Roggenkamp, Sophie Constanze Polheim, Susann Richter, Tatjana Hub, Tony Franz, Victoria Matthies
Curators: Ralitsa Benkova, Eliane Diur, Franziska Dathe

opening hours:
Tue-Fri 4-7 p.m., Sat & Sun 2-7 pm., Day of German Unity 03.10. 2-8 pm

Venue:
werkschau Halle 12
Baumwollspinnerei
04179 Leipzig

Anger is one of the most human and at the same time most controversial emotions of all. It is often seen as particularly threatening and can be condemned by some people, while it triggers defensiveness in others. The idea of losing control and becoming angry is often seen as a negative thing.

As part of the exhibition, we want to explore this supposedly dark emotion and shed new light on the subject through in-depth discussions. We want to explore and understand what can actually lie behind this emotion.

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Venue:
LOFFT - DAS THEATER
Spinnereistraße 7, Hal
04179 Leipzig

Philosophy often demands answers to fundamental questions. "Alienation" is seen as a signal word for a social situation that has become structurally difficult, in which a 'right life in the wrong' has become impossible.

We would like to know where we stand and where our discomfort comes from. At the same time, our confidence in receiving convincing answers is dwindling. There is talk of a fragmented public sphere, which in turn produces phenomena of indifference and isolation.

This shows that alienation is not something that can be overcome once and for all. What is less clear, however, is what constitutes the experience of alienation - and how to deal with it. What should be accepted, what should be problematized or changed? "In a strange way, the stranger is in ourselves." (Julia Kristeva) It is disconcerting because it eludes us and makes us feel incapable. It contains an irritation that is capable of interrupting its own dynamics. What else can be said about it?

The lecture will take place at the Leipzig Denkt Festival. More information...

Participating artists:
Oliver Bleckmann, Patricia Falk, Arvid Jansen

Venue:
LABOR Projektgalerie
Ebertplatzpassage 5
50668 Köln

Partner:
Stadt Köln, Tube Artservice, Witte Barskamp GmbH & Co. KG, EZS Identtechnik GmbH

The Presskuchen tour offers artists the opportunity to develop structures and networks across various cities. It uses the gesture of staging and the structure of the stage itself, highlighting and doubling the staged nature of exhibiting. Proceeding from the idea of bringing individual positions together that have been developed over the years, without having to subordinate them to a specific theme. The tour travels through the cities of Leipzig, Berlin, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Munich, Graz, and Vienna. - -> - - -> -->

Born out of a shared frustration with the purpose-oriented art scene and the desire for added value within the art business, they concentrate on finding and developing formats for young artists that circumvent these tendencies. Understanding and describing the conventions of artistic production and it’s representation in conventional exhibition spaces is part of the motivation, the Presskuchen tour.

Closing 24.10.24 7pm

Participating artists:
Zara Alexandrova, Amae, Pascale Eiberle, Christiane Fichtner, Sophie Fladt, Bob Jones, Petra Mattheis, Zoë Claire Miller, Rosa Roedelius, Helga Schager, Marina Stiegler, Sophia Süßmilch, Myriam Thyes, Michelle Verhoeks, Betty Wimmer

opening hours:
Fr-Sun 11am-6pm

Venue:
Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie (Wilhelm-Hack-Museum)
Hemshofstraße 54
67063 Ludwigshafen

Although the vulva as an external part of the female* sex has become increasingly present and visible on a motivational and linguistic level in recent years, it is still barely present in public perception or in art. The exhibition therefore brings together contemporary artists who have dedicated themselves to the positive re-appropriation and visualization of the vulva with themes such as empowerment, sexuality, cultural history and menstruation. The aim is not only to reduce shame and taboos, but also to create empowering moments.

opening hours:
Wednesday and Thursday 4-7pm

Venue:
westpol.space
Weißenfelser Str. 16
04229 Leipzig


What do I wear...
... on a first date?
... at work?
... to the job center?
... when visiting my parents?
... on vacation?
... when I'm ill?
... when nobody sees me?
... when I want to be sexy?
... when I feel sexy?
... when I'm having an abortion?
... for my best friend's birthday?
... when I'm 55?
... when I'm in love?
... when I am insecure?
... when I die?
... to the class reunion?
... just for me?

... "Processing Fibres" uses performative processes to explore the relationship to oneself and to others, mediated by the body and the layers that surround it: Clothing, fabric, fashion, material in and on the body.

What we wear and how we wear it is never neutral, never without meaning. Normative codes, social hierarchies, gender and cultural imprints, personal experiences, injuries and preferences - everything flows into the choice of textile coverings and the act of dressing and undressing. Through the performative use of textiles and other media, the exhibition evolves and changes over the course of the two days - Processing Fibres.

Barrier-free event

Venue:
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz
Theaterplatz 1
09111 Chemnitz

Artist Talk as part of the exhibition Welt anschauen on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 6:30 pm at the Kunstsammlungen am Theaterplatz.

G.E.O., guided tour with the curator Dr. Sabine Maria Schmidt and the artist Joachim Blank, Professor of Media Art at the HGB Leipzig

Venue:
HGB entrance hall
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

Over lunch, Yvonne Schürer and Leona Koldehoff present the results of the survey “Use of the library at the Academy of Visual Arts”.

>>> This event is part of the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. Learn more about the program...

Venue:
HGB, Bibliotheksflur
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

With “Library en core”, Heidi Specker's showcase exhibition focuses on the library as a cultural space for negotiation. Feuilleton and social media are currently referring to this context again with the fashion trend “librariancore”.

The starting point is the b/w photograph “Untitled Filmstill #13” by Cindy Sherman. The cliché of the librarian reaching into the bookshelf and quoting outdated fashionable drawers is something Sherman was already questioning in her iconic and critical way in 1978 in her assignment of female roles. The term “core”, which describes current fashion trends, is taken up by Specker and clearly identified as an outdated repetition of the “well-read lady” by modifying it to “en core”. The “librariancore” propagates a fashion trend that adds contemporary accessories to what librarians wear according to the clichéd image in films and books. However, with items such as narrow reading glasses, gray tights and pencil skirts, the trend remains stuck in the cliché and continues to confirm it. The title “Library en core” makes it clear - this is too much for Heidi Specker.

In the exhibition, Specker joins Sherman, makes use of current Sherman merchandising from the art world and says: “Id rather be swimming!”

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB Bibliothek


Dr. Regine Ehleiter, Berlin art historian and curator, working for the Institute for Theory in 2021/22, deals intensively with the topic of "Artists Books" and, during a visit to the library, talks about a project by the long-time director of the MoMA Library and artist book historian Clive Phillpot in the 1970s: conceptual ("difficult") publications (which could neither be clearly defined as books nor as exhibition catalogs) are listed as works of art in their own right and are not relegated to the stacks, but presented in the open stacks: His aim was to create surprises and moments of wonder in the confrontation with the "odd pamphlets": "People using any part of the library could then become mystified or be given surprises by coming across puzzling artists' books that have been dispersed or sercreted through the collection... wonderful moments of not understanding".

Anna Lena von Helldorff, Professor of the Typography class, will be responsible for the second selection of special titles, which are actually "hidden" in the magazine, but will be shown to the public on the occasion of the anniversary (if the condition of the collection permits).

There will be a guided tour through the exhibtion with the curator at 4:30pm.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB Bibliothek

A live-generated, visual system that animates and rearranges the terms from the HGB library classification. Laila Kamil studies in the class for installation and space. Video installation, 6 monitors

>>> This event is part of the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. Learn more about the program...

Venue:
HGB entrance hall
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

Re-Presentation of interactive student works from the class of the seminar "100XM.B." on the artist's question "What to do to make love?"

„Moi Aussi, je me suis demandé si je ne pouvais pas vendre quelque chose et réussir dans la vie. Cela fait un moment déjà que je ne suis bon à rien.  Je suis âgé de quarante ans … […]“

In 1964, the Belgian artist Marcel Broodthaers (1924-1976) wrote in the invitation to his first solo exhibition: “I also asked myself whether I could sell something and be successful in life. For some time I had been useless. I am forty years old ... [...]”. He showed objects in the exhibition. These included fifty unsold copies of his last book of poetry, Pense-Bête (1964), which were transformed into a plaster object.

In 2024, Pense-Bête will be 60 years old, Broodthaers 100 years old and the HGB library 150 years old. An opportunity to celebrate together: a deceased artist who made and buried books, with the library of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst!

The students of the seminar “100xMB or 'What to do to make love?”, supervised by Michal B. Ron, are “also” wondering whether they can show “something” new about Broodthaers and “succeed” in the seminar. Does showing Marcel Broodthaers mean de-plastering or over-plastering books? In the field of tension between IMITATION COPY COPY ORIGINAL | IMITATION FALSE COPY ORIGINAL, the students will present their further results in a second part on October 24, 2024.
 
>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB entrance hall
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

The HGB library served as working material, thinking space and presentation venue for the typography course “Fantasies of the Library” during the summer semester. On display are book recommendations as posters and Ex Libris stamps, which emerged from the examination of the library's holdings.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB gallery
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
www.hgb-leipzig.de/galerie
instagram.com/hgbgallery

In 2016, Ingrid Wagner, sister of the internationally renowned curator Frank Wagner, donated her late brother's extensive library to the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig. The curatorial estate, including artworks and documents, was handed over to the recently opened Archiv der Avantgarden (ADA) in Dresden. The collection represents an important thematic concentration of European and American art history, featuring catalogs from the early careers of internationally known artists whose exhibition activities Wagner accompanied for decades—some with personal dedications. After cataloging and keywording, the approximately 4,500 books will be stamped with an ex-libris stamp designed by Christin Lahr and incorporated into the library's collection.

Frank Wagner, who most recently curated the German Pavilion at the photography exhibition in Dubai and the European Month of Photography, made a name for himself for decades with internationally acclaimed exhibitions. He supported young artists and often brought them to Berlin before their international breakthrough. With sensitive radicality, he pursued political questions concerning social conditions, everyday violence, racism, colonialism, fascism, and marginalized sexuality. His experimental curatorial approach provoked uncomfortable discourses and reached people beyond the art scene. Wagner played a pioneering role with early exhibitions on power-political body discourses, gender issues and AIDS. In 1988, he curated Europe's first exhibition on HIV, giving new dimension to the politicization of the personal.

Frank Wagner had a close relationship with HGB since 2001 and was regularly invited to give lectures, workshops, and talks. In 2007, he curated the 2nd Faculty Show "The Whale or Artists in the Circus Dome" with faculty members, and in 2015, the exhibition "Desire" with the class of Tina Bara.

The presentation introduces the work of the internationally renowned curator and offers the opportunity to familiarize oneself with his books. There will be a guided tour with Christin Lahr at 3pm.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB, Room 2.25

The 3DXR (3D and Extended Reality) area of the Audiovisual Workshop presents contemporary VR/computer games and graphic applications to try out and experience. In this kick-off event for the use of our new workshop space (room 2.25), we offer insights into immersive and aesthetically impressive computer game worlds, current and trend-setting games, as well as the technologies used in 3D computer graphics, virtual and augmented reality.

The applications on display will be made permanently available to members of the university in cooperation with the HGB library.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB entrance hall
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

LUKI LOOP from Leipzig fuses the sound of Neue Deutsche Welle with an extraordinary performance reminiscent of the androgyny of the 80s. With a mixture of electronic beats and catchy melodies, LUKI LOOP creates a soundscape that is both nostalgic and modern. The powerful stage presence and radically queer visibility take center stage. Personal experiences and socially critical themes flow into the songs and invite you to experience a new, queer dimension of new wave music.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB gallery
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
www.hgb-leipzig.de/galerie
instagram.com/hgbgallery

3:30pm: Guided tour with the artist

Since May 31, 2009, Christin Lahr has been transferring 1 cent daily to the Federal Ministry of Finance, counteracting the growing mountain of debt in homeopathic doses. Money always finds a way without resistance. In the "Purpose of Payment" field, she writes 140 characters from Karl Marx’s Capital, Vol. 1. Over 43 years, the entire text will be transferred via online banking to the central state account and recorded as economic capital growth. The value increase from interest, as well as invested labor, lifetime, and cultural and symbolic value creation, are not yet taken into account.

THE CAPITAL, irrevocably inscribed in accounts and archives, is seen as a contribution to the public, included in the federal budget of Germany, administered by the elected representatives, and securely held by the Bundesbank. Each of the approximately 15,709 transfers is printed once on certificate paper, signed, and given to citizens throughout the project, creating a global network of stakeholders. In ÜBERZEICHNUNGEN on transparent paper, Christin Lahr creates an illegible notation of the CAPITAL from counting and number signs, analogous to the book.

MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL confronts the prevailing political economy and meaningless bureaucracy with the gesture of giving and contribution. The micro-donations unbalance the state’s balance once a day and serve as a stimulus for a sustainable debate on values.

On the occasion of its 150th anniversary, the HGB library receives the signed transfer No. 05626 dated October 24, 2024.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB gallery
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig
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Enrich my project with CAPITAL. Become a Capital investor and witness its continuous growth. Participate in the accumulation of global Capital along with the resulting surplus value and return. LOOKING FOR CAPITAL - new and used: “Capital - Critique of Political Economy”, Karl Marx, Volume 1, in all languages, from all countries of origin.

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB entrance hall
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

We would like to invite you to a buffet of a thousand leaves.

The occasion is the Day of Libraries, the 150th birthday of the HGB library and our joint start as a team (Typography - and beyond) at the HGB this winter semester.

We, Anna Lena Helldorff*, Aurelia Markwalder**, Luise Bartels***, and Marion Kliesch****, are looking forward to taking the opportunity to get to know you and see you again while browsing and enjoying a light aperitif in the atrium.

* Typography, specialist class
** Typography, artistic assistant
*** Typography, graphic design workshops (substitute)
**** Typography, foundation course

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Venue:
HGB entrance hall
Wächterstraße 11
04107 Leipzig

On October 24, there will be an opportunity to discover the Re*mapping Leipzig app and a book table at the HGB Library on feminist topics.

Re*mapping Leipzig is an APP that artistically conveys the history and present of Leipzig's women's movements and makes both forgotten stories and current conflicts visible in the city.

The APP with an integrated city map allows users to experience artistic interventions at the sites of the Leipzig women's movement, which play a key role in the city's feminist history narrative. Several alumni and teachers of the HGB Leipzig are and were involved in the creation of the app and the contributions.

The Re*mapping pop-up structure is complemented by a media selection curated by the library.  

wwww.remapping-leipzig.de/

>>> The event is part of the annual program for the 150th anniversary of the HGB Library. More information...

Participating artists:
Luisa Heinz, Oliver Bleckmann, Arvid Jansen, Anna Lena Keller

Venue:
NN Space
Babelsbergerstraße 26
80333 München

Partner:
Department of Arts and Culture Munich, Witte Barskamp GmbH & Co. KG, EZS Identtechnik GmbH

The Presskuchen tour offers artists the opportunity to develop structures and networks across various cities. It uses the gesture of staging and the structure of the stage itself, highlighting and doubling the staged nature of exhibiting. Proceeding from the idea of bringing individual positions together that have been developed over the years, without having to subordinate them to a specific theme. The tour travels through the cities of Leipzig, Berlin, Amsterdam, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Munich, Graz, and Vienna. - -> - - -> -->

Born out of a shared frustration with the purpose-oriented art scene and the desire for added value within the art business, they concentrate on finding and developing formats for young artists that circumvent these tendencies. Understanding and describing the conventions of artistic production and it’s representation in conventional exhibition spaces is part of the motivation, the Presskuchen tour.

Closing 22.11.2024 7pm