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Venue:
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Lichtentaler Allee 8a
76530 Baden-Baden


Conditions of a Necessity emerged as a September 2020 assembly that brought together six visual arts classes and two theater classes from across the country with an invitation to create together in the Kunsthalle space. In response to the impact of the Covid 19 pandemic and the cancellation of in-class facilities and final performances, the assembly initiated a two-week, studio-style gathering in digital and physical iterations. More than a year later, Conditions of a Necessity returns to the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden to bring together the resulting projects in an exhibition.

At the suggestion of the directors of the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Çağla Ilk and Misal Adnan Yıldız, an informal framework was created in which non-individualistic forms of creation, collectively determined forms of organization, communication, and collaborative decision-making can be practiced. In this context, Baden-Baden not only serves as a host, but reflects the uniqueness of the city itself as a place of restful retreat, a space of time outside of time. The framework was expanded following the gathering by theorist/artist Patricia Reed and artist Egemen Demirci, who served as facilitators and curators during the twelve-month project development with artists* from the various classes. These include Lensbased Class (Berlin University of the Arts), Temporary Spaces (Bremen University of the Arts), Time-based Media (Hamburg University of the Arts), the collective Dynamic Acoustic Research (DAF), as well as Body, Theory and Poetics of the Performative (Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart) and Expanded Cinema (Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts).