The mobile exhibition project Cultural Clash Nomad got underway on 30 August. Taking the form of a caravan, over the course of two weeks it moved from Leipzig to Geneva via Nordhausen, Frankfurt, Ludwigshafen and Strasbourg. Under the artistic direction of Professor Alba D’Urbano, Carsten Möller and Professor Ingrid Wildi Merino, nineteen young artists presented their views on cultural identity, our understanding of which is currently in a state of flux. Reflecting the travelling nature of the exhibition, their art was displayed in tents and caravans. In addition, programmes tailored to and interacting with each location were held comprising for instance screenings of videos and films, guided tours, readings, and finally in Geneva a display summing up the project. With the twenty-first century still in its early days, maximizing mobility appeared to be its watchword. The form chosen for the exhibition alludes to migration, a seemingly all-embracing phenomenon. In fact nowadays everything is on the move, from goods and people to information and ideas.During the mobile exhibition project, artists/students from HGB Leipzig and HEAD Geneva addressed the issue of cultural identity from historical, social, geopolitical and ethnic angles at each venue.

Artists:
Mari Alessandrini   Gottfried Binder Cindy Cordt Ilse Frech   Felix Leffrank Stephanie Marek Edna Martinez Mandy Gehrt   Marion Goix   Severin Guelpa   Guillaume Mausset   Guillermo Fiallo Montero Robson Missau Olbertz Nicolas Rossi Nicolás Rupcich Anna-Katharina Schierholz Jakub Simcik Diego Vivanco Christina Werner

Project management : Gertrud Reusing
Artistic realization: Nadine Neuhäuser/Nicolas Rossi

According to the project “Cultural Clash Nomade” (stops: Leipzig – Nordhausen- Ludwigshafen – Frankfurt – Strasbourg – Geneva), questions about the cultural identity are asked to a school class from the Falkschule Frankfurt. By using video technologies, the pupils are trying to find their own answers. The result of the workshop takes part in the national competition “Kinder zum Olymp”.