NEWS
Opening hours during public holidays
During the public holidays the Kunstverein will only be closed on December 24 and 31, 2023. The Kunstverein is also open on Monday (public holiday), December 25.
50 Years After 50 Years of the Bauhaus
Iris Dressler, Hans D. Christ (Eds.)
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Administration of WKV moved to Werastrasse 28
As the old wing of the Kunstgebäude Stuttgart is being renovated, the administration of the Württembergischer Kunstverein had to move. Until spring 2024 it is located at Werastrasse 28, 70182 Stuttgart, directly opposite the Cranko School. The exhibition venue of the Kunstverein in the Kunstgebäude at the Schlossplatz is not affected by the renovation measures.
Alliance in Baden-Württemberg
Alliance for Equitable Arts and Cultural Work, Baden-Württemberg
We, active practitioners and institutions in the field of art, working in Baden-Württemberg, came together on June 12th 2020 to form an open, independent, and interdisciplinary alliance for equitable and inclusive conditions in the arts and cultural sector. ... Link
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EXHIBITIONS
Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
October 28, 2023 – January 14, 2024
Curator: Viktor Neumann
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PAST EXHIBITIONS
Touched Untouched
Exhibition of the artist members of the Württembergischer Kunstverein
September 2 – October 1, 2023
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Art and Life in Times of War
June 17 – August 13, 2023
Artists + Initiatives
Asortymentna Kimnata / Assortment Room (Kateryna Aliinyk, Eugene Arlov / Diana Derii, Katya Buchatska, Danylo Halkyn, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Alona Karavai, Roman Khimei / Yarema Malashchuk, Lesia Khomenko, Yasia Khomenko, Sasha Kurmaz, Maria Leonenko, Yevgen Samborsky, Oleksii Sai, Oleksandr Surovtsov / Yulia Surovtsova, Leo Trotsenko, Ola Yeriemieieva), DIK Fagazine, Alevtina Kakhidze, Serhii Lymanskyi, Anton Shebetko, Bogdan Tomashevsky, Darya Tsymbalyuk, Anna Zvyagintseva and others
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Defiant Muses. Delphine Seyrig and the Feminist Video Collectives of 1970s and 1980s France
Vierecksaal
February 25 – May 7, 2023
Curators: Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, Giovanna Zapperi
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Auf die Dauer hilft nur Power!
(In the Long Run, Only Power Helps!)
Querungen
February 25 – May 7, 2023
Curator: Yvonne P. Doderer
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Wir sind Hanau
(We are Hanau)
Querungen
February 19 - April 9, 2023
A project of Migrantifa Stuttgart
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Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
October 22, 2022 – January 22, 2023
Opening: Friday, October 21, 2022, 7 p.m.
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EVENTS
Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
Every sunday, 3 p.m.
SUNDAY TOURS
Free guided tours with Benjamin Cauthen, Sarah Dewaguet, Celine Klotz, or Vesna Hetzel
(Language: German)
Saturday, November 18 + December 9, 2023, January 13, 2024, each at 2 p.m.
ENGLISH SPEAKING GUIDED TOURS
Free guided tour with Benjamin Cauthenh
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Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 7 p.m.
Language: German
DIRECTOR'S TOUR
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Soft Reading / Deep Listening
Monday, December 11, 2023, 7-9 p.m.
READING GROUP
As part of You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
A project by and with Vesna Hetzel
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Soft Reading / Deep Listening
Monday, December 18, 2023, 7–9 p.m.
READING GROUP
As part of You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
A project by and with Vesna Hetzel
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Queer X-Mas
Monday, December 25, 2023, 5–9 p.m.
HANGOUT
The Symbiotic Approach. (Maybe) You Cringed Me, Cause I Thought, Your Performance is About Me
Tuesday, December 26, 2023, 4–6 p.m.
PERFORMANCE + TALK
By and with Julia Hainz and Carmen Westermeier
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Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
Thursday, January 11, 2024, 6:30-9 p.m.
PERFORMANCE (PREMIERE)
with Dirk Lange and Hermann Müller
Lorenza Böttner. Requiem for the Norm
Saturday, January 13, 2024, 7 p.m.
BOOK PRESENTATION
With Paul B. Preciado, Jan Wenzel
and others
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Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
Sunday, January 14, 2024, 4:30 p.m.
Language: German
CURATOR'S TOUR
with Viktor Neumann
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PAST EVENTS
Soft Reading / Deep Listening
Monday, December 4, 2023, 7-9 p.m.
READING GROUP
As part of You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
A project by and with Vesna Hetzel
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Drag workshop for Kings & Things
Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5-9 p.m.
WORKSHOP
ft. Sir Dan Manhatten & Atlas
Registration: zentrale@wkv-stuttgart.de
Internationales Digitalkunst Festival
Shared Space #Glastrakt
Tuesday, November 14, 2023, from 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION, PERFORMANCE AND CONCERT
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Finite Eyes
Shared Space #Glastrakt
Saturday, November 18, 2023, 7:30–10 p.m.
SOUND, PERFORMANCE, MOVING IMAGE
By anorak & Ora Clementi
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Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
Saturday, October 28, 2023, 3–5 p.m.
PANEL
with Adina Pintilie, Hermann Müller, Viktor Neumann
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Adina Pintilie. You Are Another Me. A Cathedral of the Body
Friday, October 27, 2023, 7 p.m.
OPENING
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Together Against the Right
Saturday, October 14, 2023
2 p.m.: Demonstration, Schlossplatz
4 p.m.: Open meeting, Württembergischer Kunstverein, entrance Stauffenbergstrasse read more (German only)
Curator's tour
Sunday, October 1, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
TOUCHED UNTOUCHED
Curator's tour with Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ
The Straw that Broke
Shared Space #Glastrakt
Thursday, September 14, 2023, 7 p.m.
SCREENING + TALK
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Touched Untouched. Exhibition of the artist members
Friday, September 1, 2023, 7 p.m.
OPENING
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Art and Life in Times of War
Sunday, August 13, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
CURATORS' TOUR
With Iris Dressler und Hans D. Christ
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Nachtsicht Festival
Shared Space #Park Side
Saturday, August 12, 2023, whole day
FESTIVAL
On this day, six venues around the Schlossplatz will host hand-picked cultural programs from morning to night that transcend genre boundaries.
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Five Years Just Human
Shared Space #Glastrakt
Sunday, July 16, 2023, 2–10 p.m.
FEST
approx. 4:45 p.m.
Art and Resilience
TALK (in English)
With Atish, artist*, Carolina Romano, Just Human, and Iris Dressler, WKV
(Image: Atish)
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The artists in residence 2023 of the exchange program between Catalonia and Baden-Württemberg introduce themselves
Friday, July 14, 2023, 7 p.m., Glastrakt of the WKV
With: Kai Krämer, Jasmin Schädler, Laura Van Severen, Vicente Vázquez, Iris Dressler and others
Language: English
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Art and Life in Times of War
Friday, July 14, 2023, 4 p.m.
GUIDED TOUR IN UKRAINIAN
With Anna Wetzler-Manyuk
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Darya Tsymbalyuk, I Dream of Seeing the Steppe Again
Saturday, July 8, 2023, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
WORKSHOP
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Darya Tsymbalyuk, Memory of Coal: Stories from the East of Ukraine
Friday, July 7, 2023, 7 p.m.
LECTURE
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Art and Life in Times of War
Wedndesday, July 5, 2023, 7 p.m.
CURATOR'S TOUR
With Iris Dressler und Hans D. Christ
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Art and Life in Times of War
Saturday, June 24, 2023, 2 p.m.
ENGLISH GUIDED TOUR
With Benjamin Cauthen
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Art and Life in Times of War
Friday, June 23, 2023, 4 p.m.
GUIDED TOUR IN UKRAINIAN
With Anna Wetzler-Manyuk
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Fête de la Musique 2023
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Skulpturenhof
Wednesday, June 21, 2023 5 – 10 p.m.
free entrance
more information here
Ringvorlesung Merz Akademie
Tuesday, June 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m.
Rethinking the History of Art Education: Presentation of the catalog "50 Jahre nach 50 Jahre Bauhaus", Iris Dressler und Hans D. Christ
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All Times News from Stuttgart and Other Cities
Satruday, June 17 and Sunday, June 18, 2023
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Media and video workshop for young Ukrainians
with Alevtina Kakhidze
venue: Veranstaltungsraum "Weltraum", Charlottenplatz 17, 70173 Stuttgart
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Art and Life in Times of War
Saturday, June 17, 2023, 1-4 p.m.
EXHIBITION TOUR AND ARTISTS' TALKS
With: Lesia Khomenko, Danylo Halkyn, Anna Zvyagintseva, Anton Shebetko, Bogdan Tomashevsky
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Art and Life in Times of War
Opening: Friday, June 16, 2023, 7 p.m.
Exhibition tour and artist talk: Saturday, June 17, 2023, 1 p.m.
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Aline Xavier Mineiro
Wednesday, June 14, 2023, 7 p.m.
SCREENING + TALK
Moderation: Benjamin Cauthen
event in english
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11. Apotheosis
Shared Space #Querungen
Thursday, Mai 25, 2023, 6:30 p.m.
Performance Fantasy Verily Rapland and Talk
With André Mulzer aka Crack Belly Crystal Death feat. Emol
9 p.m.: Playlist, Dance and Drinks
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Defiant Muses
Sunday, May 7, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
DIRECTORS TOUR
With Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ
Language: German
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Kitchen Table Talk
Thursday, May 4, 2023, 7 p.m.
CONVERSATION
with Aneta Rostkowska: On feminist and ecological approaches to curating and to institutional transformation processes
Moderated by Iris Dressler
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The Long Night of Transitions
Friday, April 28, 2023, starting at 4:30 p.m.
CONCERT
visual arts meet music
In cooperation withe the Staatsoper, Staatsgalerie and Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
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Defiant Muses
Saturday, April 22, 2023, 2 p.m.
ENGLISH GUIDED TOUR
with Benjamin Cauthen
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Book Presentation and Performance
Shared Space #Glastrakt
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 6 p.m.
PRESENTATION + PERFORMANCE
On the occasion of the spring festival of the Stuttgart State Opera
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Defiant Muses
Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 7 p.m.
DIRECTORS TOUR
With Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ
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In the Long Run, Only Power Helps! Emergence, Present and Future of Feminist Projects in Stuttgart
Thursday, April 6, 2023, 7 p.m.
Panel
Discussion with representatives of Wildwasser Stuttgart e.V., FF*GZ - Feminist Women's Health Center Stuttgart e.V. and others.
Moderation: Yvonne P. Doderer
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Petra Bauer, SCOT-PEP, Workers!, 2018
Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 7 p.m.
SCREENING (38’) + TALK
with Petra Bauer and Iris Dressler
in the context of „Defiant Muses"
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In the Long Run, Only Power Helps ... !?
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
FEMINIST WORKSHOP
By and with Yvonne P. Doderer
registration: zentrale@wkv-stuttgart.de
Defiant Muses
Saturday, April 1, 2023, 2 p.m.
GUIDED ENGLISH TOUR
With Benjamin Cauthen
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Saddie Choua, Lecture on Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman from 1975 and Ousmane Sembène's La Noire de ... from 1966)
Friday, March 31, 2023, 7 p.m.
LECTURE, VIDEO + TALK
with Saddie Choua and Iris Dressler
in the context of "Defiant Muses"
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Art Night BIPoC-only
Friday, March 24, 2023, 6 p.m.
ART NIGHT
Organized by: Migrantifa Stuttgart
Infos: @migrantifa.stuttgart
Film Series Defiant Muses
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 7 p.m.
SCREENING + TALK
Calamity Jane & Delphine Seyrig – A Story (FR, USA 2020, 87')
Moderated by Benjamin Cauthen
In English
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Defiant Muses
Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 7 p.m.
DIRECTORS TOUR
With Hans D. Christ
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Three Years Hanau
Querungen
Sunday, March 12, 2023, 3 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION
With Zehra Tuzkaya, Ümit Uludag, Seda Basay-Yildiz, Nava Zarabian
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Defiant Muses
Saturday, March 11, 2023, 2 p.m.
ENGLISH GUIDED TOUR
With Benjamin Cauthen
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Racial Profiling
Querungen
Sunday, March 5, 2023, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
PANEL DISCUSSION
With Faisal Osman, Rex Osa, Engin Sanli, Anil Besli
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Art as political Medium
Querungen
Sunday, February 26, 2023, 4 p.m.
INTERACTIVE EXHIBITION TOUR
With Anthony Brandon Pool and Shania Mostafavi
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Defiant Muses
Saturday, February 25, 2023,
1 – 2 p.m.
CURATORS TOUR
with Natasa Petresin-Bachelez und Giovanna Zapperi
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
PANEL
with Natasa Petresin-Bachelez, Giovanna Zapperi, Nicole Fernández Ferrer und Julia Hartmann, moderation: Iris Dressler
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Defiant Muses
Friday, February 24, 2023, 7 p.m.
OPENING
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Members Jour Fixe
Wedndesday, February 22, 2023, 7 p.m.
ARTIST TALK
Dr. Maria da Piedade Ferreira
For members – and those who would like to become one
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Wir sind Hanau
Querungen
Sunday, February 19, 2023, 3:30 p.m.
EXHIBITION OPENING
Migrantifa Stuttgart
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Film Night: Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Saturday, January 21, 2023, 6 p.m. – Sunday, January 22, 2023, ca. a.m.
LONG FILM NIGHT
All films of the exhibition in one night
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Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Sunday, January 22, 2023, 4:30 p.m.
CURATOR'S TOUR + FINISSAGE
With Hans D. Christ and Iris Dressler
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Film series with videos by Carrie Mae Weems
Wednesday, May 25, 7 pm
Meaning and Landscape, 2003-2004, 12:25'; Comedy, 2016, 2:26'; The Madding Crowd, 2013, 7:35'; Ode to My Father, 2003-2004, 6:36'
all films: original sound with german subtitles
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Guided Tour in English
- Foto: Jule Brandhuber
Went Looking For Carrie Mae Weems.
Guided Tour in English
Sunday, August 21, 2 p.m.
in cooperation with DAZ, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum Stuttgart
the tour is free of charge
Kitchen Tabke Talk: Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Thursday, January 19, 2023, 7 p.m.
TALK
With Filipa César and Yara Richter
About the postcolonial approaches in Trinh T. Minh-ha's films, poetic and theoretical writings.
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The Power of Tropical Plants
Shared Space #Glastrakt
Friday, November 4, 2022, 7–10 p.m.
and Saturday, November 5, 2022, 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
THINK TANK + DISCUSSION
An event by the artist Astrid S. Klein and the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
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Film series on Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 7 p.m.
SCREENING + TALK
Monika Czyzyk, Bamboocene ( I want to build a rocket ), 2021
followed by a conversation with the artist
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Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Saturday, January 14, 2023, 2 p.m.
GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH
With Benjamin Cauthen
In cooperation with DAZ, German-Amercian Center, Stuttgart
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Film series on Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7 pm
SCREENING + TALK
Safi Faye, Letter From My Village (Kaddu Beykat), SN 1975, 90’
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The Ocean In A Drop
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 2 p.m.
GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH
With Benjamin Cauthen
In cooperation with DAZ, German-Amercian Center, Stuttgart
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Film series on Trinh T. Minh-ha
Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 7 p.m.
SCREENING + TALK
Trinh T. Minh-ha, Reassemblage, 1982
Digital film (from 16mm), English, 40'
Distributor: Arsenal Institut für Film und Videokunst, Berlin
Moderation: Iris Dressler
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CrisinCrisis – Suspension of Disbelief
Shared Space #Querungen
Friday, December 2 – Sunday, December 4, 2022
TRANSDISCIPLINARY FESTIVAL + EXHIBITION
An Event organised by Sandra Oehy and Martin Zieske in Cooperation with the Württembergischer Kunstverein
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Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
- photo and copyright: Trinh T. Minh-ha
Friday, October 21, 2022, 7 p.m.
OPENING
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Curator's tour
Wednesday, August 17, 2022, 7 p.m.
CURATOR'S TOUR
with Hans D. Christ and Iris Dressler
Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence of Things Not Seen
followed by a small reception
Kitchen Table Talks
- Whit Frazier Peterson
Thursday, July 7, 7 p.m.
event in English
moderated by Yara Richter and Benjamin Acuthen, special guest: Whit Frazier Peterson, ecturer and research associate in the American Studies department at the University of Stuttgart
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America Explained Special
- Carrie Mae Weems: Repeating the Obvious, 2019
Wednesday, July 6, 6 p.m.
America Explained Special: #BlackLivesMatter
presentation in Englisch in the context of the exhibition of Carrie Mae Weems
organised by DAZ Stuttgart in cooperation with Württembergischer Kunstverein
Info and registration
There is Always Dance in Abundance
Thursday, October 13, 2022, 7 pm
SCREENING / PREMIERE + DISCUSSION
With Diana McCarty, Filipa César and students of the Merz Akademie
Organizer: Merz Akademie Stuttgart
In cooperation with the Württembergischen Kunstverein Stuttgart
In the context of Über:Morgen Festival der Kulturregion Stuttgart
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Trinh T. Minh-ha. The Ocean In A Drop
Saturday, October 22, 2022, 1–6 p.m.
OPENING PROGRAM
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Curator's tour
Wedenesday, November 23, 2022, 7 p.m.
EXHIBITION TOUR
With the curators Hans D. Christ und Iris Dressler
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The Ocean In A Drop
Saturday, November 19, 2022, 2 p.m.
GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH
With Benjamin Cauthen
In cooperation with DAZ, German-Amercian Center, Stuttgart
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Filipa César: Cacheu
- Filipa César: Cacheu, 2012, filmstill
VIDEO SCREENING + TALK
Monday, July 18, 2022, 7 p.m.
Screening: Filipa César, Cacheu, 10:20', 2012.
Conversation: Filipa César and Iris Dressler.
In the context of the exhibition Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence of Things Not Seen
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Film series accompanying Carrie Mae Weems
Wednesday, June 15, 7 pm
Selected and moderated by Yara Richter
Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992, 2012, 79'
Film in English with German subtitles, followed by discussion in English
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Trinh T. Minh-ha
FILM + TALK
The Fourth Dimension, 2001, 87'
Tuesday, June 14, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
in collaboration with
Merz Akademie Stuttgart as part of their lecture series Disarming Chekhov's Gun
SAVE THE DATE
Grand opening on April 1, 2022, at 7 p.m:
Carrie Mae Weems. The Evidence of Things Not Seen
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Image: Carrie Mae Weems, Performance Studies #1, 2004 © Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
There Is No Such Thing As Documentary
ONLINE CONFERENCE
Friday, February 26, 2021, 9 am–12 pm (CET)
With Erika Balsom, Chris Berry, Nicolas Helm-Grova, Daniel Mann
Saturday, February 27, 2021, 6:30 am–12 pm (CET)
With Marc Glöde, Tan Pin Pin, Nguyen Trinh Thi, David Teh, Ella Raidel, Philippa Lovatt, Rosalia Namsai Engchuan, Silke Schmickl, Larys Frogier, Iris Dressler, Karin Oen
An event by NTU, Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore and King's College, London
in collaboration with WKV
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