RE:VISION
Kunstverein Tiergarten , Berlin
20 years Kunstverein Tiergarten 2002 - 2024
1303 artists and 890 additional contibutors
A publication and exhibition project featuring performances, concerts, guided tours, and a panel discussion on the relevance of art associations (Kunstvereine) today, in an installation by Marten Schech.
Opening: Friday 13 September, 7 pm Exhibition: 14 September - 26 October 2024
Welcome and Moderation: Julia Heunemann and Ulrike Riebel, Board members Kunstverein Tiergarten
Speakers: Sarah Wedl-Wilson, State secretary of culture, Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt // Stefanie Remlinger, District mayor of Berlin Mitte // Ralf F. Hartmann, Initiator and co-founder of the Kunstverein Tiergarten // Veronika Witte, Artistic director of the Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten
RE:VISION dares the impossible. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Kunstverein Tiergarten, this publication and exhibition project brings together the names of all 2,193 people and institutions who have actively engaged in exhibitions and events at Galerie Nord, and who have set relevant aesthetic impulses, as well as initiated and enriched the sociopolitical discourse.
In a room-book-installation conceived for this occasion, all artists named in the RE:VISION publication have been invited to loan an original artistic work in exchange for a copy of the exhibition catalog, an open book functioning not only as an archive and placeholder, but also as a catalyst for visitors to help curate through active participation. For the duration of the show the interplay of artistic transaction and procedural co-creation will unfold as multifarious varieties of combinations, undermining traditional curatorial hierarchies and deconstructing conventional exhibition practices.
In this unpredictable choreography of appearing and disappearing names, stories, and art, past and present shall no longer remain separate: Twenty years condensed into an interwoven time within the book-space. Gradually, a completely new exhibition will take shape: RE:VISION which will culminate in a glittering anniversary party.
Accompanying events:
Sat 21 Sep, 3–7 pm Performance Swap with Vitalii Shupliak and others
Thu 10 Oct, 7 pm Panel Discussion on today’s relevance of art associations (in German language) // Keynote: Beatrice von Bismarck (Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig) // Discussion: Elke Gruhn (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Kunstvereine), Hendrike Nagel (Kunstverein Schwerin), Thibaut de Ruyter (Curator), Albert Weis (Artist). // Moderated by: Vincent Schier (Curator)
Sat 12 Oct, 3–7 pm Performance Swap with Minh Duc Pham and others
Fri 18 Oct, 11 am – 7 pm “O D E 1303” Long Duration Live Performance by Nezaket Ekici
Fri 25 Oct, 8 pm Anniversary Party with HANNELORE, DJ Busted Bongo and others at Kulturfabrik Moabit, Lehrter Straße 35, 10557 Berlin
Sat 26 Oct, 5–8 pm Fin : Vernissage with Kinga Ötvös, itinerant interlude #20
Galerie Nord | Kunstverein Tiergarten Turmstraße 75 10551 Berlin
Opening hours: Tue-Sat 11 am-7pm