Every touch is a friction. We are continuously in physical contact with our environment, understanding the world with our body and our senses. In doing so, we rub against surfaces with every touch, whether gentle or rough, conscious or unconscious, and thus experience proximity and distance anew every day. Alireza Toghiyani and Zoë Schreckenberg with their performance ‹Kontakt›
16:44 Min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt / Zoë Schreckenberg / Alireza Toghiyani, 2023

Zoë Schreckenberg

Alireza Toghiyani

‹Gap Art. Metamorphosis in Emptiness›
Studio 15
Exhibition at Studio 15, the online gallery of Kunsthalle Darmstadt.
Artist George Frederick Takis will present a ‹Gap Art Manifesto› along with fourteen photo-graphs illustrating the transformative energy that lies latent within vacancy.
51:36 Min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt / © George Frederick Takis, 2023

Impressions of the exhibition Marco Schuler. 'Go! Go! Go!› on vernissage TV.
08:05 Min.
©Kunsthalle Darmstadt / Marco Schuler.
Video: Heinrich Schmidt / ©Vernissage-TV, 2023

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‹On Intimacy›
Studio 15
Is there an image that is not itself part of another image? We are all searching for the one image that says it all.
Curated by
Anastasiia Belousova & Prashant Chavan
Moderated by
Dr. León Krempel
Participants:
Laura Fernández Antolín, Anastasiia Belousova, Aayush Bhaskar, Prashant Chavan, Pavel Chernyak, Frederik Franke, Valentina Gal, Rana Kelleci, Stefan Maier, Stuti Mohapatra, Felix Plachtzik, Plaza, Sitha Reis, Ana Paula dos Santos, Zoe Saré, Aniket Shah, Karen Vantvelt, Carla Vollmers.
special thanks to
Oliver Boualam, Sandor Dayala, Adem Elahel, Willem Feltzer, Michael Franzen, Valentina Gal, Thijs Jaeger, James King, Anne-Sophie Oberkrome, Eddy Rakovic, Thomas Riguelle, Nour Saghir, Felix Saup, Nora Schroeder, Christopher Sura, Thomas van der Putten
1:16.20 Min.
©Kunsthalle Darmstadt / Laura Fernández Antolín 2020

Lecture and Talk with Laymert Garcia dos Santos
The Brazilian sociologist and essayist emphasizes qualities such as mastery and spirituality in Luduvico's painting, which often remain unconsidered in art discourse.
41:36 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt / Laymert Garcia dos Santos, 2022

Opening and artist talk ‹Daniel Meadows. Suburbia› and ‹Robert Darch. Durlescombe›
Director León Krempel talks with British photographer Daniel Meadows. (English)
50:20 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt / Robert Darch / Daniel Meadows, 2022

Rosilene Luduvico ‹Un amico delle acque›
Watch the completion of the temporary artwork ‹Un amico delle acque› live here.
1:06:45 min.
© Rosilene Luduvico and VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2022

Exhibition ‹Bloom›
Artist Sarah Schoderer shows her video ‹Landscape in Blue, Yellow and Red› in the exhibition ‹Bloom›. The VR animation, developed together with architect Prashant Shavan, is based on a model that was painted and afterwards scanned.
3:44 min.
© Sarah Schoderer, Prashant Chavan, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Nov 2021)
One minute of meditation makes every day a birthday. Really?
2:40 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, Frederik Hochheimer, 2021

Curator's Talk
‹Facing Britain› curator Ralph Goertz have a conversation with British photographer Graham Harrison.
1:03:50 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Okt 2021)
Anastasiia Belousova passionately describes what our language only has such brassy-sounding words for, such as reality, digitality and identity, with which one associates everything and nothing.
0:23 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Sep 2021)
Our artist in virtual residence Anastasiia Belousova says goodbye to the region today to enjoy some Berlin air. Here you can see her new video: ‹Fresh air›.
0:27 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, Frederik Hochheimer, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Aug 2021)
The ‹Happy Birthday!› video expresses the abundance of emotions associated with a birthday! Happy Birthday!
0:39 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, Daeun Park, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (July 2021)
About the balancing act of surviving in digital realities. See here the new video ‹View 2› by our artist in virtual residence Anastasiia Belousova.
0:39 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2021

First Friday with Heyduck & Heyduck
The audiovisual composition ‹sweet Ohm. wind› by the artists Heyduck & Heyduck can also be understood as a form of resistance: Against the pressure of our hectic short-lived culture.
14:54 min.
© Paul Simon Heyduck & Nikolaus Heyduck, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Mai 2021)
Attention, the new video ‹Something is stuck in my mind› by our artist in virtual residence Anastasiia Belousova is brutal. Art is dead, long live Art!
0:17 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2021

Virtual tour
Take a virtual tour through the exhibition ‹Heide Stolz. Affären› (13.09.20–24.01.21).
© Marcel Rauschkolb Photographie, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Apr 2021)
Being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or when the geographical map and the human body seem to merge into one.
0:23 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence (Mar 2021)
What matters now: distraction and concentration. Our Artist in Virtual Residence Anastasiia Belousova contributes with her new video ‹Game›.
0:23 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2021

First Friday with Makiko Nishikaze
As a composer and performance artist, she is interested in the sound effect of objects and the intertwining of acoustic and visual perception.
8:08 min.
© Makiko Nishikaze, Nikolaus Heyduck, Gregor von Sivers

Artist in Virtual Residence (Feb 2021)
In ‹voyeurix/3mus›, the observer is being observed himself.
1:45 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, Frederik Hochheimer, 2021

First Friday with Philipp Zöhrer
Philipp Zöhrer takes us to the Wachau church ruins in his adopted hometown Leipzig.
30:38 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Philipp Zöhrer, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence
‹We disagree› (Jan 2021)–the new short film by Anastasiia Belousova our Artist in Virtual Residence 2021.
0:24 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2021

Exhibition video
In addition to Takeshi Makishima's painting ‹Long Shadows›, the Kunsthalle Darmstadt also shows his series ‹Circles› until 4 April 2021.
0:59 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Takeshi Makishima, video: Sylvia Heidt, 2021

Artist in Virtual Residence
With her animation ‹Isolation› (Dec. 2020) our Artist in Virtual Residence Anastasiia Belousova defies the lockdown.
0:41 min.
© Anastasiia Belousova, 2020

First Friday with AR Lonz
Violinist Angela Fischer and guitarist Rolf Lonz use their instruments to create a dazzling musical composition.
20:59 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, AR Lonz, 2020

First Friday with Paul Ebhart
The performance ‹Eilt› by Paul Ebhart is a musical snapshot reflecting on the studio as a place of creation.
17:28 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Paul Ebhart, 2020

First Friday with Carla Milena Vollmers
The solo performance ‹Die Sinnlichkeit der Unzulänglichkeit› by Carla Milena Vollmers tries to develop a philosophical, social and collective language from an intuitive position.
26:51 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Carla Milena Vollmers, 2020

First Friday with Zoé Mahlau
The performance ‹232164 at the first level› evolves around a Steinway grand piano with the number 232164. It explores the relation between improvisation and method, between freedom and limitation.
24:52 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Zoé Mahlau, 2020

First Friday with Tatjana Stürmer
Artist and designer Tatjana Stürmer's sets move delusionally between noise, electronic and collage.
88:30 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Tatjana Stürmer, 2020

Planet 9 - Regina Silveira
It looks as if giants examined the Kunsthalle! Regina Silveira pushes the boundaries of graphics by transfering them to the public space.
1:06 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017

Planet 9 – José Montealegre
The installation by José Montealegre in the inner courtyard of the Kunsthalle Darmstadt was constantly changing depending on the weather and lighting conditions.
0:43 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017

Planet 9 – Juan Osorno
Juan Osorna talks about his series ‹Sightings› (2017). For him drawing is a tool of exploration and imagination which opens up new worlds.
1:23 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017

Planet 9 – Mei Le
As foreign minister of ‹Peach Blossom Land›, the performance artist Mei Le was invited to attend the opening event of ‹Planet 9›.
0:50 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017

Planet 9 – Nathalie Daoust
The Canadian artist Nathalie Daoust talks about her series ‹Korean Dreams›. Her photographs taken in North Korea show a country which exists in total isolation from the rest of the world.
1:42 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017

Planet 9 – Raphael Danke
Raphael Danke has transformed the flagpoles once standing on the forecourt of the Kunsthalle Darmstadt into three of his ‹Yoga Sculptures›. Moved as if by magic, they now stretch into different yoga asanas.
0:52 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017

Planet 9 – Xiang Yang
The walk-in installation ‹The Shore Where We Can Reach› by Xiang Yang oscillates between house and boat.
1:56 min.
© Kunsthalle Darmstadt, 2017