Emscherkunst
The Emscherkunst (spelling EMSCHERKUNST) is an international art exhibition in the public space of the northern Ruhr area , established since 2010. In March 2019, the decision was made to continue the sculpture trail as the Emscherkunstweg .
subjects
Thematically, the art triennial is to follow the ideas of the International Building Exhibition Emscher Park (1989–1999) and accompany the structural change in this region and the Emscher conversion , the largest renaturation project in Europe, until 2020. The open Emscher sewer will then be converted back into a natural river course.
Each exhibition should also deal with currently relevant topics. Florian Matzner is the curator . From an artistic point of view, the exhibitions place value on a mix of international, national and local artists from the various fields of fine arts, architecture, design and visual art.
places
Emscherkunst exhibition spaces are unusual places along the Emscher, such as former industrial wasteland, former sewage treatment plants or undiscovered natural areas. These previously inaccessible places are only opened to the population through art. The exhibition area is expanding bit by bit. In 2010 the Emscher Island between Oberhausen and Castrop-Rauxel was the focus of the exhibition. In 2013 it then went further west towards Duisburg and Dinslaken with the Emscher estuary. By 2020, the entire New Emschertal should be able to be experienced from a new perspective through partly permanent and partly temporary art installations. The aim is to redevelop an area of 865 km² for the population.
partner
The exhibitions have the three cooperation partners Emschergenossenschaft , Kulturhauptstadt Ruhr.2010 and the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR). The exhibitions were and are financially supported by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia . as well as through private and public sponsors.
Emscherkunst. 2010
It started with the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 under the name Emscherkunst.2010 . Around half of the works of art have remained permanently in the landscape.
Emscherkunst. 2013
It was continued as a triennial in 2013. The Emscherkunst. 2013 was selected by the jury of the National Committee of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development as a contribution to the UN Decade . With this, the United Nations honors initiatives and projects that are committed to communicating sustainable thinking and action. Among other things, the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei participated in 2013 with his project The Dragons Tail , the installation of a tent city. Visitors could spend the night here in 1,000 tents directly on the Emscher. The 2013 edition of the art show ran from June 22nd to October 6th, 2013. Two works of art from Emscherkunst.2013 have remained permanently in the landscape.
Emscherkunst. 2016
After the Emscherkunst 2016 , five sculptures will remain permanently.
Emscherkunstweg
In March 2019, it was decided to consolidate the temporary Emscherkunst as a permanent exhibition under the new name Emscherkunstweg . For this purpose, the permanent sculpture path is to receive additional new sculptures in the next few years.
literature
- Klaus-Peter Busse, Jörg Grütjen, Ansgar Schnurr (Eds.): EMSCHERKUNST . 2013 - Education and mediation in the changing public space , ATHENA-Verlag, Oberhausen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89896-552-1 .
- Karl-Heinz Petzinka , Jochen Stemplewski, Florian Matzner (eds.), With texts by Katja Aßmann, Florian Matzner, Karl-Heinz Petzinka, Jochen Stemplewski, Simone Timmerhaus: EMSCHERKUNST.2010 - An island for art (on the occasion of the European Capital of Culture RUHR .2010) (German / English), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7757-2663-4 .
Web links
- Emscherkunst website
- Videos about Emscherkunst. 2013 (part 1-4)
- Information on the Emscher conversion
- Archive page of RUHR.2010 ( Memento from May 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Information about the new Emschertal
- Archive page of Emscherkunst. 2010
- WDR 3 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) Forum from February 24, 2013: Emscherkunst 2013. Future workshop for regional reconstruction ( Memento from February 28, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Emscherkunst becomes the Emscherkunstweg. In: emscherkunst.de. March 7, 2019, accessed July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ EMSCHERKUNST - Inge's idea sorcerer's apprentice. (No longer available online.) Emschergenossenschaft, archived from the original on August 18, 2014 ; accessed on September 30, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Florian Matzner / Simone Timmerhaus: EMSCHERKUNST.2010, An exhibition tour , In: Exhibition catalog EMSCHERKUNST.2010, Eine Insel für die Kunst , 2010, pp. 38, 41.
- ↑ Emscherkunst goes into the next round in 2013: plans were presented to the RVR culture committee today. Regionalverband Ruhr, March 9, 2011, accessed on July 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Minister Schäfer: 1.25 million euros approved for Emscherkunst. State government of North Rhine-Westphalia, January 20, 2012, accessed on July 6, 2013 .
- ↑ a b c Permanent works of art. In: emscherkunst.de. Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Ai Weiwei contributes to the "Emscherkunst" project in Bottrop. WAZ, November 6, 2012, accessed July 6, 2013 .
