Art forum of the TU Darmstadt

The art forum of the TU Darmstadt is an exhibition space at the Technical University of Darmstadt . It is used both in its own exhibition space in the old main building of the university and in public areas such as the moat and the forecourt of the Darmstadtium congress center .

history

The art forum of the TU Darmstadt was opened on June 18, 2016 with the exhibition "Carola Keitel OUT OF ORDER" by Julia Reichelt (head of the art forum of the TU Darmstadt) and Dr. Manfred Efinger (Chancellor of TU Darmstadt) opened. The Kunstforum was already involved in the two-day Darmstadt Photography Days 2016. In addition to the exhibition area in the old main building of the Technical University of Darmstadt, other public spaces are also used, including the palace gardens, the Darmstadtium or the Darmstadt University and State Library . An example of this is the work of art "Staircase into Nowhere" by the artist Carola Keitel, a subway sign to platform 9 3/4 . Other installations include the sculpture "Rollercoaster" by Stefan Rohrer , the kinetic installation "Gentle Swing" by Hans-Michael Kissel or "Bust" by Franz Bernhard .

The Kunstforum also sees itself as a place for cultural events: It wants to "make a significant contribution to aesthetic education and [...] to the creation of new interfaces between art, culture and science". The focus here is on "encounters with contemporary art and [the] examination of socially relevant topics". Accordingly, there is also cooperation with other art institutions in Darmstadt , the Rhine-Main area and internationally, such as the Atelierhaus Darmstadt , the Museum of Applied Arts Frankfurt , the Museum of Modern Art or the regional fund for contemporary art FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d ' Azur in Marseille and FRAC Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand .

Exhibitions

2016

• 9th Darmstadt days of photography
• Carola Keitel OUT OF ORDER
• housed / unhoused - of houses and cities (together with Atelierhaus Darmstadt )
• Heinrich Metzendorf - Darmstadt building culture beyond the Mathildenhöhe

2017

• Traitor - Photo exhibition Unwort of the year 2017
• Fear free. Applicants for the Darmstadt Secession Awards for Young Artists 2017
• LOST IN TRANSITION - on the fleeting, ephemeral (together with Atelierhaus Darmstadt )

2018

• THE VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE: Anna Lehmann-Brauns , 11th Darmstadt city photographer 2017
• 10th Darmstadt Days of Photography
• EXTREME. SELF - RAY photography projects Frankfurt / Rhein-Main (together with Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie; further exhibitions EXTREME.BODIES in the Museum Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt , EXTREME. NOMADS in the Museum of Modern Art , EXTREME. ENVIRONMENTS in the Photography Forum Frankfurt and EXTREME. TERRITORIES in the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation )
• RADAR. Current projects from art schools
• SAUVAGE. Emmanuelle Rapin & Angelika Krinzinger (together with MUSEUM Jagdschloss Kranichstein )

2019

• Susannah Martin. JUST NATURE
• Paul Meissner. An architect between tradition and new beginnings

2020

• Living gravity
• RADAR II. Current projects from art schools
• UNWORT 2019. Photo exhibition Unwort of the year 2019
• 11th Darmstadt Days of Photography
• Cristof Yvoré
• HIGHER, FURTHER, FASTER. Sports in contemporary art

literature

• Heinrich Metzendorf - Darmstadt building culture beyond the Mathildenhöhe for the exhibition of the same name in the Kunstforum of the TU Darmstadt from October 16 to December 18, 2016. Gutleut Verlag, Darmstadt, ISBN 978-3-87390-386-9 .
• LOST IN TRANSITION. From the fleeting, ephemeral to the exhibition of the same name in the art forum of the TU Darmstadt and Atelierhaus Darmstadt from September 26 to December 10, 2017. Gutleut Verlag, Darmstadt.
• Anna Lehmann-Brauns - ... from the outside. to the exhibition The view from outside in the art forum of the TU Darmstadt from February 4 to April 15, 2018. Gutleut Verlag, Darmstadt, ISBN 978-3-936826-12-8 .
• SAUVAGE. Emmanuelle Rapin & Angelika Krinzinger on the exhibition of the same name in the Kunstforum of the TU Darmstadt and MUSEUM Jagdschloss Kranichstein from February 4th to April 15th, 2018. Gutleut Verlag, Darmstadt, ISBN 978-3-00-061744-7 .

Web links

• Internet presence of the art forum of the TU Darmstadt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Technische Universität Darmstadt: Art forum and exhibition “out of order” opened. June 20, 2016, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
2. ^ Echo Newspapers GmbH: Art forum and exhibition "out of order" open at TU Darmstadt - Echo Online. Retrieved April 11, 2019 . 
3. ↑ hessenschau de, Frankfurt Germany: Darmstadt has again a subway stop in the direction of Hogwarts. June 5, 2018, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Vespa vortex on campus. June 29, 2018, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Gentle swing. May 31, 2017, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
6. ^ Technical University of Darmstadt: Art-Sculpture for the TU Darmstadt. October 27, 2015, accessed April 11, 2019 . 
7. ^ Technical University of Darmstadt: About the art forum. Retrieved April 11, 2019 . 
8. ^ Technical University Darmstadt: Past exhibitions. Retrieved April 11, 2019 .