Vessel & Voyager | Führungen

In the organizer's words:

In the exhibition "Vessel & Voyager" by the JUNGEN AKADEMIE, the international and interdisciplinary scholarship program of the Akademie der Künste, 25 artists present new works that they have developed as part of their residencies in the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg. They explore the scope for artistic creation and action in times of diverse and escalating crises and deal with the themes of loss and memory, body and healing, protection and community. The exhibition includes photographs, prints, collages, video works, spatial and sound installations, sculptures, drawings and assemblages.

The title "Vessel & Voyager" refers to the subjects of vessels (Vessel) and voyagers (Voyager), which are prominent in artistic, cultural and spiritual contexts. The exhibition uses "Vessel" in its meaning as a container that stores, transmits and constantly transforms various narratives, messages and voices. "Voyager" in turn stands for travelers who create connections between places, generations and times. "Vessel & Voyager" represent the perception of an intertwined, changing present in which possibilities of imagination and speculation around grief, renewal and resistance are renegotiated.

The deep temporal layers of human bodies are artistically explored. Hundreds of drawings tell of conversations with ancestors and trees. An installation shows the ambivalence of a "world in flames" between protest and destruction. Metal sculptures that capture the collapse in its movement bend towards the viewer, while a film directs our gaze to the sky as a mirror and window and teaches us a new way of seeing historical narratives and the power structures inherent in them. These and other works combine the search for consciousness and language and pose questions about tradition, responsibility and vulnerability as the foundation of artistic creation.

Three key questions invite visitors to explore the exhibition: What is lost and what is left untold? How do we remember and what are we made of? What do we protect and how do we connect?

Curated by Clara Herrmann and Linnéa Meiners

A symposium on April 17 will discuss questions about art, ecology and gender. Concerts, readings and performances with scholarship holders will take place on April 25.

Participating artists

Ilit Azoulay, Patrizia Bach, Fanny Brandauer, Eva Dessecker, Anna Dobrova/MetaLab, Sarah Doerfel, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Nina Emge, Solomon Garçon, gruppe-aja, Thembinkosi Hlatshwayo, Dominique Hurth, Mehdi Jahan, Khensani Jurczok-de Klerk, René Kemp, Josephine Macken, Marina Naprushkina, Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi, Hrishikesh Pawar, Sophie Seita, Sara Stevanović, Diána Vonnák, Franziska Wenning, Hana Yoo, Saikal Zhunush

Price information:

6 EUR (Reduced: 4 EUR)