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"Slave City" in the Folkwang Museum

I had the opportunity to again visit the exhibition "The most beautiful museum in the world" with my sister. We were interested for the new hanging of the general part of the museum. New is a complete hall for the Atelier van Lieshout, who had dedicated the museum in 2008 an exhibition.


We were astonished in front of a large-format picture "zero foot print" , Which upon closer inspection turned out to be a work-flow of an extermination camp. We found no further explanation in the hall, ambiguous in the other exhibits: "Hanging Men," "eviscerated Man," "sleep and work unit with slaves," were issued by Lieshout. We were outraged that the kind in the Folkwang Museum is presented without comment. I had luck. In the book sale I was able to get the last copy of the exhibition catalog of 2008 "Slave City". The various texts are then explained what it is all about the artists. The series, slave city, is a great community work of the Ateliers über mehrere Jahre. Man will klar machen, wozu der Mensch fähig ist und bezieht sich auf Gräueltaten der Vergangenheit, die da sind: Vernichtungslager, Völkermord, Euthanasie, Völkerversklavung u.v.m.

Mit schwerverständlichen tiefgründigen Witz (Zitat Katalog S.49) versucht man diese Maschinerie zu Perfektionieren und mit wirtschaftlichen Profit zu betreiben. Es geht also darum, planerisch darzustellen, wie man Menschenvernichtung noch optimierter und wirtschaftlicher betreiben kann. Man bezieht sich hierbei auf viele Beschreibungen aus Kunst, Literatur, Film und Dokumentationen. Es werden einige dieser Quellen angeführt, um wohl ein Alibi für das eigene Projekt zu finden. Was Andere done with success and cynicism have have yet to surpass. It must be possible, such as a death camp to "improve, optimize" for example, such as Auschwitz. From the perspective of the artist, that was made just so amateurish. The whole thing meant to be a critical contribution to the art. Apparently I am and remain a philistine who takes offense thereto ..

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EMSCHERKUNST.2010 "Herner Sea

On Saturday, 24-7-10, 18 h, the organizer RUHR.2010 the "Herner Sea" a guided tour, attended by some 100 people took part, organized. About die Sinnhaftigkeit der diversen Kunstaktionen auf der Emscherinsel wurde kritisch diskutiert. Der Hauptsponsor der insgesamt 11 Mio. € teuren Aktion ist der Emscherverband. Seit 20 Jahren wird das gesamte Flussnetz der Emscher renaturiert. Man ist inzwischen auf der Zielgeraden angekommen. In den nächsten 10 Jahren ist das geniale Projekt abgeschlossen. Man wird die „no-go-area“ Emscherinsel nicht wieder erkennen. Der Kurator der EMSCHERKUNST.2010 Prof. Florian Matzner wollte mit den vielfältigen Beiträgen das Bewusstsein der Menschen in der Region schärfen: hier geschieht etwas Besonderes. Es wurden viele, meist nicht aus dem Ruhrgebiet stammende Künstler, aufgefordert zu diesem Thema etwas Künstlerisches darzustellen.

At the top of the eastern peninsula lock Horsthausen was a group of sculptures with sound, popularly known as "cheese bar". Creator of the sculptors are Bogomir Ecker, a native of Duisburg, and the sound Künster Bülent Kullukcus, originally from Turkey. The sound part takes about 30 minutes and every 2 h be heard. The sculpture group consists of a yellow about 23 m high tower of stacked technical elements, in which speakers are housed, assembled seemingly unstable. In addition, a large street lamp and a small aluminum sculpture. The plant will not be taking the natural, but the technical side of the region.

On the other side of Herne sea, Mark Dion's "society of amateur ornithologists" in an old gas tank, originally set aside from the Herner treatment plant, constructed in the form of a walk-in's study of a bird observer. The whole thing has its special appeal by the inappropriate and the old-fashioned of the art object. Children, especially, it's fun to trace the many small details. Believe it or not: malicious damage to the "open air" works of art are still missing. On the contrary, close campierende youths they see as their "own works of art," on which they take care so that nothing is damaged. Best way to arrive not art.