Exhibition
Cosmic Generator (working title) | Mika Rottenberg
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Since 1977, the internationally orientated Skulptur Projekte Münster has been taking place at regular ten year intervals. This year, it returns with a stunning selection of artists, installations and workshops in Münster.
Here’s our handy guide of what to see, experience, watch and do while there.
Cosmic Generator (working title) | Mika Rottenberg
Not to be missed is Mika Rottenberg’s surreal film installations ‘Cosmic Generator (working title)’. Her pieces examine the relationship between the body, work and production processes while also addressing such themes as global value-added chains, production in low-wage countries and precarious working conditions.
Exhibition
Cosmic Generator (working title) | Mika Rottenberg
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
12v | Aram Bartholl
Wander to Transmission Tower to experience the installations and performances of artist Aram Bartholl. The artist’s three sculptures in Münster are based on thermoelectric devices that transform fire—mankind’s earliest means of communication—directly into electrical energy.
Exhibition
12v | Aram Bartholl
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Laboratory Life | Andreas Bunte
Spread across three different sites ‘Laboratory Life’ allows you to access a series of short films by artist Andreas Bunte via QR codes. Viewers are invited to explore the stages of everyday activities in laboratory-type settings from the film locations.
Exhibition
Laboratory Life | Andreas Bunte
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Harsh Citation, Harsh Pastoral, Harsh Münster | Ei Arakawa
In the meadow in front of Haus Kump you will find the work of Ei Arakawa. Arakawa has chosen this outside location as a stage for a group of seven coarsely screened handmade LED panels referencing paintings by various artists.
Exhibition
Harsh Citation, Harsh Pastoral, Harsh Münster | Ei Arakawa
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Burn the Formwork | Oscar Tuazon
Oscar Tuazon is well known for his exploration of exhibition contexts and the nature of temporary outdoor structures. Visit the abandoned industrial site on the canal to see his most recent piece, a cylindrical concrete object that serves as a public fireplace, barbecue grill, outdoor heater and lookout tower.
Exhibition
Burn the Formwork | Oscar Tuazon
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Not Quite Under_Ground | Michael Smith
Michael Smith’s installation - a tattoo studio offering discounts to senior citizens (65+) - interweaves the themes of age, the youth cult, trends and role models with cultural tourism. If you look closely while out and about in Münster, a trailer shown at info points and on bus tours of the city advertises the studio.
Exhibition
Not Quite Under_Ground | Michael Smith
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Provisional Studies: Workshop #7 How to Live Together and Sharing the Unknown | Koki Tanaka
Crises and the temporary communities that form around them are the basis of Tanaka’s workshop ‘How to Live Together and Sharing the Unknown’. He invited eight Münster citizens of different origins to take part in workshops revolving around the question ‘How to live together over a ten-day period?’ Prepare to feel unsettled!
Workshop
Provisional Studies: Workshop #7 How to Live Together and Sharing the Unknown | Koki Tanaka
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
Pointing Their Fingers at an Unidentified Event Out of Frame | Nora Schultz
Enter the prestigious foyer of the LWL-Museum and you may well find people ‘Pointing Their Fingers at an Unidentified Event Out of Frame’, a work by Nora Schultz. Her multimedia intertvention makes use of everyday materials, language, writing systems and cultural shifts to explore the space.
Exhibition
Pointing Their Fingers at an Unidentified Event Out of Frame | Nora Schultz
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Münster, Germany
Cosima von Bonin+Tom Burr: Benz Bonin Burr
No one yet knows the outcome of this collaboration between Cosima von Bonin and American sculptor, Tom Burr. In a provocative gesture, Cosima von Bonin intends to install an articulated lorry with a flatbed trailer, purportedly in readiness to transport art. While Tom Burr intends to make a sculpture in the shape of transportation crate, which will be placed on the flatbed trailer drawing attention to the effectiveness of public space sculpture.
Exhibition
Cosima von Bonin+Tom Burr: Benz Bonin Burr
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Westfälischer Kunstverein
Münster, Germany
Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You | Jeremy Deller
It’s been ten years since artist Jeremy Deller asked the fifty allotment garden associations to keep diaries on everyday life and activities in their garden communities. Approximately thirty-three of these books are on display in one of the allotment gardens for the culmination of this labour of love.
Exhibition
Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You | Jeremy Deller
10 Jun 2017 — 01 Oct 2017
Münster, Germany
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Exhibition
12v | Aram Bartholl
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
A Modified Threshold | Cerith Wyn Evans
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
After ALife Ahead | Pierre Huyghe
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Angst [Fear] Ludger Gerdes
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Exhibition
Cosima von Bonin+Tom Burr: Benz Bonin Burr
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Westfälischer Kunstverein
Exhibition
Cosmic Generator (working title) | Mika Rottenberg
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Fourth House of the House Project Since 1974 | Hreinn Friðfinnsson
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Harsh Citation, Harsh Pastoral, Harsh Münster | Ei Arakawa
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
HellYeahWeFuckDie | Hito Steyerl
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Humiliation is Not the End of the World | Gintersdorfer / Klaßen
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
In Our Time | Gerard Byrne
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
John Knight, A Work in Situ
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Exhibition
Laboratory Life | Andreas Bunte
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Le Tag / 200 m | Joelle Tuerlinckx
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Leaking Territories | Alexandra Pirici
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Les Masques Célèstes [Celestial Masks] | Hervé Youmbi
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Matrix | CAMP (Shaina Anand und Ashok Sukumaran)
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Momentary Monument — The Stone | Lara Favaretto
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
N. Schmidt | Gregor Schneider
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Nietzsche's Rock | Justin Matherly
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Not Quite Under_Ground | Michael Smith
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Nuclear Temple | Thomas Schütte
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
On Water | Ayşe Erkmen
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Passage through Moondog / Quiet Storm | Emeka Ogboh
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Pointing Their Fingers at an Unidentified Event Out of Frame | Nora Schultz
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur
Workshop
Provisional Studies: Workshop #7 How to Live Together and Sharing the Unknown | Koki Tanaka
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Sculpture | Peles Empire
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Sketch for a Fountain | Nicole Eisenman
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Speak to the Earth and It Will Tell You | Jeremy Deller
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
Exhibition
Tender Tender | Michael Dean
10 Jun 2017 – 01 Oct 2017
LWL - Museum für Kunst und Kultur