CURRENT / Program

13. August 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

BRASILIEN

Installation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof ↗︎

Brasilien was the code name for a mock-up of the city of Stuttgart that was erected in an open field near the town Lauffen am Neckar, during World War II. Its purpose was to deceive bombers approaching at night, and worked, as many bombs were dropped far away from the city. The artists' group Begleitbüro SOUP draws a connection from the mock-up as a dummy to the model city Brasília, which was realized as a modern utopia in the middle of the jungle. ...

05. September 2021 / 12:00 — 18:00

ISLAND – Rammed earth

Workshop with Valentina Karga → Pariser Platz ↗︎

In the construction workshop with the artist Valentina Karga and the site manager Hubert Heinrichs, the various elements of the installation ISLAND are erected using a clay construction technique. Together, the earth of is tamped into shape, an island is created. ...

06. September 2021 / 10:00 — 18:00

ISLAND – Rammed earth

Workshop with Valentina Karga → Pariser Platz ↗︎

In the construction workshop with the artist Valentina Karga and the site manager Hubert Heinrichs, the various elements of the installation ISLAND are erected over five days using a clay construction technique. Together, the earth is tamped into shape, an island is created. ...

06. September 2021 / 19:00 — 22:00

Opening: Ticketschalter BRASILIEN

Presentation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Projektraum Ostend ↗︎

Opening of the Ticketschalter BRASILIEN: The Begleitbüro SOUP office has been temporarily set up in the Ostend project space–with a ticket counter and information office: destination BRASILIEN. Interested parties are invited to drop by and get acquainted with the group's activities. ...

CURRENTLY #09

12. September 2021

@ Atelier Ameisenberg / Oana Vainer & Michl Schmidt

From the series »The irradiated hill«: Strahlung/Wellen/Fragmente

by Atelier Ameisenberg / Werkstatthaus

A small expedition enters the huge cavity in Ameisenberg left by 40 million liters of water in the former reservoir. The electricity has been turned off for three hours for construction work, the light beams of the flashlight illuminate the way for the group, intensifying the concentration on the audible. The soundtrack is provided by the Shakuhachi and the long reverberation of its notes. In my imagination, a ray goes straight ahead, from A to B , from the sun to the earth. However, when we speak of radiation in the physical sense, we are often dealing with waves. One characteristic of radiation can be its invisibility, which often causes discomfort, even though the effectiveness of radiation is not necessarily dangerous or harmful. The adjective "radiated" means contamination by radiation, as well as a state of rapture caused, for example, by the effects of psychoactive substances, spiritual experiences, or other influences that interfere with being with oneself and initiate a parallel state that is invisible to others.Another technique of invisibility is repression. Here, something that actually exists is brought out of the field of vision, in contrast to radiation, where seemingly non-existent things can be seen and experienced. ...

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07. September 2021 / 10:00 — 18:00

ISLAND – Rammed earth

Workshop with Valentina Karga → Pariser Platz ↗︎

In the construction workshop with the artist Valentina Karga and the site manager Hubert Heinrichs, the various elements of the installation ISLAND are erected using a clay construction technique. Together, the earth is tamped into shape, an island is created. ...

07. September 2021 / 19:00 — 21:00

Modellwelten / Weltmodelle

Discussion with Begleitbüro SOUP → Wildunger Straße ↗︎

To the Fortress of Solitude – from the outer world to the underworld: Claus Baumann reflects on models in art, technology and urbanity; Peter Schmidt plays city on the video console. ...

08. September 2021 / 10:00 — 18:00

ISLAND – Rammed earth

Workshop with Valentina Karga → Pariser Platz ↗︎

In the construction workshop with the artist Valentina Karga and the site manager Hubert Heinrichs, the various elements of the installation ISLAND are erected using a clay construction technique. Together, the earth is tamped into shape, an island is created. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

Audiowalk – THEATRE OF THE LONG NOW

Walk with THEATRE OF THE LONG NOW, BUREAU BAUBOTANIK → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

The beginning of a possible future of at least 100 years is presented, trees are growing, cooperation agreements are made and an utopian past is conjured up – various artists of the Wagenhalle introduce themselves. The path to meet them leads once across the „Container-City“. ...

CURRENTLY #06

19. August 2021

Glitch Klitsche – the immediate solution

by Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl

The Glitch Klitsche offers the immediate solution for a long-overdue venue–an interim cinema–providing a sophisticated cultural program. The structure of the soon to be cinema is made of recycled materials assembled with no major hassle, while operating with reclaimed equipment. Offering space for a very small number of spectators, the cinema is linked to the existing urban situation of the Leonhardsvorstadt. A temporary, accessible smack as a walk-in prelude for the long-awaited return of a cinema. It is still only a few wooden boards, but soon the artists will be inviting visitors to Richtfest ceremony in Leonhardsvorstadt.... ...

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09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

Exhibition with Alona Rodeh, Begleitbüro SOUP, Constructlab, Gwendoline Robin, Haseeb Ahmed, HONF (House of Natural Fiber), Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick, Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl, Valentina Karga → Stuttgart ↗︎

9 – 19 September 2021: Possibilities, materials, co-existences, promises and assertions, myths as well as new forms of perception in the urban – the artists will engage with specific situations in and meanings of the urban space through different formats, directly and indirectly. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

Glitch Klitsche

Installation with Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl → Leonhardsvorstadt ↗︎

The Glitch Klitsche offers an immediate solution for a long-overdue venue–an interim cinema–providing a sophisticated cultural program in Stuttgart’s Leonhardsvorstadt. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

ISLAND or Infrastructure’s infrastructure

Installation with Valentina Karga → Pariser Platz ↗︎

ISLAND is a micrograph of our Earth, a self-contained, materially closed ecosystem, floating in the sea of the universe. All matter that it is made out of, cannot be destroyed or disappeared, only transformed, in ways that support or prevent life. The structure is made with borrowed soil and rammed into a pixel-like island, the shape is reminiscent of the aesthetics of computer games. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

COOPERATIONS

Cooperation with abk – Stuttgart / Classes of Koch & Mosler, Agency Apéro, perfect.a.n.d.beautiful, HP BLUME, Atelier Ameisenberg / Werkstatthaus, BUREAU BAUBOTANIK, Friends of the Weissenhof Estate, IBA`27 – StadtRegion Stuttgart, IGmA – Institute for Principles of Modern Architecture (Design and Theory), HABITAT, IMAGINE THE CITY, Institut français, Kinderwerkstatt – Künstlerhaus Stuttgart e.V., The Kunstbuero of the Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg, Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V., HFT Stuttgart – Faculty of Architecture and Design, MATTER OF, Stadtlücken e.V., SuE (Chair of Urban Planning and Design) – University of Stuttgart, THEATRE OF THE LONG NOW → Stuttgart ↗︎

In close exchange with the city, numerous local and transregional initiatives and institutions are involved in independent formats such as workshops, talks, artistic or educational projects. ...

CURRENTLY #08

01. September 2021

zoomorphic islands

by Valentina Karga

Valentina Karga, zoomorphic islands, concept sketch, 2021 ...

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09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

Labor Nordbahnhof – Experimentierfelder in der Stadt

Research with HFT Stuttgart – Faculty of Architecture and Design → Nordbahnhofviertel ↗︎

What new forms of mobility do we need? How do we plan social and climate-friendly cities? How do we create good neighborhoods in which people can participate? Here everyone can become an active part of the experimental installation. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

OSO-9 - A satellite project at Stuttgart's main station

Installation with abk – Stuttgart / Classes of Koch & Mosler → Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof ↗︎

OSO - Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO) was the name of a series of eight NASA satellites for the exploration of the sun. Among other things, the OSO satellites discovered the Sun's coronal holes, which are particularly strong sources of solar wind. While over Earth's night side, the satellites were used to observe galaxies and double stars. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

Nightcaps

Installation with Alona Rodeh → Wartbergpark ↗︎

The installment of street lights in the 18th century achieved two interrelated goals: it reduced people's fear of darkness and expanded the time span of economic activities. Today, half of the world’s population, and with it animals and insects, live under the influence of intense artificial lighting. If artificial light is scattered at a certain angle, it disturbs the behavior of insects, birds and humans. In Nightcaps, Alona Rodeh questions the role that artificial lighting plays in the disruption of human and animal circadian rhythms, insomnia, fear of darkness–and the very regulations ensuring its disappearance. ...

09. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

The Ungovernable Structure

Installation with HONF (House of Natural Fiber) → ENBW-Terrain ↗︎

The Ungovernable Structure is at once, a speculative research, an installation project and a radical design approach by the artist collective HONF, based on emerging technologies and living organisms. As an open research project rooted in principles of DIY & DIWO (Do It Yourself & Do It With Others) the resulting insights are open-source, and freely accessible for further development and adaptation by anyone interested. ...

CURRENTLY #02

06. July 2021

From the series »The irradiated hill«: Sirop de muguri de brad, Venus de Piatra N. (sandstone venus) #01

by Atelier Ameisenberg / Werkstatthaus

A forest in the Carpathians, east of Transylvania, a mixed forest, densely covered with numerous beeches. We have been there a maximum of four times, probably always in the spring, probably because the winter months sometimes seemed interminable and I had the feeling that it was summer when we hiked there. The first part of the trail was always the same, crossing the waterworks on the Bistritza River, which has its source in the Rodna Mountains. I found crossing the waterworks an adventure and a challenge, as it was very noisy, deep and dangerous. We could see the water under our feet. Comparable to fights against monsters, which we also reenacted on the way there, the water was a dragon that did not spit fire but water, which was much more dangerous for us than the power of fire. Water sweeps away everything, even whole villages with their houses. Fire, on the other hand, could be extinguished. In contrast, floods were often impossible to fight, not in this part of the world. To find the fir tops, we walked for hours. With our short legs, it seemed timelessly long, so we felt like the dwarves from Snow White. ...

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09. September 2021 / 10:00 — 20:00

A Pattern of Turbulence

Installation with Haseeb Ahmed → Opernplatz ↗︎

With A Pattern of Turbulence, the artist creates an outdoor in situ artwork, as well as an open research project exposing and amplifying the city’s unique wind turbulences. Urban wind canyons can result from the erroneous translation of architectural models or masterplans to the built environment. In this sense, the city creates turbulences–in, and for itself. ...

09. September 2021 / 10:00 — 18:00

ISLAND – Rammed earth

Workshop with Valentina Karga → Pariser Platz ↗︎

In the construction workshop with the artist Valentina Karga and the site manager Hubert Heinrichs, the various elements of the installation ISLAND are erected using a clay construction technique. Together, the earth of the Stuttgart 21 construction site is tamped into shape, an island is created. ...

09. September 2021 / 11:00 — 19:00

Stuttgart has an island!

Excursion with Stadtlücken e.V. → Neckarinsel Stuttgart ↗︎

Easily accessible via the  Mercedesstraße  subway station, an idyllic urban island is centrally located between the B10, Rosenstein Castle,  Wilhelma, Hall of Fame and the  Leuze  mineral baths–the Neckar Island.  Pack your towels, inflate your dinghy and get your stand-up board out of the basement! ...

09. September 2021 / 17:00 — 20:00

Ticketschalter BRASILIEN

Presentation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Projektraum Ostend ↗︎

The Begleitbüro SOUP office has been temporarily set up in the Ostend project space–with a ticket counter and information office: destination BRASILIEN. Interested parties are invited to drop by and get acquainted with the group's activities. ...

CURRENTLY #07

25. August 2021

Preperations for Fühlerskop – a handmade recording device for exploring the urban © Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick

Let´s listen to that bridge over there...

by Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick

Invisible or neglected elements become a playground. Forgotten spaces from daily life become the center of our attention. From our habit of hasty consuming the big picture, we slow down and investigate the micro-scaled sounds. Cracks become cleavages and tiny gravels pushed around express themselves through hurtful grinding screams, while cash dispenser, electric scooters and magnetic strip reader radiate relaxing meditation fields. Fühlerskop is an invitation to explore the already known. ...

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09. September 2021 / 18:30 — 20:30

Opening

Walk with Haseeb Ahmed, Begleitbüro SOUP, HONF (House of Natural Fiber), Valentina Karga, CURRENT, Alona Rodeh, Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick, Constructlab → Pariser Platz ↗︎

The opening of the festival at Pariser Platz, is also the starting point of a guided walk to a selection of the artworks by the participating artists. ...

10. September 2021 / 10:00 — 11:30

DIY Water Conductivity Sensor

Workshop with HONF (House of Natural Fiber) → Shared Space Parkseite/ Württembergischer Kunstverein ↗︎

This workshop invites the participants to create a water conductor that is widely used to assess environmental conditions in hydrology and pollution monitoring. Building and designing DIY circuits using with the artist collective HONF. ...

10. September 2021 / 11:00 — 19:00

Stuttgart has an island!

Excursion with Stadtlücken e.V. → Neckarinsel Stuttgart ↗︎

Easily accessible via the  Mercedesstraße  subway station, an idyllic urban island is centrally located between the B10, Rosenstein Castle,  Wilhelma, Hall of Fame and the  Leuze  mineral baths–the Neckar Island.  Pack your towels, inflate your dinghy and get your stand-up board out of the basement! ...

10. September 2021 / 12:00 — 18:00

Festival Office

Gathering with CURRENT → Experimentierraum ↗︎

Public festival bureau, information and meeting point and distribution of the CURRENT magazine. ...

CURRENTLY #05

05. August 2021

SuE going public. Student work from Karen Berger, Irene Calero Pages, Diego de la Guardia, Elena Grimbacher, Shirin Hillawi, Mathilde Josse, Ann-Marie Klar, Sinem Molenaar, Manuel Motschiedler Viktoria-Louise Müller, Alptug Gökalp Namver und Maria Inês Pires Reis © Lehrstuhl Stadtplanung und Entwerfen

Get in touch!

by SuE (Chair of Urban Planning and Design) – University of Stuttgart

"We have discovered how vital it is to socialize with other people and ourselves since the pandemic. This catalogue aims to collect all these long-lost interactions; it will assist you in remembering. We‘ve had enough of staying at home! It‘s now time to go out. With friends,on a date, a dinner with your family, a spontaneous meet-up with strangers... All of them can be found in Stuttgart." ...

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10. September 2021 / 13:00 — 15:30

Eco Print on Bio Material

Workshop with HONF (House of Natural Fiber) → Shared Space Parkseite/ Württembergischer Kunstverein ↗︎

SOYA C(O)U(L)TURE is a bio-leather made from the wastewater of soy production. Led by the collective HONF, the workshop teaches how this supposed waste can be transformed into a new product. This is a BYOF workshop – make your own ecoprints from flowers or leaves: bring your own flowers!** ...

10. September 2021 / 17:00 — 20:00

Ticketschalter BRASILIEN

Presentation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Projektraum Ostend ↗︎

The Begleitbüro SOUP office has been temporarily set up in the Ostend project space–with a ticket counter and information office: destination BRASILIEN. Interested parties are invited to drop by and get acquainted with the group's activities. ...

10. September 2021 / 18:00 — 19:00

Fühlerskop – electric mobility

Performance with Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick → Berliner Platz ↗︎

Small cracks are amplified into huge crevices and tiny pebbles make loud audible utterances, while ATMs, electric scooters and magnetic strip readers produce relaxing meditation fields–as can be experienced live in the sound performance with a focus on electric mobility: what sound do e-scooters and other devices produce? ...

10. September 2021 / 19:00 — 22:00

brāhha – Opening

Presentation with Friends of the Weissenhof Estate, Ann-Kathrin Müller & Julia Schäfer → Bruckmannweg 10 ↗︎

The film screening takes place in the context of the opening of the work brāhha by Ann-Kathrin Müller and Julia Schäfer on behalf of the Freunde der Weissenhofsiedlung e.V.. ...

CURRENTLY #04

23. July 2021

From the series »The irradiated hill«: Sirop de muguri de brad, Venus de Piatra N. (sandstone venus) #02

by Atelier Ameisenberg / Werkstatthaus

Back in the south of Germany, in Stuttgart, in May 2021, where the only fir tree in our studio garden is taller than all the houses around it, including our house. The tops of the fir tree were ripe for making the annual cough syrup. As I was plucking the tops, I heard a voice calling, getting louder and louder. Which I'm not sure if it was the voice getting louder or my growing attention. It was the neighbor from the house across the street, a white detached house with three very long white hanging strips of fabric. "What are you picking, what for, what are you doing with it?" ...

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10. September 2021 / 19:00 — 21:00

fill the gap: Archiving art in public space

Walk with MATTER OF → Gate of Hope ↗︎

What are the challenges of archiving public art? How do you track down the works? Where does one find the information that belongs to them? How can they be made accessible? ...

10. September 2021 / 20:30 — 21:30

Nightcaps – guided night tour

Walk with Alona Rodeh → Wartbergpark ↗︎

The evening tour is a walk through Wartberg Park, where prototypes conceived by the artist can be discovered–Nightcaps that look at the urban park and its surroundings through the historical and optical lens of light, shadow and darkness. ...

10. September 2021 / 21:30 — 22:30

Fühlerskop – Record Release

Presentation with Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick → Neue Schachtel ↗︎

In celebration of the release of the record the Fühlerskop will be performed live, and the compositions pressed on vinyl heard for the first time. A limited-edition of the record will be available at the release. ...

11. September 2021 / 00:00 — 20:00

Bestiarium14 – Towards a new mythology of the Bundesstraße

Excursion with Constructlab → Stuttgart ↗︎

The artists approach the investigation of territories through shared moments and movements, experimenting with drawing formats, manners and the evocative potential of storytelling. This collectively produced language attempts to make visible the multiplicity, diversity and complexity of interactions between species, and ultimately countering the hegemonic narratives of urban space in order to imagine more liveable worlds. ...

Currently #01

03. May 2021

48.7657713, 9.1633892 © Sophie Bergemann

Welcome to our digital sketchbook

by CURRENT

In its first edition, CURRENT dedicates itself to porosity in – and of, the city, in so naming potential gaps in urban planning as well as gaps in the collective consciousness. This blog is the digital sketchbook, for publishing the interpretations and associations of the participating artists and partners, providing the theoretical, speculative or academic aspects behind the idea, or respectively the concept of ´porous´ space. In its first edition, CURRENT dedicates itself to porosity in – and of, the city, in so naming potential gaps in urban planning as well as gaps in the collective consciousness. This blog accompanies the ideas, thoughts and sketches of all participants while exploring the meanings, interpretations and associations of ´porosity´ as a concept. ...

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11. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

brāhha

Installation with Friends of the Weissenhof Estate, Ann-Kathrin Müller & Julia Schäfer → Bruckmannweg 10 ↗︎

There is a gap in the Bruckmannweg of the Weissenhofsiedlung: Nothing reminds of the building by Stuttgart architect Richard Döcker, which was destroyed in 1944. Starting from the remains preserved underground, brāhha explores Döcker's positions on the rebuilding of Stuttgart. ...

11. September 2021 / 10:00 — 13:00

Porosity

Research with SuE (Chair of Urban Planning and Design) – University of Stuttgart → Paulinenstraße Fünfzig ↗︎

Reflections on the performative city in the context of Stuttgart. ...

11. September 2021 / 10:00 — 16:00

We build a city – Workshop for Kids

Workshop with Kinderwerkstatt – Künstlerhaus Stuttgart e.V. → Kinderwerkstatt im Künstlerhaus Stuttgart ↗︎

Do you know Stuttgart ? Have you seen how many buildings there are here, how many streets, places, people? And so many different vehicles! Lots of construction sites! Many things are in constant movement - the city changes every day! Living in the city–it's an adventure. ...

11. September 2021 / 11:00 — 19:00

Stuttgart has an island!

Excursion with Stadtlücken e.V. → Neckarinsel Stuttgart ↗︎

Easily accessible via the  Mercedesstraße  subway station, an idyllic urban island is centrally located between the B10, Rosenstein Castle,  Wilhelma, Hall of Fame and the  Leuze  mineral baths–the Neckar Island.  Pack your towels, inflate your dinghy and get your stand-up board out of the basement! ...

CURRENTLY #03

19. July 2021

POROUS STUTTGART

by Begleitbüro SOUP

The construction of the Schwabstrasse S-Bahn station in Stuttgart in 1974 can be seen as a significant addition to the stock of ‘porous’ structures in the urban fabric. This is not only because of the 1.5 km long underground turning loop branching off from the 5 km long Hasenberg tunnel south of the S-Bahn station, but also because of the extensive underground spaces created during the construction of the S-Bahn station, which is located 27 meters below the road surface. During the completion of the platform area, which was built using the cut-and-cover method, a total of three mezzanine floors were constructed on top of each other at the southern exit, which were probably created solely for the purpose of backfilling the enormous excavation pit, since the rooms were never used by the DB. The middle of these floors has a floor area of 450 square meters, the other two are probably of similar size. In other underground railroad stations of the city there are also such empty spaces designated as warehouses; sometimes they are given to groups or individuals who develop recreational activities in them, such as rock music or even railroad modeling. Model railroaders in particular find good working conditions in these capillaries of the city, because surrounded by real railroad operations, they can work all the more motivated and passionately on their downscaling to scale. ...

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11. September 2021 / 12:00 — 18:00

Festival Office

Gathering with CURRENT → Experimentierraum ↗︎

Public festival bureau, information and meeting point and distribution of the CURRENT magazine. ...

11. September 2021 / 16:00 — 20:00

Bestiarium14 – Open Basecamp

Gathering with Constructlab → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

In the Open Basecamp at the Wagenhallen, the collective prepares for their nomadic research Bestiarium14 – Towards a new mythology of the Bundesstraße, inviting interested parties to gather. Open Basecamp with Apéro! ...

11. September 2021 / 18:00 — 19:30

The Modern City Creates Its Own Turbulences

Discussion with Haseeb Ahmed → Shared Space Parkseite/ Württembergischer Kunstverein ↗︎

Discussion on Stuttgart's wind situation and urban wind turbulence with artist Haseeb Ahmed, Ingo Gerlach (Chief Dramaturg Staatstheater Stuttgart). ...

11. September 2021 / 19:00 — 21:00

Ticketschalter BRASILIEN – Destination CHILE

Presentation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Projektraum Ostend ↗︎

The Begleitbüro SOUP office has been temporarily set up in the Ostend project space–with a ticket counter and information office: destination BRASILIEN. Interested parties are invited to drop by and get acquainted with the group's activities. ...

11. September 2021 / 20:00 — 21:00

freedom of living things (folt)

Performance with HONF (House of Natural Fiber) → ENBW-Terrain ↗︎

freedom of living things (folt) is an experimental performance project, blending electronic music, mechatronics and BioArt. The performance questions the human tendency towards the domination of all things within Earth’s system, especially in relation to development and ecosystem changes. ...

11. September 2021 / 20:30 — 21:30

Fühlerskop – Hacker Hörmann

Performance with Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick → Schlossplatz ↗︎

Fühlerskop is an invitation to explore anew what is already known. Small cracks are amplified into huge crevices and tiny pebbles make loud audible utterances, while ATMs, electric scooters and magnetic strip readers produce relaxing meditation fields–as can be experienced live in the sound performance at the Hacker Hörmann on Schloßplatz: a high-security bollard equipped with LEDs and hydraulic drive... ...

11. September 2021 / 21:00 — 22:00

lights down low

Presentation with Alona Rodeh → Uhlandshöhe ↗︎

How does our environment behave without artificial light? Lights down low on the Stuttgart 21 construction site–on both weekends during the festival, the lights go out for one hour each. Best vantage point on the construction site: Uhlandshöhe near the youth hostel! ...

12. September 2021 / 11:00 — 12:00

THEATRE OF THE LONG NOW Das Abo auf der Brache – Wahrnehmungsexperiment

Performance with THEATRE OF THE LONG NOW, HABITAT, BUREAU BAUBOTANIK → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

THEATRE OF THE LONG NOW is the promise of a performance lasting at least 100 years on a wasteland in the North of Stuttgart. Part of this performance are growth processes, building processes, social, political and performative processes. This matinee invites you to witness the processes on the wasteland in a perceptual experiment. With a short dramaturgical introduction by Prof. Florian Feisel and a follow-up discussion after the performance. ...

12. September 2021 / 11:00 — 19:00

Stuttgart has an island!

Excursion with Stadtlücken e.V. → Neckarinsel Stuttgart ↗︎

Easily accessible via the  Mercedesstraße  subway station, an idyllic urban island is centrally located between the B10, Rosenstein Castle,  Wilhelma, Hall of Fame and the  Leuze  mineral baths–the Neckar Island.  Pack your towels, inflate your dinghy and get your stand-up board out of the basement! ...

12. September 2021 / 12:00 — 18:00

Festival Office

Gathering with CURRENT → Experimentierraum ↗︎

Public festival bureau, information and meeting point and distribution of the CURRENT magazine. ...

12. September 2021 / 14:00 — 18:00

Ticketschalter BRASILIEN

Presentation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Projektraum Ostend ↗︎

The Begleitbüro SOUP office has been temporarily set up in the Ostend project space–with a ticket counter and information office: destination BRASILIEN. Interested parties are invited to drop by and get acquainted with the group's activities. ...

12. September 2021 / 15:30 — 18:00

Strolling the future – About Cohabitation and Well-Being at Wagenhalle in 2023

Walk with HABITAT, BUREAU BAUBOTANIK → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

Strolling the future is a walk on which we will explore and measure the spatial and social fabric of the immediate Wagenhallen environment both imaginatively and physically. A young person and an old person will lead us through three different imaginary performances that are currently taking place around the Wagenhallen. In the process, we will collect many small and medium-sized moments, which we will assemble into somewhat larger structures in a concluding five-minute workshop. ...

12. September 2021 / 18:00 — 20:00

Glitch Klitsche – Richtfest

Gathering with Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl → Leonhardsvorstadt ↗︎

The Glitch Klitsche is the immediate solution for a long-overdue venue, made of recycled materials, that were quickly assembled without much effort, and is operated with reused equipment. Richtfest of the interim cinema in Leonhardsvorstadt! Warm welcome! ...

12. September 2021 / 20:00 — 22:00

brāhha – film screening

Film with Ann-Kathrin Müller & Julia Schäfer, Friends of the Weissenhof Estate → Atelier am Bollwerk ↗︎

On the occasion of the work of brāhha, two films will be shown at the Atelier am Bollwerk: "N.N." Ottomar Domnick, BRD 1969 (72 min.) and "Martha" Jürgen Böttcher, DDR 1978 (48 min.) ...

12. September 2021 / 20:30 — 21:30

lights down low – guided night tour

Walk with Alona Rodeh → Schlossgarten ↗︎

The artist is intrigued by the presence of urban illumination in transit areas. This evening tour will focus on the intersections and overlaps between the Schlossgarten and the Stuttgart 21 construction site, pointing out different manifestations of artificial light in this ever-changing piece of the city. The guided tour is part of the artistic work Nightcaps. ...

12. September 2021 / 21:00 — 22:00

lights down low

Presentation with Alona Rodeh → Uhlandshöhe ↗︎

How does our environment behave without artificial light? Lights down low on the Stuttgart 21 construction site–on both weekends during the festival, the lights go out for one hour each. Best vantage point on the construction site: Uhlandshöhe near the youth hostel! ...

14. September 2021 / 12:00 — 18:00

Festival Office

Gathering with CURRENT → Experimentierraum ↗︎

Public festival bureau, information and meeting point and distribution of the CURRENT magazine. ...

14. September 2021 / 15:00 — 20:00

Modellwelten als Weltmodelle

Excursion with Begleitbüro SOUP → Galerie Oberwelt ↗︎

To the Fortress of Solitude – from the outer world to the underworld: the Begleitbüro SOUP offers guided tours to a 450sqm landscape of ruins and models hidden underground. Stuttgart as a city confusingly similar to itself. ...

14. September 2021 / 18:00 — 19:00

brāhha – Tour of Villa Domnick

Presentation with Ann-Kathrin Müller & Julia Schäfer → Villa Domnick ↗︎

On the occasion of the brāhha work, the artists extend an invitation to an architecture tour with the collection manager Vera Romeu at Villa Domnick. ...

14. September 2021 / 18:00 — 19:00

Fühlerskop – Construction Side

Performance with Julien Fargetton & Benjamin Frick → Kernerviertel ↗︎

The Fühlerskop opens doors to spheres otherwise closed to us–as can be experienced live in the sound performance at the Stuttgart 21 construction site. The focus is not on the obvious, permanent noise – rather on the amplification of the hidden, small-scale. ...

14. September 2021 / 18:00 — 20:00

Glitch Klitsche – Grand Opening

Film with Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl → Leonhardsvorstadt ↗︎

A temporary and accessible launch for the long-awaited return of a municipal cinema. Grand opening of the interim venue–the Glitch Klitsche is open! ...

15. September 2021 / 12:00 — 18:00

Festival Office

Gathering with CURRENT → Experimentierraum ↗︎

Public festival bureau, information and meeting point and distribution of the CURRENT magazine. ...

15. September 2021 / 16:00 — 22:00

Glitch Klitsche – Film Screening

Film with Sylvia Winkler & Stephan Köperl → Leonhardsvorstadt ↗︎

The Glitch Klitsche shows high-quality and low-threshold, much anticipated and entertaining films on themes of the city, urban development, urban culture and urban society. The cinema offers space for a very small audience. Exclusive film screening in a continuous loop! ...

15. September 2021 / 17:00 — 19:30

Retour de Paris – Holger Endres, Saskia Fischer, Eva Gentner

Presentation with Institut français → Berliner Platz ↗︎

For the anniversary edition of the “Retour de Paris” series, three scholarship holders from the state of Baden-Württember, who were guests at the Cité internationale des Arts Paris between November 2020 and April 2021–and thus in the middle of lockdown–are exhibiting together: Holger Endres, Saskia Fischer, Eva Gentner ...

15. September 2021 / 18:00 — 20:00

Building futures: What supports us?

Discussion with The Kunstbuero of the Kunststiftung Baden-Wuerttemberg, Valentina Karga → Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg ↗︎

Artist Talk with Valentina Karga and the Kunstbüro. ...

16. September 2021 / 00:00 — 00:00

Muntele Furnica

Research with Atelier Ameisenberg / Werkstatthaus → Atelier Ameisenberg ↗︎

Michl Schmidt and Oana Paula Vainer of the Atelier Ameisenberg develop models that are to a large extent based on speculations. The starting point of the collaborative research is the historical context in the area of Stuttgart Uhlandshöhe, the former Ameisenberg. The aim is to discover the supposedly invisible, the unseen or over-looked, the blind spots, furthermore, to analyse and negotiate the methods of making them visible. ...

16. September 2021 / 10:00 — 16:00

Breath in, Breath out: life cycles in the Forest

Excursion with Constructlab → Bushaltestelle Rudolf-Sophien-Stift ↗︎

Inhale, exhale in the forest above the tunnel of the Bundesstraße. The excursion is the first stage along the B14. Arrive prepared for the six-hour walk with the artist collective: sturdy shoes, food and sun/rain protection are a must. ...

16. September 2021 / 10:00 — 19:00

SYMPOSIUM: Art and urban space – in assembly

Discussion with Irene Agrivina Widyaningrum, Jochen Becker, Ania Corcilius, Christopher Dell, Gilly Karjevsky, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Christian Haid, Andreas Hofer, Barbara Holub, Sonja Hornung, Kathrin Jentjens, Marjetica Potrč, Adnan Softić, Ülkü Süngün, Martina Taig, Renée Tribble → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

We ask ourselves, how can art be considered in urban development processes, especially without being attributed a direct function? What new formats, strategies and models for art in urban space can we develop—installative, performative, ephemeral or even permanent? ...

16. September 2021 / 11:00 — 19:00

Stuttgart has an island!

Excursion with Stadtlücken e.V. → Neckarinsel Stuttgart ↗︎

Easily accessible via the  Mercedesstraße  subway station, an idyllic urban island is centrally located between the B10, Rosenstein Castle,  Wilhelma, Hall of Fame and the  Leuze  mineral baths–the Neckar Island.  Pack your towels, inflate your dinghy and get your stand-up board out of the basement! ...

16. September 2021 / 11:00 — 18:00

Transformotor

Presentation with Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V. → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

Presentation of the work of the Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V. at Tor 5. ...

16. September 2021 / 13:00 — 21:00

Anti-Stuttgart - a determinate negation – short film screening & DJ-Set

Film with IGmA – Institute for Principles of Modern Architecture (Design and Theory) → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

Are there anti-spaces–and how would they look? The short films by students  and members of IGmA and of c/o now  approximate Stuttgart through the lense of “determinate  negation”, a  concept conceived by one of the most famous children of the city:  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. One of the pillars of  critical thinking is the  resistance to fixation, closure and reaction. ...

16. September 2021 / 17:00 — 20:00

Ticketschalter BRASILIEN

Presentation with Begleitbüro SOUP → Projektraum Ostend ↗︎

The Begleitbüro SOUP office has been temporarily set up in the Ostend project space–with a ticket counter and information office: destination BRASILIEN. Interested parties are invited to drop by and get acquainted with the group's activities. ...

16. September 2021 / 19:00 — 22:00

Muntele Furnica – Parkour de Sirop

Walk with Atelier Ameisenberg / Werkstatthaus → Atelier Ameisenberg ↗︎

A degustation and invitation to taste judgment or comparison of liquids. First parkour of a three-part ritualized sighting. ...

16. September 2021 / 19:30 — 21:00

BOOK LAUNCH – TOWARD THE NOT-YET: ART AS PUBLIC PRACTICE

Gathering with Jeanne van Heeswijk, Rachael Rakes → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

A conversation and gathering with artist Jeanne van Heeswijk and curator Rachael Rakes (curator of public practice at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht) on the occasion of their publication Toward the Not-Yet: Art as Public Practice (edited by Jeanne van Heeswijk , Maria Hlavajova, and Rachael Rakes). ...

17. September 2021 / 10:00 — 14:00

FIRE! – Pyrotechnics Workshop

Workshop with Friedrich Barth → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

In preparation for the fire performance, those interested can learn about and try out the use of pyrotechnic elements in the pyrotechnics workshop with fireworks master Friedrich Barth:   FIRE! ...

17. September 2021 / 10:00 — 16:00

Manifestations of Biodiversity

Excursion with Constructlab → Marienplatz ↗︎

Open excursion with focus on the presence of agents, both human and non-human, encountered along the inner-city highway B14 in Stuttgart, expressing the various range of logics, behaviours, paces and destinations. The route from Marienplatz to the Züblin parking garage will be explored together with the artist collective over for six hours. All welcome! ...

17. September 2021 / 11:00 — 19:00

Stuttgart has an island!

Excursion with Stadtlücken e.V. → Neckarinsel Stuttgart ↗︎

Easily accessible via the  Mercedesstraße  subway station, an idyllic urban island is centrally located between the B10, Rosenstein Castle,  Wilhelma, Hall of Fame and the  Leuze  mineral baths–the Neckar Island.  Pack your towels, inflate your dinghy and get your stand-up board out of the basement! ...

17. September 2021 / 15:00 — 17:00

Art and urban Space: A New Model? – The Stuttgart Situation

Discussion with Renée Tribble, Sylvia Winkler, Anna Yeboah, Alper Kazokoglu, Adnan Softić, Markus Bauer, Lukas Staudinger, Christian Haid, Andreas Hofer, Ülkü Süngün, Hannes Schwertfeger, Julia Wenz-Delaminsky, Anna Schiefer, Paula Kohlmann, Christina Simon-Philipp, Sonja Hornung, Susanne Jakob, Barbara Holub, Winfried Stürzl, Robin Bischoff → Kunstverein Wagenhalle ↗︎

Final public discussion and presentation of the symposium findings together with representatives from the arts, politics and public administration. ...