Artists: Esther Adam, Salon Atelier, Daihatsu Rooftop Gallery with works by Gabriele Edlbauer, Helmut Heiss and Wolfgang Obermair, Etienne, FORT, Laura Leppert, Yoshinori Niwa, Phung-Tien Phan, David Reiber-Otálora, Angharad Williams, wormhole among others with works by Mikołaj Sobczak, Alison Yip, Mira Mann, Anna R. Winder
Exhibition title: Taking my Thoughts for a Walk
Presented by: Dortmunder Kunstverein and Urbane Künste Ruhr
Venue: Outdoors Exhibition, Dortmund, Germany
Date: February 27 – March 21, 2021
Photography: Roland Baege / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Dortmunder Kunstverein and Urbane Künste Ruhr
Let’s take our thoughts for a walk*: when actions and decisions are determined by facts and forecasts, the space of our possibilities seems to shrink before reality. Travel, encounters and living spaces are becoming increasingly virtual, while feelings and somatic reality remain physical. How can balance be restored so that we feel at home in the world? Are we not, since the dawn of humanity, seeking a home in our heads and dreams anyway, as the French philosopher Michel Serres (1930-2019) suggests in his book “Atlas”?
The artworks placed along a 1,200-meter route between the West and East of Dortmund’s city center express the fragility of urban familiarities: they spin both fictional and quite real stories.
Taking my Thoughts for a Walk has been jointly initiated by Dortmunder Kunstverein and Urbane Künste Ruhr.
*The title is borrowed from a work by Esther Adam.
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Angharad Williams, Part of Eraser, sticker on glass, 2021
Angharad Williams, Part of Eraser, sticker on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
David Reiber Otálora, …a Long Way From Home, sticker on glass, 2021
David Reiber Otálora, …a Long Way From Home, sticker on glass, 2021
David Reiber Otálora, …a Long Way From Home, sticker on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Phung-Tien Phan, Cosmopolit, acrylic on canvas, wood, espresso machine, flowers, 2021
Phung-Tien Phan, Cosmopolit, acrylic on canvas, wood, espresso machine, flowers, 2021
Phung-Tien Phan, Cosmopolit, acrylic on canvas, wood, espresso machine, flowers, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Etienne Dietzel, Displacement, C-Print on Vinyl, 2021
Etienne Dietzel, Displacement, C-Print on Vinyl, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
wormhole Magazine, Dortmund Special, edited by Mira Mann & Anna R Winder, with contributions by Lisa Tracy Michalik, Arisa Purkpong Carl Brandi, Jonas Schug, Úlfur Logason, Steven Sander, Mikołaj Sobczak, Alison Yip, 2021
wormhole Special: Running for Office – Die Kandidatur, Alison Yip, NELL, 2021
wormhole Special: Running for Office – Die Kandidatur, Mikołaj Sobczak, JAN BOCKELSON, 2021
wormhole Special: Running for Office – Die Kandidatur, Mira Mann & Anna R. Winder, ADA, 2021
Yoshinori Niwa, Withdrawing Adolf Hitler from a private space, Clothing Container, 2018
Yoshinori Niwa, Withdrawing Adolf Hitler from a private space, Clothing Container, 2018
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
FORT, Guilty Flowers, Trashcan, wrapped bouquet of cloves, 2021
Angharad Williams, Questions, Vinyl banner, 2021
Angharad Williams, Questions, Vinyl banner, 2021
Angharad Williams, Questions, Vinyl banner, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Salon Atelier, never ever, series of weekly Performances behind 1st floor windows, 2021
Salon Atelier, never ever, series of weekly Performances behind 1st floor windows, 2021
Salon Atelier, never ever, series of weekly Performances behind 1st floor windows, 2021
Salon Atelier, never ever, series of weekly Performances behind 1st floor windows, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Dahaitsu Rooftop Gallery feat. Wolfgang Obermair: Die Wende, wood, styrofoam, textile, 2021
Dahaitsu Rooftop Gallery feat. Gabriele Eldbauer, Team Austria – I am from Österreich, fiberglass, aluminium, 2021
Dahaitsu Rooftop Gallery feat. Helmut Heiss, Come and see (Reif für die Insel), metal sheets, enamel, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
Esther Adam, Part of the Series Perspectives, Windowcolor on glass, 2021
