Freischwimmen. Headfirst into Art!
Just dive in! Without water, but with the same ease, visitors can drift through the exhibition Freischwimmen. Headfirst into Art! Whether with or against the current is up to you: Unusual juxtapositions and forms of presentation, a variety of spatial experiences and mediation options invite you to discover art from different perspectives in analog and/or digital spaces. You can swim through the exhibition in a variety of playful, creative, interactive and highly individual ways. Swim with us!
Inexperienced swimmers or those looking for a sporting challenge will not be left alone as they drift through the exhibition. A wide range of offerings navigate you through works by internationally renowned artists, opening up ever new perspectives and themes. As an agile museum constantly striving for an innovative variety of formats and methods, this exhibition was conceived for the first time by a cross-departmental team and with the support of a student advisory board from the Max-Born-Gymnasium in Backnang for the Digital Studio. Everyone who dares to take the plunge in the exhibition can also get their personal 鈥渃onfident swimmer badge鈥� from us!
Arriving
With a dynamic interplay of orientation and disorientation, Jeppe Hein鈥檚 mirrored labyrinth invites you to arrive and throw preconceived expectations overboard. The artist Nairy Baghramian, on the other hand, lets us gaze into the distance: Her sculpture, reminiscent of a large duffel bag, embodies a longing for adventure rather than the modern luxury that characterizes the cruise industry to this day. A hint of the nostalgic freedom promised by endless summers on the water runs through Robert Lebeck鈥檚 and Heinrich Heidersberger鈥檚 photographs of Wolfsburg in the 1960s and 70s. In the video installation by the GCC collective, individual objects suddenly 鈥渁waken鈥� in a seemingly lifeless city palace. In a tongue-in-cheek manner, Janette Laverri猫re鈥檚 surrealist furniture, modeled on an eye and an eyebrow, invites you to arrive and stay for a while.
Immersing
James Turrell鈥檚 light installation Moenkopi allows you to immerse yourself in atmospheric worlds of color: Spatial and temporal boundaries blur, depths shift, and with them your own position in the midst of light. Like Turrell, the Studio Digital combines digital art with digital technology and knowledge: For the first time, works from the collection merge with the virtual design and the digital and interactive offerings of the Studio Digital. Diving into this hybrid cosmos opens up new, unique possibilities for intuitive, playful, and creative immersion in the individual themes and content of the works.
Emerging
The way back to the surface leads through an installation by Tobias Rehberger that brings to life the interplay between architecture, people, environment, and social interaction. Shortly before the large 鈥渓eisure lawn,鈥� the room brightens up as 脫lafur El铆asson cast his colorful shadows. At the nearby kiosk, a snake-headed man offers his products for sale. Numerous faces gaze at the visitors from a large wall, drawing them into the thick of the crowd. Here, people and works of art from different decades, media, and styles come together in the form of portraits. But how does the individual image change in interaction with the others? How and where do new connections arise? But before you sit down on the lawn and make yourself comfortable, be sure to take a selfie to become part of this lively arrangement!
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Just dive in! Without water, but with the same ease, visitors can drift through the exhibition Freischwimmen. Headfirst into Art! Whether with or against the current is up to you: Unusual juxtapositions and forms of presentation, a variety of spatial experiences and mediation options invite you to discover art from different perspectives in analog and/or digital spaces. You can swim through the exhibition in a variety of playful, creative, interactive and highly individual ways. Swim with us!
Inexperienced swimmers or those looking for a sporting challenge will not be left alone as they drift through the exhibition. A wide range of offerings navigate you through works by internationally renowned artists, opening up ever new perspectives and themes. As an agile museum constantly striving for an innovative variety of formats and methods, this exhibition was conceived for the first time by a cross-departmental team and with the support of a student advisory board from the Max-Born-Gymnasium in Backnang for the Digital Studio. Everyone who dares to take the plunge in the exhibition can also get their personal 鈥渃onfident swimmer badge鈥� from us!
Arriving
With a dynamic interplay of orientation and disorientation, Jeppe Hein鈥檚 mirrored labyrinth invites you to arrive and throw preconceived expectations overboard. The artist Nairy Baghramian, on the other hand, lets us gaze into the distance: Her sculpture, reminiscent of a large duffel bag, embodies a longing for adventure rather than the modern luxury that characterizes the cruise industry to this day. A hint of the nostalgic freedom promised by endless summers on the water runs through Robert Lebeck鈥檚 and Heinrich Heidersberger鈥檚 photographs of Wolfsburg in the 1960s and 70s. In the video installation by the GCC collective, individual objects suddenly 鈥渁waken鈥� in a seemingly lifeless city palace. In a tongue-in-cheek manner, Janette Laverri猫re鈥檚 surrealist furniture, modeled on an eye and an eyebrow, invites you to arrive and stay for a while.
Immersing
James Turrell鈥檚 light installation Moenkopi allows you to immerse yourself in atmospheric worlds of color: Spatial and temporal boundaries blur, depths shift, and with them your own position in the midst of light. Like Turrell, the Studio Digital combines digital art with digital technology and knowledge: For the first time, works from the collection merge with the virtual design and the digital and interactive offerings of the Studio Digital. Diving into this hybrid cosmos opens up new, unique possibilities for intuitive, playful, and creative immersion in the individual themes and content of the works.
Emerging
The way back to the surface leads through an installation by Tobias Rehberger that brings to life the interplay between architecture, people, environment, and social interaction. Shortly before the large 鈥渓eisure lawn,鈥� the room brightens up as 脫lafur El铆asson cast his colorful shadows. At the nearby kiosk, a snake-headed man offers his products for sale. Numerous faces gaze at the visitors from a large wall, drawing them into the thick of the crowd. Here, people and works of art from different decades, media, and styles come together in the form of portraits. But how does the individual image change in interaction with the others? How and where do new connections arise? But before you sit down on the lawn and make yourself comfortable, be sure to take a selfie to become part of this lively arrangement!
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