40 Years

We are excited to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Dortmunder Kunstverein on November 30, 2024 – exactly four decades and four days after its founding. Together, we will be carried by the wind of the past 40 years through an air show with artist kites and a diverse program. Let’s raise a toast to the past, present, and future encounters and experiences with art: To an open and active free scene of art enthusiasts and artists, bridging the Ruhr area with the world.

PROGRAM 

2:30 PM reception & toast

3 PM Welcome words
Marion Edelhoff, chairwoman
Rebekka Seubert, artistic director

3:15 PM
Catalogue presentation and panel discussion
Democracy and Engagement – the role of Kunstvereine in Urban Cultural Development
with Meike Behm (ADKV), Erich G. Fritz (former MP, co-founder of Dortmunder Kunstverein in 1984), Britta Peters (Artistic Director, Urbane Künste Ruhr), Jörg Stüdemann (cultural commissioner and head of city administration, city of Dortmund), Prof. Dr. Renée Tribble (Professor for urban development, TU Dortmund)
moderation: Rebekka Seubert

4 PM
Collective kite flying in front of the Kunstverein
A project in cooperation with artist Moritz Englebert featuring artist kites by Iván Argote, Federico Cuatlacuatl, hobbypopMUSEUM, HULFE, I.S. Kalter, Kollaps Plaza, Shirin Sabahi, Hoda Tawakol, Alison Yip
► Bring your own kite, too!

4:30-5:30 PM
kite workshop for children 

parallel
presentation of Jahresgaben (editions) at the Liquid Currency Bar
coffee & homemade cake from the Board
mulled wine bar
food truck

5 PM
musical performance: Soya Arakawa - Shoumi/正味
During the performance, Arakawa uses different locations at the Kunstverein, playing the three-stringed Japanese instrument Sanshin and singing both traditional Okinawan folk songs and improvised pieces. As a child, Arakawa could only sing one song properly, a tune that he varied in many ways and helped to pass the boredom on the way to school. This playful approach connects Arakawa with folk songs – including those traditionally sung on the way to fieldwork, to accompany monotonous tasks.

6 PM
concert: Peter Strickmann - Totter Passel
A self-constructed pneumatic instrument takes center stage, animating small puddles of water with constant winds to create a sonic vocabulary of sequencer mimicry patterns, fake synth sounds, and miniature water percussion. Supporting roles are played by feedback manipulations and self-made wind instruments such as a roof-lath saxophone and a cup bassoon.

from 7 PM
DJ set: Lip71
culinary performance: Artist Mukbang - Windbeutel
performative intervention: Zoe Williams & HYDRA (anna gloria flores) at the Liquid Currency Bar

9 PM
DJ set by 909 Schneider, co-organised with Atelier Amore for dancing into midnight

The 40th anniversary celebration is made possible with the support of

as well as from year-round event partners

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