Emscherkunst 2016
Art in the Public Space in the Eastern Ruhr Region
The idea of having art accompany the re-naturalizing of the Emscher River has developed into a triennial and long since a regular big event. One hundred days of city and nature, a fifty-kilometer art route, and seven exhibition spaces are utilized to present contributions on the topics of climate change, ecology, and future energies. The list of artists, whose approaches to the topic range from the humorous to the radical, reads like a “Who’s who” of international contemporary art.
The publication documents the intelligent, lively, and yet distinctive works that enrich not only the Emscher but also the art landscape in a surprising way, beyond any sculpture park monotony.
Artists
Ai Weiwei, Nevin Aladag, atelier le balto, Massimo Bartolini, Benjamin Bergmann, Rita McBride, Janet Cardiff & George Miller, Mark Dion, SuJin Do, Bogomir Ecker, Galerie für Landschaftskunst, Henrik Håkansson, Jeppe Hein, Inges Idee, Natalie Jeremijenko, Tadashi Kawamata, Mischa Kuball, Kunstakademie Münster, Erik van Lieshout, M+M, Reiner Maria Matysik, Observatorium, Lucy + Jorge Orta, Piet Oudolf und GROSS.MAX, Raumlabor, Tobias Rehberger, Clea Stracke und Verena Seibt, Roman Signer, Superflex, Apolonija Sustersic, Silke Wagner, Lawrence Weiner, Tobias Zielony
July 2016
ISBN 978-3-7356-0240-4
24 × 29 cm
336 pages
208 colored and 56 b/w illustrations
Gatefold Brochure, bound
Languages: German, English
Editor
Florian Matzner, Lukas Crepaz, Carola Geiß-Netthöfel, Uli Paetzel for Emschergenossenschaft Essen, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Regionalverband Ruhr
Text by
Katja Aßmann, Sabine Auer, Patricia Bender, Leonie Böhmer, Lukas Crepaz, Christina Danick, Karola Geiß-Netthöfel, Stefan Gronnert, Birte Hinrichsen, Daniel Klemm, Suze Kodde, Jasmin Kowalski, Anna Margarete Lavier, Florian Matzner, Martina Oldengott, Holger Otten, Uli Paetzel, Simone Timmerhaus, Ferdinand Ullrich, Lisa Maria Weber, Melanie Wessel, Marc Wrasse, Manual Zabel
Design by
Strobo, Munich
Events
Exhibition: “EMSCHERKUNST 2016”, June 4 – September 18 2016, Ruhr Region