Exhibition and performance project in Hamburg, curated with Lisa Klosterkötter
www.gegenwart.jetzt
With Gegenwart we attempt to make the fleeting phenomenon of the present more tangiblewithin the framework of an exhibition and performance project, aiming to establish it as a recurring major exhibition in Hamburg. At regular intervals over three years, we want to look at the changing and transforming present – each time with a different thematic focus. The first edition of the project in 2020–21 was dedicated to the phenomenon of youth. This thematic focus is based on the fact that the phenomenon of youth is a specific agglomeration and a concrete expression of the here and now. In this context, youth is understood as a place and an episode in which the present becomes visible in a remarkable way. We do not assume the existence of the youth, but rather, emphasize with doing their performative production in discourses and practices. Often, the notion of youth is accompanied by several attributes, expectations and norms of being young. The French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu does not see youth as a naturally given phase of life: "Youth is only a word". Much more, it is a battlefield of political, ideological and moral-ethical conflicts, a metaphor for social change, progress and the future. The program, consisting of performances, screenings, and exhibitions, was presented at the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Aula of the Hochschule für bildende Künste, as well as in the project spaces Come Over Chez Malik’s and hinterconti, along with various Hamburg kiosks, parks, a hostel, the Yoko Club, and other public locations. An open seminar titled 'The Kids are alright – Youth of the Present and Present of the Youth' followed by a panel discussion took place in the open space of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, and a film program was shown at the Metropolis Cinema
15.07.2021 / 3 pm
Keira J Fox (New Noveta) in collaboration with Louis Backhouse and Vindicatrix, Peine forte et dure
Sound Interventions, Aula der Hochschule für bildende Künste, Lerchenfeld 2
15.07.2021 / 6 pm
Samantha Bohatsch, IMR
Performance, Playground Birkenau, triangle netween Lerchenfeld, Birkenau, Schürbekerbogen near HFBK
15.07.2021 / 6 pm
Kristin Loschert, Gymnasium
Exhibition, Neue Barmbeker Apotheke, Fuhlsbüttler Str. 121
15.07.2021 / 6 pm
Hilma Bäckström and Jil Lahr, The Fountain of Youth
Bar, Neue Barmbeker Apotheke, Fuhlsbüttler Str. 121
16.07.2021 / 12–7 pm
Nschotschi Haslinger, Weltenzelt
Auditive installation, Harburger Stadtpark, Wilstorf
16.07.2021 / 12–6 pm
Fashion House Limanka, The Last Train to Warsaw
Screening, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof
16.07.2021 / from 5 pm
Aleen Solari, 8/19 dynasty
Exhibition, Sekos Kiosk, Clemens-Schultz-Straße 29
16.07.2021 / from 7 pm
Elisa Barrera, Falena – Nachtfalter
Exhibition, Yoko Club x Come Over Chez Malik’s, Valentinskamp 47
17.07.2021 / 12–4 pm
The Kids are alright
Open seminar and panel discussion with Hans-Christian Dany, Carsten Heinze, and Fatumata, organized and moderated by Martin Karcher
Freiraum of the Museums für Kunst und Gewerbe, Steintorplatz
17.07.2021 / 2–6 pm
Daniel Hopp, MISS U more
Screening, Generator Hostel, Steintorplatz 3
17.07.2021 / 10 am–6 pm
Hans Hemmert, level (2m groß sein)
Exhibition, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Galerie der Gegenwart, Glockengießerwall 5
17.07.2021 / 6 pm
Jasmina Al-Qaisi, the water spring blue me speaking
Soundperformance, Plateau of the Kunsthalle Hamburg, Glockengießerwall 5, 20095 Hamburg
17.07.2021 / 8 pm
Gegenwart x Jetzt x Erdogaysss with Best Boy Electric, C. Looper, Dj Yesus, Femalemacho, orginized by Yeşim Duman
Barboncino Zwölphi, St. Pauli Fischmarkt 27
18.07.2021 / from 3 pm
Veit Laurent Kurz, Gelbgeist
Exhibition, hinterconti, Balduinstraße 24
Accompanying works:
– Josefina Anjou and Niklas Büscher, Late Bloomer (Excerpt in the middle of the booklet for Gegenwart: Doing Youth)
– Claire Barrow, Fashion archive 2012–2021 (A sample of various collections were worn by two people during all events of Gegenwart: Doing Youth)
– Paula Erstmann, Elle Fleck, Anna Haifisch, Nadine Janetzky (Manga Hamburg), Editionen in Kiosks
– Marie Lüder, Talisman for Gegenwart: Doing Youth
