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EXPANDED FIELD I migrating the colour fields

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Contemporary Positions from Chicago in Burgdorf: EXPANDED FIELD I – migrating the colour fields at Kunstraum MITTE37 From 6 to 25 June 2026, the newly founded Kunstraum MITTE37 in Burgdorf presents EXPANDED FIELD I – migrating the colour fields , bringing together twelve contemporary artistic positions from Chicago for the first time in Germany. The exhibition opens a transatlantic field of resonance in which artists working across painting, performance, dance, music and film introduce their practices and engage directly with the public. It forms part of the international art symposium THE OCEAN BETWEEN , initiated in 2016 by Chicago- and Hanover-based artist and curator Marianna Buchwald . For Buchwald, the ocean is not a dividing line but a living in‑between space where artistic energies, cultural experiences and aesthetic impulses circulate freely. Over the past years, this network has fostered numerous collaborations between Chicago and the Hanover region—connections that ultimate...

Exhibition SofaLoft Hannover "The Ocean Between IX"

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Wenn Kunst Grenzen überschreitet, entsteht ein Raum, der größer ist als jede einzelne Disziplin. The Ocean Between IX öffnet im Juni 2026 genau diesen Raum: ein offenes Feld zwischen Kontinenten, getragen von Künstler*innen aus den USA, Deutschland und Afrika. Unter dem Leitmotiv Migrating The Color Fields – Expanded Field wird Kunst nicht gezeigt, sondern in Bewegung gesetzt – zwischen Körper und Bild, Film und Performance, Ritual und Gegenwart. Seit seinen Anfängen versteht sich The Ocean Between als lebendiges Netzwerk über den Atlantik hinweg. 2026 weitet sich dieses Netzwerk erneut aus: Tanz, Film, Musik, Malerei, Lichtkunst und Performance verschränken sich zu einem gemeinsamen Terrain, das sich über mehrere Orte erstreckt – vom Sofa Loft Hannover als pulsierendem Zentrum über den Kunstraum MITTE37 als kuratorischen Denkraum bis zu Medienhaus, Bürgerschule und Scharniertheater. Jede Bühne bringt ihre eigene Energie ein und formt zusammen eine künstlerische Landschaft, die die Reg...

KAFKA – International Mail Art

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  KAFKA – International Mail Art A global art project honouring an author whose imagery continues to resonate In 2024, the centenary of Franz Kafka’s death was commemorated. A hundred years later, it is more evident than ever how inexhaustibly his work inspires artists around the world. Kafka’s texts—marked by psychological acuity, radical imagination, and a form that is both simple and immensely powerful—remain an open archive of human existence. His world is a cosmos of images that unsettle and move us, at once familiar and strangely distant. Those who share a similar sensitivity recognise in it the beauty and the unease of life, tightly interwoven. A project that transcends borders For many years, the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków has been developing artistic projects inspired by Kafka’s aphorisms from “Reflections on Sin, Suffering, Hope, and the True Way.” Within the framework of the 2024 programme “Freedom – Boundaries of Identity,” a new impulse emerged: an ...

MITTE37 - A New Center for Art, Exchange and Experimentation

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MITTE37 — A New Center for Art, Exchange and Experimentation In the quiet heart of Burgdorf, just between the rhythms of everyday life and the wider cultural landscape of the Hannover region, a new artistic space is taking shape: MITTE37. More than a gallery, more than an atelier, and more than a temporary home for artists, it is a living, breathing place where contemporary art, cultural dialogue and creative hospitality come together. At its core stands the studio of Susanne Schumacher, an artist whose practice moves confidently between photography, Fluxus, Mail Art and conceptual approaches. From this studio, a hybrid space unfolds — one that welcomes exhibitions, artistic production, residencies and neighborhood-based cultural work. MITTE37 is designed as an open forum, intentionally positioned outside the commercial gallery system. Here, proximity matters: proximity between artists and audiences, between guests and hosts, between ideas and the people who carry them. The program emb...

MITTE37 - independent contemporary art space

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MITTE37 is an independent contemporary art space dedicated to fostering artistic experimentation, critical dialogue, and cross-cultural exchange. Established as a hybrid environment that merges studio practice, exhibition-making, and community engagement, the space operates at the intersection of artistic production and public discourse. Rather than functioning as a fixed institution, MITTE37 positions itself as an evolving platform that continually redefines its scope through each exhibition, collaboration, and curatorial gesture. The program is structured around a set of recurring formats that articulate distinct curatorial perspectives: TIMEPICTURE as an introspective point of departure; EXPANDED FIELD as a transatlantic exchange; FRESH MOVES as a regional spring initiative; 37 * HAVE A LOOK as an international Mail Art exhibition; and an annual collection presentation that serves as a moment of reflection. These formats operate as conceptual frameworks that bring together diverse ...

All Against All - Alle Gegen Alle I EISFABRIK HANNOVER

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Opening of the Second “All Against All” Exhibition at Eisfabrik Hannover. On December 11, 2025, the exhibition “Everyone Against Everyone” opened in the White Hall of Eisfabrik Hannover (Seilerstraße 15F, 30171 Hannover) — a format that captivates through its radical openness and democratic spirit. The concept developed by the artist collective Kong (led by Anton Riebe) is as simple as it is unusual: There is no jury and no preselection. - Anyone who submits a work — whether painting, sculpture, installation, ceramics, or photography — may place it in the hall themselves, as long as space is available. - The artists design their presentation independently; the exhibition remains uncensored and unembellished. This creates an overwhelming panorama of the local art scene: colors, forms, and subjects encounter one another freely and on equal footing. Visitors experience an atmosphere of diversity, joy, and mutual understanding that makes the spirit of community tangible. Between pride ...

FLUXUS 2025 – OPEN TINY BIG - Art as a State of Being, Not an Exhibition

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FLUXUS 2025 – OPEN TINY BIG -  Art as a State of Being, Not an Exhibition Berlin, October 2025. Between Sonnenallee and Karl-Marx-Straße—where everyday life pulses and the city reveals its raw, poetic sides—a space opened for three days that was anything but ordinary: the OPEN TINY KIEZKIOSK at Treptower Straße 84 became the stage for a state of artistic exception—FLUXUS 2025 & COLLAGE – OPEN TINY BIG. What happened here wasn’t an exhibition. It was a state. A flow. An invitation to think, feel, and co-create. Around 50 visitors—including artists, writers, cultural managers, and art-loving flâneurs—found their way into this temporary resonance space, which defied the conventions of the art world and instead celebrated the unfinished, the spontaneous, and the processual. From Chicago to Hannover to Berlin – A Movement in Motion Back in August, FLUXUS 2025 had already dissolved boundaries between performance, dance, and visual art at an interdisciplinary festival in Chicago. Unde...