Exhibition from
23.8. until 10.11.2024

Vernissage:
Friday, 23 August at 6 pm
 "Between Root and Treetop –
Fragments from the Forest Network"

Thematic group exhibition with 31 international artistic positions
Opening hours:
Tue+Thur 10am-3pm, Wed+ Fri 5pm-8pm,
Sat 2-7pm, Sun + public holidays 11am-7pm

Admission: Your adequate contribution in our donation box at the entrance

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Take a virtual Tour trough the exhibition:



CATALOGUE:


A catalogue of the exhibition has been published by Walkmühle: 144 pages, hardcover, 24.5 x 30.5 cm, German/English
ISBN 978-3-946634-25-6
Price: 39,- €
The catalogue is available at the Walkmühle in the foyer. Alternatively, it can also be sent by post (plus postage). Please send us an e-mail to mail@walkmuehle.net


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 In the tradition of its thematic group exhibitions, the Künstlerverein Walkmühle is devoting this major show to the theme of the forest, which is also the new regional focus of the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain and to which numerous cultural institutions are contributing exhibitions, performances, concerts and other activities.
For the exhibition project at the Walkmühle, the two curators Christiane Erdmann and Verena Schmidt selected positions from thirty-one artists and artist duos, some of them renowned, from Germany, but also from Denmark, Israel, the Netherlands and India:


ANKABUTA • ECKART BARTNIK • RUNE BOSSE • PERSIJN BROERSEN & MARGIT LUKÁCS • ISTVÁN CSÁKI • SHARBENDU DE • MAIKE DENKER • YVONNE DIEFENBACH • WOLFGANG DÜRR • LAURA FORD • HANNAH GIESELER • LEA GREBE • TUE GREENFORT • ANDREAS GREINER • FRAUKE HÄNKE & CLAUS KIENLE • JOACHIM HENKEL • HELGE HOMMES • KONNIE KELLER • FABIAN KNECHT • GABRIELE KURTH-SCHELL • MALATSION & CHRISTINE FIEBIG • REINIER NIJDAM • JELKA PLATE • JENS RAUSCH • MARINA SAILER • SAXANA NICOLE SCHÖTSCHEL • ULRICH SCHREIBER • DINA SHENHAV • WULF WINCKELMANN • KATJA WUNDERLING • LIDONG ZHAO

Click on the names for more information about the artists.



The exhibition title "Between Root and Top" does not describe a static state, but rather an imaginary space that opens up as a network between the individual players in the forest: because the forest is much more than the sum of its trees. In the "in-between", a colorful community lives in a systemic and symbiotic coexistence that is, however, marked by human intervention and therefore challenged in its functionality. In the new exhibition by the Künstlerverein Walkmühle, this living network is presented in fragments through the individual artistic positions. The isolated fragments bear narrative traces, from whose perspective the overall picture of the exhibition theme develops.

Following the questions: What and who lives in the forest? What is the quality of the individual and of togetherness? Or: What function does the forest play in contemporary discourses? – the exhibition also takes a critical look at traditional ideas. The forest as a myth, symbol and utopian place of longing has long been metaphorically exploited. As a result of mankind and climate change, it has become a protagonist in the discourse on the search for new concepts for nature and the natural. In these times of change, new venues are opening up that need to be explored. This exhibition aims to provide a stage for new approaches, stories and fairy tales. From the diversity of the positions on display, an interplay with narrative power unfolds that tells of individuality and community, growth and destruction, process and standstill and of originality in the age of the Anthropocene.

Visitors can expect a diverse and high-caliber exhibition whose individual positions deal with the theme artistically - both humorously and seriously and poetically. In a contemporary range of classical and new media through to immersive video installations, there are plenty of surprises, but of course also the expected, in keeping with the title: Trees.




Events accompanying the exhibition:

As part of our focus topic "Forest", we would like to take this opportunity to draw your attention to our accompanying events in late summer and fall (you can find further information via the integrated links):

Wednesday, September 4 at 8 pm: "In the Name Of Us All"
A film evening about the conflicts in Hambach Forest. Guests are the artist duo Helge Hommes and Saxana N. Schötschel. Our 116th Salon on the first Wednesday.
You can find more information HERE (only in German)

Wednesday, October 2 at 8 pm: "A glimpse into the realm of mushrooms"
Our guest: Ulrich Kaiser, biologist and curator in the nature section of the Hessian State Museum. Our 117th Salon on the first Wednesday.
You can find more information HERE (only in German)

Thursday, October 17 at 7 pm:
"The mycelium of fungi and other regenerative building materials of the future"
Architectural lecture by Dr. Dirk Hebel on sustainable building with regenerative materials. In cooperation with the Wiesbadener Architekturzentrum.
You can find more information HERE (only in German)

Wednesday, November 6 at 8 pm: "Oak and walnut in isolation"
An illustrated experience report by Cornelia Saalfrank about the installative series "Isolations" by Fabian Knecht. Our 118th Salon on the first Wednesday.
You can find more information HERE (only in German)






An event kindly supported by the Cultural Office of the State Capital Wiesbaden, the Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain, the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art and the Nassauische Sparkasse.
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We would also like to thank our media partner:



Cover picture: Fabian Knecht: "Isolation - Stamm". Courtesy alexander levy, Berlin. Photo: ©Fabian Knecht.