8th Biennial ‘Höhler’ 2017
The so-called ‘Höhler’ – medieval beer warehouses in Gera – are located right under the old town. The caves are located in Zechsteinlime or in different clay mud beds with brickwork.
The theme “Shadow World”, under which the biennial 2017 stands, is synonymous with the underworld, the pictorial representation of a world beyond – like in the myths of many cultures or the hell of the Christian religion.
Originally, the underworld described everything “under the surface of the earth”. In the present language, the term is loaded with a variety of meaning, from a shady milieu of criminals to the so-called “asocial layers”, to illegal economic enterprises and the unauthorized stay of foreigners. “Shadowworld” as a metaphor for the parallel societies of our time thus offers diverse approaches for critical artistic productions.
participating artists:
Ambech
Beate Baumgärtner
Heinz Bert Dreckmann
Jürgen Friede
Wolfgang Gemmer
Myriam Gross Mall
Sue Hayward
Sabine Hunecke
Hanna Järvenpää
Robert Kessler/Helmut Massenkeil
Jeong-Eun Lee
Oscar Estepa Marin
Joost Meyer
Judith Rautenberg
Janina Schmid
Ulrike Schüchler
Bettina Schünemann
Anne Sevenich
Mark Swysen
Daniel Theiler
Günter Wagner
Carolin Weinert
Jenny Winter-Stojanovic
Anna Debora Zimmermann
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Bildunterschriften:
im Slider:
| Anne Sevenich | Von goldenen Fäden und flüchtigen Schatten | Fotograf: Atrium Digital, Gera
im Text:
| Cosima Schugmann | Begegnung – Jede Begegnung, die unsere Seele berührt, hinterlässt eine Spur, die nie ganz vergeht – | Foto: Jana Holec JaHo Fotografik
| Oscar Estepa Marin | PINYIN | Foto: Atrium Digital, Gera
| Marion Linke | Der Verletzlichkeit Raum geben | Foto: Atrium Digital, Gera