L'animoteur 10 + 11 — Ritual für einen Kaktus-Esel und das Que(e)re
ritual for a cactus donkey and the odd and the queer — performance intervention
Floral Fantasies between Symbolism and Outsider Art 31/03 – 04/08/2019
The significance of plants as an artistic means of expressing emotional states is at the core of the interdisciplinary and inclusive cooperation project Floral Fantasies. Encompassing exhibitions, performances as well as dance and theatre productions, the theme of ‘Floral Fantasies’ in Outsider Art will be addressed and illuminated from different perspectives by the Wilhelm-Hack- Museum (Ludwigshafen), the Prinzhorn Collection (Heidelberg), zeitraumexit (Mannheim), the Galerie Alte Turnhalle (Bad Dürkheim) and the Museum Haus Cajeth (Heidelberg). Outsider Art is defined as works produced outside the boundaries of the art market and art history by persons suffering from mental illness or in conjunction with spiritual practice. Because of their special primal originality, Symbolist and Surrealist artists had a strong attraction to such works during the first decades of the 20th century. The Wilhelm-Hack-Museum has occupied itself with the theme’s historical roots and now presents an extensive exhibition juxtaposing Outsider Art with Symbolist and Surrealist works by such artists as Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, William Degouve de Nuncques, Max Ernst, Barbara Honywood, Paul Klee, Hilma af Klint, František Kupka, Séraphine Louis and Odilon Redon. The significance of Symbolism and Surrealism as the prerequisite for the discovery of mediumistic art and the Artistry of the Mentally Ill (Hans Prinzhorn, 1922) will be emphasised. As such, the show also questions the firm boundary between established art production and Outsider Art, underscoring in the process the fluent passage between the two under very different preconditions. The exhibition in the Prinzhorn Collection, the Museum Haus Cajeth and the Galerie Alte Turnhalle take the theme to the present day. zeitraumexit expands the question to encompass inclusive performances and theatre projects. Performative interventions as well as participative und inclusive installations form the connecting links for the entire project.
The exhibitions in the Prinzhorn Collection, the Haus Cajeth Museum and the Alte Turnhalle Gallery continue the theme to the present day. zeitraumexit expands the theme with inclusive performances and theatre projects. Performative interventions as well as participatory and inclusive installations form a link for the entire project.
exhibition catalogue
Saturday 15 June 2019, 16 h, performance at the Galerie Alte Turnhalle of Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim
Lebenshilfe Bad Dürkheim is a real place and a large community of solidarity, with tasks to accompany the whole life of people with a mental disability. People with intellectual disabilities, their parents, friends and full-time professionals work together in partnership. It is a living space within society. There is an old gymnasium on the premises. Here workshops and (art) exhibitions take place.
Sunday 16 June 2019, 14 h, performance at Sammlung Prinzhorn
The Prinzhorn Collection is a museum for art by people with exceptional psychological experiences. Its well-known historical holdings include approximately 6000 drawings, watercolours, paintings, sculptures, textiles and texts created by inmates of psychiatric institutions between 1840 and 1945. This worldwide unique collection was collected for the most part by the art historian and psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933) during his time as a resident at the Psychiatric Clinic of Heidelberg University. Among the most famous artists/authors of the historical collection are Else Blankenhorn, Franz Karl Bühler, Karl Genzel, Paul Goesch, Emma Hauck, August Klett, August Natterer, Agnes Richter, Joseph Schneller, Barbara Suckfüll and Adolf Wölfli.