space_relations

2025

The Weltkunstzimmer, the art center of the Hans Peter Zimmer Foundation, has been offering space for exhibitions, concerts, dance and theater performances, workshops, talks and festivals for over ten years now. A special focus is placed on the (creative) role of art in society. This is where space_relations comes in: Over the course of a year, Mischa Kuball will open up the Weltkunstzimmer for active discussion, reflection and experimentation, thereby linking the venue more closely with existing institutions and actors in the region.

In order to give art and its impact more space, the foundation is aiming to further develop the exhibition spaces from 2025 to create an infrastructure that can be used independently all year round in order to be able to run up to three projects in parallel.

In preparation for the conversion measures, space_relations is to work together on the mental spaces of possibility that are opening up and formulate visions. To this end, the conceptual artist Mischa Kuball was invited to pave the way artistically and develop a discursive and participatory Gesamtkunstwerk. Mischa Kuball's artistic work in public and private spaces transcends genres and addresses questions that the respective location and context pose to the artist. His art often pursues a socio-political dimension that analyzes, challenges and recontextualizes existing structures. Using the means of art, the Weltkunstzimmer is intended to become a “place of relationships” throughout the year and beyond. Exciting connections between the city, the cultural scene, institutions, interdisciplinary theory and practice will emerge and become visible and tangible at various locations in the city. Based on the question of what kind of program an art institution without premises can show, the Weltkunstzimmer wants to use art as a creative force in society and open itself up as a collaborative network for exchange and experimentation beyond city and national borders.