CURRENT: APOPHORETA ‘23
15. – 17.12.2023
Apophoreta are festive gifts that were raffled or distributed on special occasions in Roman households.
Martial wrote his Apophoreta in view of the Saturnalia, the main occasion for the distribution of such gifts. Not only at the banquet of Trimalchio of Petron but also outside the Saturnalia festival such gifts were raffled off.
The stylish awarding of the gifts apparently included that they were announced by a short original poem (in Martial's case a two-liner). Martial distinguishes between gifts for the rich and for the poor, which are often presented alternately in the Apophoreta. In their quality and value they can differ considerably. For example, Martial poems both to a golden decorated drinking bowl and to drinking utensils made of clay.
As a homeage to this ancient custom, we are hosting a waiting room full of present available for purchase off– and online!
TOGETHER WITH:
Anne Büscher, Anna Hofmann, Baga, Cake Tingz, Clara Schweers, Flora Manon, Hapceramics, Lisa Scherebnenko, Lea Lauren, Madita Wischer, Maya Grüsgen, Studio Kuhlmann
︎︎︎APOPHORETA ‘23 EDITIONS
15. – 17.12.2023
Apophoreta are festive gifts that were raffled or distributed on special occasions in Roman households.
Martial wrote his Apophoreta in view of the Saturnalia, the main occasion for the distribution of such gifts. Not only at the banquet of Trimalchio of Petron but also outside the Saturnalia festival such gifts were raffled off.
The stylish awarding of the gifts apparently included that they were announced by a short original poem (in Martial's case a two-liner). Martial distinguishes between gifts for the rich and for the poor, which are often presented alternately in the Apophoreta. In their quality and value they can differ considerably. For example, Martial poems both to a golden decorated drinking bowl and to drinking utensils made of clay.
As a homeage to this ancient custom, we are hosting a waiting room full of present available for purchase off– and online!
TOGETHER WITH:
Anne Büscher, Anna Hofmann, Baga, Cake Tingz, Clara Schweers, Flora Manon, Hapceramics, Lisa Scherebnenko, Lea Lauren, Madita Wischer, Maya Grüsgen, Studio Kuhlmann
︎︎︎APOPHORETA ‘23 EDITIONS
TRANSITION OR THE DAWN OF MEN
30.06.–02.07.2023
A reality augmentation by Citra Amongsari and Luna Grüsgen June
Last year I was taking the subway over Mülheim Bridge.
Unlike other mornings, the sun glittered over an unknown river,
with trees rising straight out of the water, and birds winging softly through a golden fog. It felt like another world;
and momentarily I forgot that I was on my way to Reichensperger Platz.
Transitions or the Dawn of Men is a feeling turned installation triggered by the high tide of
the Rhine river. As we see crisis upon crisis shape and fuel our burning twenty twenties, is our normality becoming an augmented reality? We feel the natural and synthetic forces at work, as the border between virtual and physical rapidly blur. And in this light, as our worldy paradigms melt and burn and shift, may we fantasize of virtual salvations? Of synthetic simulations, hybrid dreams and other exit strategies? Transitions or the Dawn of Men is such a liminal zone. An in between. A threshhold, charged with the alluring energy of what might wait on the other side.
I slowly shift into another hemisphere, unimagined and almost imperceptible. Like a new dream that rises from under my skin.
30.06.–02.07.2023
A reality augmentation by Citra Amongsari and Luna Grüsgen June
Last year I was taking the subway over Mülheim Bridge.
Unlike other mornings, the sun glittered over an unknown river,
with trees rising straight out of the water, and birds winging softly through a golden fog. It felt like another world;
and momentarily I forgot that I was on my way to Reichensperger Platz.
Transitions or the Dawn of Men is a feeling turned installation triggered by the high tide of
the Rhine river. As we see crisis upon crisis shape and fuel our burning twenty twenties, is our normality becoming an augmented reality? We feel the natural and synthetic forces at work, as the border between virtual and physical rapidly blur. And in this light, as our worldy paradigms melt and burn and shift, may we fantasize of virtual salvations? Of synthetic simulations, hybrid dreams and other exit strategies? Transitions or the Dawn of Men is such a liminal zone. An in between. A threshhold, charged with the alluring energy of what might wait on the other side.
I slowly shift into another hemisphere, unimagined and almost imperceptible. Like a new dream that rises from under my skin.
WERKSTÜCK – PIECE OF WORK
19.–29.01.2023
The better version of ourselves is born with storytelling. May it be in a job interview, our instagram feed or an artist statement. The image we present to others evokes trust. Trust in us, trust in our assets. And with their rise, also our stock price is growing. So we build our narratives to be ready for a stand up elevator pitch. Of course, the most promising story wins. And the winner goes home with the money.
Ursula Le Guin describes in ‚The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction‘, how the first tool of humans wasn’t a spear but must have been a bag or some form of container. Nutrition was covered by seeds and other foods that could be collected, which they needed a storage for - the container. But what everyone remembers and what made it into art was the glorious stories of the hunters with their spears. The heros and heroines of the party after a long day. Not that the meat was needed to cover nutritional needs, no, it was just the better story.
Todays act of storifying ourselves was recently given the name ‚Lorecore‘ by Shumon Basar, who describes this phenomenon as one of late capita- lism. A stage in where we are all characters.
The commodification of self and self-branding though has always existed. It is part of communication within a society. According to what surrounds us and what is seen as worthy, you present what you have. The commodi- fication of self was there, the hunters and their stories were there, Lorecore was there. Just in another dress. The process didn’t really change much since the Middle Ages for example, there are just more social rights now thankfully, and more words. Thus, more options to define ourselves. The realm of language is expanding with every neologism, until it allows infinite identifications.
We learned a lot from social media about us and the image of ourselves. We are aware that we do storytelling. The stock market is thriving, cras- hing, thriving, crashing. The question is what drives the story in the end, what values make the story a good story?
19.–29.01.2023
The better version of ourselves is born with storytelling. May it be in a job interview, our instagram feed or an artist statement. The image we present to others evokes trust. Trust in us, trust in our assets. And with their rise, also our stock price is growing. So we build our narratives to be ready for a stand up elevator pitch. Of course, the most promising story wins. And the winner goes home with the money.
Ursula Le Guin describes in ‚The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction‘, how the first tool of humans wasn’t a spear but must have been a bag or some form of container. Nutrition was covered by seeds and other foods that could be collected, which they needed a storage for - the container. But what everyone remembers and what made it into art was the glorious stories of the hunters with their spears. The heros and heroines of the party after a long day. Not that the meat was needed to cover nutritional needs, no, it was just the better story.
Todays act of storifying ourselves was recently given the name ‚Lorecore‘ by Shumon Basar, who describes this phenomenon as one of late capita- lism. A stage in where we are all characters.
The commodification of self and self-branding though has always existed. It is part of communication within a society. According to what surrounds us and what is seen as worthy, you present what you have. The commodi- fication of self was there, the hunters and their stories were there, Lorecore was there. Just in another dress. The process didn’t really change much since the Middle Ages for example, there are just more social rights now thankfully, and more words. Thus, more options to define ourselves. The realm of language is expanding with every neologism, until it allows infinite identifications.
We learned a lot from social media about us and the image of ourselves. We are aware that we do storytelling. The stock market is thriving, cras- hing, thriving, crashing. The question is what drives the story in the end, what values make the story a good story?
MANY–TO–MANY
12. – 22.5.2022
Many-to-Many is a group of 9 female designers, Anne-Sophie Oberkrome, Clara Schweers, Delphine Lejeune, Hannah Kuhlmann, Jenna Kaes, Juliana Maurer, Kurina Sohn, Lisa Ertel & Tatjana Stürmer.
The collective of 9 female designers hold a residency as part of the exhibition “EAST to WEST” at Schloss Hollenegg.
Each of them have a different background within their own practice, a different approach in their own story but in a way, they all share similar interests.
As a collective, they aim to explore new approaches for an interdisciplinary exchange and a symbiotic design process. Many–to–Many's approach is to give space to female realities and to facilitate moments of collective dreaming that broaden our imagination and will lead us into alternative futures.
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12. – 22.5.2022
Many-to-Many is a group of 9 female designers, Anne-Sophie Oberkrome, Clara Schweers, Delphine Lejeune, Hannah Kuhlmann, Jenna Kaes, Juliana Maurer, Kurina Sohn, Lisa Ertel & Tatjana Stürmer.
The collective of 9 female designers hold a residency as part of the exhibition “EAST to WEST” at Schloss Hollenegg.
Each of them have a different background within their own practice, a different approach in their own story but in a way, they all share similar interests.
As a collective, they aim to explore new approaches for an interdisciplinary exchange and a symbiotic design process. Many–to–Many's approach is to give space to female realities and to facilitate moments of collective dreaming that broaden our imagination and will lead us into alternative futures.
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50733 Cologne
Germany
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