We cordially invite you to join us for our summer kick-off and the opening of our new collection presentation Auf dem Vulkan [On the Volcano] with an all-day program on Sunday, June 30, 2024 from 11 am. This year, Ludwig Forum Aachen is persuing the specific goal of placing greater emphasis on its own collections. In addition to the long-term research project Training the Archive, the restoration lab on the work Earth, Moon, Sun (1990) by Nam June Paik, and the three current exhibitions Ulrike Müller. Monument to My Paper Body, Fragments of a Reality That Once Was, and Terrestrial Perspectives, all of which take the own collections as their starting point, we will now open the fourth presentation with works from the collections titled Auf dem Vulkan [On the Volcano].
We would like to take this opportunity to celebrate and present all exhibitions with a special program throughout the entire day. We look forward to spending this day together with you over coffee, cake, cold drinks or a snack at the Ludwig Forum!
Program
Summer kick-off at Ludwig Forum
11 am
Reception and introduction by Eva Birkenstock (Director Ludwig Forum Aachen) and Dr. Carla Cugini (Chief Executive Officer, Peter and Irene Ludwig Foundation)
12 pm
Guided tours through the four collection presentations On the Volcano, Terrestrial Perspectives, Fragments of a Reality That Once Was, and Ulrike Müller. Monument to My Paper Body Eva Birkenstock, Galina Dekova, Mailin Haberland, Holger Otten, and Lisa Oord with Maja and Anton
1 pm
Guided tour through Terrestrial Perspectives with curator Lisa Oord (in English)
2 pm
Terrestrial Connections. Culinary field studies and interventions with Paula Erstmann
For Paula Erstmann, food is an artistic medium she uses to initiate dialogue with her audience. What stories do the food we eat tell us? And, indeed, what about the cutlery and dishes, the tablecloth and the table at which we eat? What collective memories are prompted?
Venue: Ludwig Forum Park
4 pm
Guided tours through the four collection presentations with Eva Birkenstock, Galina Dekova, Mailin Haberland, and Holger Otten
5 pm
Aus alter Wurzel neue Kraft
Artist Tim Berresheim will present his participatory art project in a short lecture followed by a discussion with Heinrich Brötz (Councillor for Cultural Affairs, City of Aachen), as well as a work which has been produced as part of the project in collaboration with pupils from Grundschule am Fischmarkt, Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium and participants from the VHS-College Aachen. The lecture and the conversation will be held in English.
6 pm
Debitage Geierknochenflöte
Flute concert by Stefanie Faust (solo flutist at Sinfonieorchester Aachen)
11 am – 5 pm, open workshop for children, teenagers, and adults
Antropothek
The work Antropothek by Dan Perjovschi shows the self-questioning of the artist on five thousand bundled and layered pieces of paper. The Romanian artist used a wide variety of available materials for the artwork and proceeded as inventively and sparingly as possible: He drew on notepads, scrap paper, books, newspapers and postcards. In the open workshop for children, teenagers, and adults, a very special “Antropothek” of the Ludwig Forum collections will be created as a joint work by all participants.
Photo: Annette Wehrmann, Blumensprengungen (Flower blasts), 1992–1995
