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Exhibiting and preserving as toxic paradigms. Can cultural institutions negotiate the environmental crisis?

A contribution by Prof. Dr. Peter J. Schneemann

Director of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Bern

Lecture as part of the symposium
Yesterday. Today! Tomorrow?
From the museum of late modernism, its history and its future, monument protection, the “third place” or climate box versus climate crisis.
Part III, October 27 + 28, 2023
Climate box versus climate crisis. Fit for the future: the climate-neutral museum

The lecture discusses the current question of the contribution of contemporary art in conveying a new environmental awareness. What opportunities and challenges does this present for the museum’s self-definition? In which formats can the audience’s new expectations become productive?

Four exterior views of museum buildings constructed in the 2010s and early 2020s. They can be seen in long shot and are all gray or beige and in strict geometric shapes.
Expansion and new buildings: Kunsthaus Zürich, Humboldt Forum Berlin, Kunstmuseum Basel, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts. Clipping from the presentation
A large fire at dusk. It eats its way through a construction of wooden slats that form a building.
The artwork Skoghall by Alfredo Jaar stimulated reflection on the question of the future of museums by constructing a temporary art gallery as a social space that was destined to be burned.
Two Extinction Rebellion demonstrators in front of Pablo Picasso
A slide from the presentation.

You can watch the recording of the entire talk here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFq-P-3NaDM
Portrait photo of a white, middle-aged man. He laughs, wears short hair, round glasses with black frames, white shirt and sand-colored jacket.
Prof. Dr. Peter J. Schneemann

Director of the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art History at the University of Bern and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and History

Prof. Dr. Peter J. Schneemann has held the directorship since 2001 and the deanship since summer 2023. He currently leads the research projects Mediating the Ecological Imperative and Publics of Art. His research interests include methodological issues in dealing with contemporary art, perspectives on ecology, the education and identity formation of artists, historiographies of Abstract Expressionism, and cultural-political discourses since the 18th century.

Further blog posts related to the architecture symposium

The symposium is sponsored and supported by:

Black and white logo, the name of the institution flush left and the coat of arms of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia flush right.
Black and white logo, a black rectangle in which the name of the organization is written in capital letters.
Foundation logo, in green is written on the left in capital letters B & A with a circle around it. To the right is the foundation name written out in capital letters.
The poster advertising the architecture symposium with writing in the bottom left corner: Part 3, September 27 + 28.

Events

The experiment continues!

What might a virtual museum experience look like? Join us in the experimentation of how virtual reality can become a social site where art can be experienced in a new way. Come by and take a walk through our emerging digital architecture.

In the lobby
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

More information on the Virtual Kunsthalle project

How can companies become more sustainable through innovative ideas? Dr. Hans-Dietrich Reckhaus (winner of prestigious awards such as the German Mastermind Award, the Swiss Ethics Award and the European Sustainability Award) explains how he went from being a medium-sized insecticide manufacturer to a pioneer in saving insects and what role art played in this. In conversation with Jakob Kunzlmann (Senior Expert for Sustainable Value Creation, Bertelsmann Stiftung) and Christina Végh (Kunsthalle Bielefeld), we invite you to an open discussion afterwards.

Can a new order in the collection help us to achieve the paradigm shift demanded by the climate crisis? How does the way we deal with our social image memory influence our actions? In a dialogical guided tour, Christina Végh (Kunsthalle Bielefeld) explores the hypotheses of the Anthropocene together with Prof. Dr. Timo Skrandies (Institute of Art History, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), who has been researching and teaching on the relationship between art and the Anthropocene since 2013.
Without registration.

In cooperation with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

The Kunsthalle’s “work island” becomes an “art island”, no: a “dream island”. Let’s follow the “dreams of the owl”! Students of art history at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf and their professor Dr. Timo Skrandies invite you to heal our wounded planet with the means of art. How can that work? And why should “art” in particular be able to do this? Come along, have a look, think, have a say and … do it! By the way, you can do this at any age. We are there – from 12.00 to 18.00.
Costs: included in admission (free admission for pupils, trainees and students)

In cooperation with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Students of art history at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, together with their professor Dr. Timo Skrandies, invite you to explore the exhibition in small groups. We connect with the narratives of the images. We stroll through the exhibition and experience how art connects us with the past and the future. When art connects us with the past, we become an archive for the future. This keeps us awake and gives our battered planet new hope. Sounds exciting? We meet at the “Werkinsel” and start our tours at 12:00, 14:00 and 16:00.

Cost: included in admission (free admission for students)

 

In cooperation with Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

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