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Virtual exhibition of class 10b

The current version of the Virtual Kunsthalle

We cooperated with the Hans Ehrenberg School and the City of Bielefeld’s media lab for the first time from the beginning of September 2024 to the end of January 2025.

Nadine Kleinken taught a 10th grade art class in tandem with Sarah Findeis (teacher at the school) for one semester. The media lab provided the necessary number of VR headsets, which they have now added to their range. The project thus offered all three institutions the opportunity to find answers to their questions:
How can digital art and virtual reality be incorporated into the school curriculum? Is it possible to get pupils interested in art in a different way if current computer technology is incorporated? What ideas do people around the age of 16 have about the presentation of works from the Kunsthalle collection in virtual reality? What would they like to see and do in the Virtuelle Kunsthalle?

For us, the cooperation adds important aspects to our experience of participative work, in addition to the co-creative meetings. While Nadine Kleinken and the Kunsthalle are partly responsible for the differentiation of the concepts and fully responsible for the technical implementation of the ideas out of the co-creative meetings, the students themselves are primarily responsible for both. In this way, an important basis for further possible uses of the Virtual Kunsthalle can be tested: To what extent can people realize their ideas themselves with our technology, despite the technical complexity and limitations as well as a limited time frame?

The result is not only an excitingly polyvocal new prototype of the Virtuelle Kunsthalle. The students also played a key role in planning the launch and the posters to advertise the event. You can also view the posters in full size via the background gallery.

A brief view into the result


In the mood? This is how you enter the virtual art gallery of 10b.

If you have a VR headset, enter the following short link in your browser: https://t1p.de/3ssn9.

If you don’t have one but still want a 3D experience, come to one of our events.

Are you happy with the 2D view? Then you can enter here. (It is best to use the Microsoft Edge browser. It also works with all other common browsers, but some functions do not work here, such as the automatic playback of audio and video).

But why a Virtuelle Kunsthalle Bielefeld at all?

A group of pupils are standing in a room with a wooden floor and white walls. They listen to a woman pointing to one of the eight medium-sized picture frames on the wall. They are all wearing summer clothing.
On 6.9.2024, the project began with a guided tour of the thematically matching exhibition 'Between Pixel and Pigment. Hybrid painting in post-digital times'. Photo: Sarah Findeis
A group of pupils sits in a circle on the wooden floor. Various large-scale works of art hang on the high dark green walls.
The pupils also worked out the architecture of the museum and the characteristics of an art exhibition independently. Photo: Sarah Findeis
A classroom filled with students. The desks are all along the outside walls and are filled with computer screens, mice and keyboards.
From 20.9.2024 the project continued every Friday at the Hans Ehrenberg School. Photo: Sarah Findeis
You can see the backs of two students, each looking at a computer screen. A program for 3D modeling is open on the left and one for photo editing on the right.
A combination of different programs for digital drawing, 3D modeling, video, audio and image editing was needed to implement the ideas. No small challenge to tackle in a short period of time. Photo: Sarah Findeis
Four students stand one behind the other in a corridor. They have VR headsets on and controllers in both hands with which they are gesticulating.
One option was to paint directly in virtual reality. The necessary number of headsets was provided by the media lab of the city of Bielefeld. Photo: Sarah Findeis
You can see the backs of three schoolgirls from above. The two on the left are drawing on a tablet, the one on the right is doing 3D modeling on a PC.
Every art project has its tools, in this case they were mainly operated via touchscreen on the tablet or with the mouse on the computer. Photo: Sarah Findeis
A classroom with light green and white striped walls. All the desks have been moved out of the way and four students are sitting on chairs in the middle with VR headsets and controllers. A woman stands between them and explains something.
At the end of January 2025, all the results can be inspected together as a virtual exhibition. Photo: Sarah Findeis
Cell phone screenshot from an Instagram story. In the middle is a poster with people wearing VR headsets. Around it, it is written that one of the pupils
Things got colorful on the Kunsthalle's Instagram channel thanks to the students' advertisement posters.
Sky blue poster with curved lines. In the center is a photo of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld and a woman with a VR headset. Above and below the information: VR exhibition, April 4, 2025, 4 p.m., Kunsthalle
A space with endless posibilities and new perspectives. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Edda Hinzmann and Tabea Schermer from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule).
Light blue, dark blue and orange areas of brushstrokes in the background. Image motifs shine through on the left and right. Centered text from top to bottom informs: Digital art, 4.4.25, 4 p.m. start, program with food, student project. Several VR headsets hover around the text.
Poster for the launch of the new virtual exhibition of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Designed by pupils Denny Dustin Skuratov, Furkan Hirça and Denis-Alexander Mustaf from class 10b (Hans Ehrenberg School). Works of art featured from the Kunsthalle Bielefeld collection: Max Beckmann, Italienische Fantasie, 1925; Julio González, Tête dite ,La Suissesse‘, around 1932, Photos: Philipp Ottendörfer.
Everything is drawn in thin lines. In the middle you can see a person with long hair, a zipped jacket and a VR headset. In the top left-hand corner behind her is the Kunsthalle Bielfeld in a triangle. Written underneath: VR Art, 4.04., 4pm. On the right side are colorful watercolor spots in a wide arrow shape pointing to the center.
VR: endless posibilities. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Konrad Leo Behrendt, Till Eckmann and Joris Schröder from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule).
A painting of a pillared corridor in beige tones in the center. On the right side in the foreground is a VR headset. Pixels in blue and magenta emerge from its lenses and the image behind the lenses also has these colors. In the bottom left corner are two statues surrounded by beige pixels. Lettering in black and beige:
Digitally altered works of art 2. Poster for the launch of the new virtual exhibition of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Designed by pupils Timea Krauth, Julia Rempel and Zahra Hadeil from class 10b (Hans Ehrenberg School). Featured artworks from the collection of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld: Robert Delaunay, St. Séverin, 1926; Georg Kolbe, Najade, 1928, Photo: Ingo Bustorf; Julio González, Tête dite ,La Suissesse‘, um 1932, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer.
A pixelated arm is stretched out and the hand touches a landscape. Waves appear in the picture around the hand. Within these, the colors appear more colorful. In the top left corner is a VR headset, next to it in black and neon pink is the words
Digitally altered works of art. Poster for the launch of the new virtual exhibition of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Designed by pupils Timea Krauth, Julia Rempel and Zahra Hadeil from class 10b (Hans Ehrenberg School). Featured artwork from the collection of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld: Max Beckmann, Seelandschaft mit Pappeln, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer.
Photo of a painted poster. Dark green background with yellow winding lines. In between, in white, a VR headset with two controllers.
Virtual worlds of Art. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Svea Hollmann, Luana Allroggen and Mina Türk from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule).
Poster with a painted sailboat named Kunsthalle Bielefeld on green water. At the bottom left, a projector is aimed at the sails. Inside them is written 4.4.25 at 16:00.
Beyond the Frame. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Luisa Gabriel and Eray Tunç from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule).
Image of a VR headset in a golden ornate frame. The background and lettering on the VR headset are blue, purple, brown-gold. Writing has different fonts and says: Art from a different viewpoint using VR, names of project partners, 4.4.25, 4 pm.
Virtual tradition. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Levi Jeremia Krenzer and Jeremias Penner from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule).
Upright photo of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld from the sculpture park. The windows and stones of the facade are partially traced like a comic and painted in blue, purple and orange. These surfaces form a VR headset. Above and below is all the information about the vernissage: when, where, what is happening.
Traditional art and modern time. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Mia Vaupel and Lucy Katharina Roth from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule).
Cubist drawing of a Pierrot with a red and yellow striped ball on his back. The background has triangles of green tones. Pixelated white and red lettering, repeated several times slightly offset downwards, forms
A space with endless posibilities and new perspectives. Poster for the launch of the new Virtuelle Kunsthalle. Designed by Henry Heldberg and Samuel Bernhardt from class 10b (Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule). Featured artwork from the collection of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld: August Macke, Pierrot, 1913, Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer.
In the background, the pale drawing of a church corridor. In front of it, a large bronze statue of a naked, kneeling woman with short hair. In the middle of the poster, both can be seen in color through the lenses of a VR headset. Above and below the information: Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 4.04.25, 4 pm to approx. 7 pm.
Poster for the launch of the new virtual exhibition of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Designed by pupils Sarah Antonia Kleine-Beek, Rosalie Gaub, Luis Maximilian Krupicka and Finn Jona Wiens from class 10b (Hans Ehrenberg School). Works of art featured from the Kunsthalle Bielefeld collection: Robert Delaunay, St. Séverin, 1926; Georg Kolbe, Najade, 1928.
Color gradient from light to dark blue with thin semicircles on top. In the foreground, the statue of a naked man from the front. He is resting his right arm on his knees and his chin in his hand. He is wearing a VR headset. A white thought bubble emerges from his head and reads: Vernissage for digital art in collaboration with the high school. On the base of the statue it says Kunsthalle Bielfeld, next to it 4.4.2025, 4-7 pm.
Art! With a difference? Poster for the launch of the new virtual exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bielefeld. Designed by pupil Sofía Cimiano from class 10b (Hans Ehrenberg School). Artwork featured: Auguste Rodin, Le Penseur (The Thinker), 1880-1882, a version is on display in front of the Kunsthalle Bielefeld.
A white room with very high ceilings and lots of books on the walls. People of different ages and genders are standing in the middle of the room. In the foreground, a young man shows a middle-aged lady a VR headset. Other people are also wearing VR headsets.
The vernissage at the end on 4.4.2025 was another highlight. The pupils themselves guided the guests through their creations and gave an insight into their work processes.

Events

Tickets

The Kunsthalle Bielefeld and Michael Hellwig from the Rumpelstiltskin literature project invite exhibition visitors to explore a special kind of writing workshop.
Pictures tell stories that the participants discover for themselves, write down and then present to the other group members and/or exhibition visitors.

It is necessary to register in advance at:
anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 329995018

The offer is integrated into the literature festival Aufbrüche – of the literaturland westfalen network [lila we:] 2025.
However, the writing workshop led by Michael Hellwig can also be booked as a program for school classes on request.

Tickets

The Bauhaus Theater was full of experiments.
Experience it for yourself and be inspired by Xanti Schawinsky’s works such as the spectodrama scenes or stage studies. Together we explore this creative world of shapes, colors, light, sound and movement and develop our own theatrical and choreographic forms of expression. During two workshops we will work together on a small performance piece, which we will perform on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. in the stage set by Monster Chetwynd in the Kunsthalle.

The workshops can also be attended independently of each other. However, registration is required for participation.
Please also let us know how many workshops you would like to take part in and whether you can attend the performance.

Dates:
Thu, 01.5.25, 2 – 5 p.m.
Thu, 29.5.25, 2 – 5 p.m.
Fri, 30.5.25 7 p.m. Performance

Registration at:
info@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
T 0521 32999500

In cooperation with the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel

Logo of the Theaterwerkstatt Bethel. White lettering in a black box. On the far right, a white rectangle with a red X at the top.

Unter diesem Motto möchten wir euch einladen, mit uns gemeinsam einen Beitrag für den diesjährigen Carnival der Kulturen zu gestalten. Es soll eine gemeinsam erarbeitete Skulptur entstehen, die am 14.6.2025 beim Umzug der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert wird. Dazu gibt es fünf Workshoptermine, die von Sabine Stoffels und einer Kunstvermittlerin der Kunsthalle Bielefeld begleitet werden. Gerne kann die Skulptur und ihr Fortschritt auch außerhalb der Workshops in der Werkinsel betrachtet und sogar eigenständig weiter bearbeitet werden.

Hast du Lust mitzumachen? Dann melde dich zu den Workshops an oder besuche uns in der Werkinsel!
anmeldung@kunsthalle-bielefeld.de

Kinder unter 12 Jahren (in Begleitung Erwachsener) haben freien Eintritt.

 

On International Museum Day, the popular museum rally will take place in Bielefeld for the fourth time.
Grab a rally booklet and set off in search of answers in the exhibition rooms!

Between 12 noon and 4 p.m., you can take a look inside our Virtuelle Kunsthalle with VR headsets (always on the hour and half hour, meeting point Werkinsel).

Nine new art works to touch! – Virtual reality meets art museum Come along and experience together how small paintings fill entire rooms, how a landscape breaks the frame and how sounds change the effect of pictures. Try out with us how VR creates a new way to experience art.
VR headset use for ages 10 and up.

We designed the new version of our Virtuelle Kunsthalle together with pupils from a year 10 class at the Hans Ehrenberg School.
More information on the entire Virtual Kunsthalle project