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05/23/2024 10:00

HfK exhibition in the Alte Pathologie Bremen

Melisa Lemcke Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Hochschule für Künste Bremen

Transformative dialogues between art, design and technology, May 29 to June 2

The exhibition "Studies of Change" shows works by 26 artists from the University of the Arts (HfK) Bremen. In their works, they combine art with technological, social, ecological and political issues. The exhibition will take place in the Alte Pathologie Am Schwarzen Meer from May 29th to June 2nd, 2024. A place that is itself in a state of flux. Admission is free.

For over 100 years, death was omnipresent in the Alte Pathologie (old pathology) Am Schwarzen Meer – until the doors were closed in 2022. AP Baustein Alpha GmbH (AP) bought the former morgue in March 2024 and plans to develop the building into a local centre. The working title ‘Villa Kunterbunt’ suggests plenty of space for creativity and culture.

A new neighbourhood is being created on the former site of the Bremen-Mitte Clinic, the Hulsberg district, whose development is inevitably linked to the future use of this special location. "Studies of Change" is the first exhibiton in the Alte Pathologie since its been sold.

"Our artistic impulses are intended to make a contribution to look at the Alte Pathologie from a different perspective. In this sense, the exhibition marks a step towards integrating the building into the urban fabric of the new Hulsberg district," said Slava Romanov, who is one of the exhibiting artists.

Romanov is a Master's student at the University of the Arts Bremen. The exhibited media artworks were developed as part of the Digital Media programme under the supervision of Professor Ralf Baecker. Robots powered through light, a mechanical orchestra that interprets real-time data from commodity stocks, explorations of the voice through physical and phenomenological investigations, as well as interrogations of embedded vectors in AI and speculations on time and computational are just a few examples of the works that are spectacularly placed in the seemingly empty building, which at the same time still bears the visible traces of its past.

"The place that was once driven by the study of life cycles, now nurtures the exploration of life as a whole within the framework oft he exhibition," said Romanov. At first, it may seem that there is little connection between the objects and the places they are situated. But if you take a closer look, you can recognise the connection. Everything is organically intertwined. "Just as life and death are inseparable, each work anticipates change as a difference between states. It is as if the process becomes the element that makes it possible to abandon interpretation in favour of perception," adds HfK-student Alevtina Senyk, who is also involved in the exhibition.

Cooperation with ZwischenZeitZentrale Bremen and Grundstücksentwicklung Klinikum Bremen-Mitte GmbH & Co (GEG)

The project is supported by the University of the Arts Bremen, ZwischenZeitZentrale Bremen and Grundstücksentwicklung Klinikum Bremen-Mitte GmbH & Co.

Florian Kommer, Managing Director of GEG, on the significance of the HfK exhibition:
"The artistic and intellectual engagement of the students with their work as well as the exhibition venue moves me in a special way. Change is visible not only in the pathology centre, but also in the entire new Hulsberg quarter urban development area – a change that can be very stressful and disturbing, a change that gives hope and that is sometimes also really beautiful. It's great that the pathology centre is being used as an exhibition venue!"

Daniel Schnier of ZwischenZeitZentrale:

"ZwischenZeitZentrale Bremen, known for its innovative approaches to the temporary use of abandoned spaces, is delighted to have this opportunity to breathe new life into the abandoned site of the Alte Pathologie. Even if the future of the building as a local centre is still uncertain, the exhibition (studies of CHANGE) offers a foretaste of the potential that lies dormant within its walls.

Ideas are born, visions are sketched out, and the community senses that this place is more than just a relic of the past. The University of the Arts and its diverse students are creating a space here that will not only open the eyes of the viewers, but also the hearts of the residents.

May this moment of art and inspiration be a harbinger of a future in which this place opens its doors wide to the neighbourhood community and becomes a true centre of life, creativity and democracy. We are looking forward to it with all our hearts! Thank you!"

Participants of the exhibition

Timm Albers
Zenobio de Almeida
Ygor Anario
Alina Bardavid
Miguel Chaparro
Youngji Cho
Haram Choi
Vanessa Ehmann
Alberto Harres
Clemens Hornemann
Hsun Hsiang Hsu
Uladzislau Karotki
Sangbong Lee
Ziyi Li
Juan Luque
Aleksandra Mitrovic
Alethia Pinzón Rodríguez
Milton Raggi
Slava Romanov
Nicolás Sánchez Noa
Francesco Scheffczyk
Rafael Soto Acebal
Katja Striedelmeyer
Julia Vollmer
Donghan Wang
Zhimin Wang
Jiawen Yao

Exhibition details:

Venue:

Old Pathology,
Am Schwarzen Meer 134/136,
28205 Bremen

Transport connections:
Am Hulsberg railway station (tram 2, 10), wohninvest Weserstadion (tram 3), Friedrich-Karl-Straße (bus 25)

Opening hours:

Opening on 29 May, 6p.m.
4-8p.m. (30 & 31 May), 2.-8p.m. (1 & 2 June)


About the University of the Arts Bremen / Hochschule für Künste Bremen (HfK)

Around 1.000 students from more than 50 countries, 59 professors, 88 staff members in administration and over 150 teaching associates make the University of the Arts Bremen a vibrant place.

The HfK is a university of seeming opposites. While deeply rooted in the region, the institution is extremely international in its basic orientation. The HfK is spread out over a number of locations throughout the city with significant differences among them, ranging from classicist to floating to contemporary. The HfK is an art university and a university of music at the same time. These parameters form the foundations of the university and create a framework that allows to strengthen artistic development among its students on a collective, as well as on the individual level.

The range of studies offered include Fine Arts, Integrated Design, Digital Media, as well as Musical Education for Artists and Teachers. Since 2020, the HfK also offers a post-graduate programme of study, an art- and science-based PhD programme with a special focus on Integrated Design and Digital Media.

Open courses, shared conduct of exams, as well as work shops, studios and projects on specific themes all are focussed on fostering dialogue and collaborations. With some 400 events annually the HfK is a pillar of cultural and communal life in the City of Bremen
The relationships among members of the university community, their multi-facetted collaborations, the close knit support provided to students by faculty and staff, as well as the plethora of regional and international cooperations help students grow into strong and distinct personalities. All of this produces works with high impacts on society at large.

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More information:

https://studiesofchange.hfk-bremen.de/

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Studies of Change

Ygor Anario, Francesco Scheffczyk

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