Events
Past
A cooperation of the Staatstheater Kassel with the documenta archiv: The Art Lecture on June 1 is dedicated to the German Jewish artist Charlotte Salomon (1917 Berlin - 1943 Auschwitz), whose dramatic work "Leben? oder Theater? Ein Singespiel" was shown at documenta (13) in the Fridericianum through selected gouaches.
The ephemeral in the archive: As a Goethe Institut Fellow, Helga Lyubartovich has been researching the special genre of "ephemera" in the documenta archiv since the beginning of October. The focus is thus on daily printed matter such as brochures, leaflets, press releases, invitations or admission tickets. In her presentation, she provides insight into her research.
Guided tour for visitors with the artist. On 9 February, Mischa Kuball will personally provide insights into his working methods and the genesis of the project "nolde/kritik/documenta".
Save the Date: On 19 January and 9 February (both at 19:00) we will host two panel discussions to accompany the exhibition "nolde/kritik/documenta".
Both events will take place in the rotunda of the Fridericianum.
Panel discussion on the exhibition nolde/kritik/documenta with Astrid Becker (connected via zoom), Birgitta Coers and Mischa Kuball
A project by documenta archiv, the Draiflessen Collection, the Nolde Foundation Seebüll and Mischa Kuball
Date: Friday, December 12, 2022, 7pm
Place: First Floor of the Fridericianum
Emil Nolde (1867-1956) is one of the most famous artists of European avant-garde. His current perception is shaped by historical mythmaking and its deconstruction. The Düsseldorf conceptual artist Mischa Kuball (* 1959), supported by the Nolde Stiftung Seebüll, set out to trace this ambivalent figure.
Guided tours of the exhibition "nolde/kritik/documenta" take place with our art educators Susanne Stein, Zaki Al-Maboren and Roland Knieg every Sunday at 4 pm.You are warmly invited!
The "Archive of Encounters" is a guest at ruruHaus for one week. The event explores possibilities of giving events of ephemeral and situational art a digital space.
A cooperation of the documenta archiv with the production community nota.
A cooperation between the documenta archiv and nota e.V.
Art Lecture & participatory foyer parcours on female artists & collaborators of the first documenta (1955) / cooperation with the Staatstheater Kassel
A joint research and exhibition project of the Center for Persecuted Arts and the documenta archiv Kassel. Parallel to documenta 15 in 2022, both institutions will take a critical, reflective look back at the beginnings of the major exhibition.
5.30 - 8.00 pm @ruruHaus, Kassel
Lecture by Andrea Pócsik on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 6:00 p.m.
Online via Zoom
In the context of the discussion series "From Vasarely to Off-Biennale: Hungarian artists at documenta".
This year the documenta archiv cooperates again with the Kassel Dokfest. We support the film "Jonas in the Fields" by Peter Sempel online on November 19, 2021 at 5 p.m.
Vennes Cheng, Sau Wai anchors her research in documenta X to examine the criticality of the exhibition’s curatorial impulses that are emerging belatedly in current Hong Kong twenty-three years later, when the city is undergoing brutal socio-political changes after the imposition of a new National Security Law by China in 2020. She proposes that the city and documenta X are intertwined in various ways.
The 3G-rules apply and facial masks are required.
In her lecture, the Hungarian cultural scientist Andrea Pócsik will show how the art world of the former Eastern Bloc state Hungary is represented in the holdings of the documenta archiv. She will focus on archiving as a process of producing of knowledge.
For the fourth year in a row, the European Association of Conservators (E.C.C.O.) is organizing the Restoration Day. With a total of three contributions, the documenta archiv is also taking part and shedding light on restoration work on materials from the Harry Kramer Archive.
Explorative talk with artist/researcher and pioneer of cyberfeminism Cornelia Sollfrank about the creation of an archive of the Old Boys Network (1997-2001).