Frankfurter Kunstverein

The Great Game to Come

13 - 21 May 2008

Palle Nielsen, Modell for a Qualitative Society, Moderna Museet, 1968
The Great Game to Come
13 - 21 May 2008

Following two historical projects from the 1960s and 1970s, one by the Danish artist Palle Nielsen, and the other by a group from the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach around Thomas Bayrle, Wolfgang Schmidt and their students Linette Schönegge, Regina Henze and Karin Günther-Thoma, the Frankfurter Kunstverein will be transformed into a playground during one week in May. Children, adolescents and adults are invited to participate actively in the process of developing and experimenting. The idea, an initiative of Chus Martínez, Tobi Maier and Katja Schroeder, will be realized with the help of the artists Palle Nielsen, Thomas Bayrle and groups of students from Städelschule in Frankfurt and the art academy in Copenhagen supported by their professors Nils Norman (Copenhagen) and Tobias Rehberger (Frankfurt). This special project will extend over the entire exhibition space of the Frankfurter Kunstverein.

In addition to helping develop the playground for 'The Great Game to Come' the team of Umwelt-Exploratorium (UX e.V.) is going to be present during the week and offer workshops for students at the Kunstverein. Together they will develop a huge floating solar powered balloon. UX e.V. is a charitable association based in Frankfurt which was founded by former students from the product design department of Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach. Their aim is to work with current tendencies in our environment and to illustrate its transformations through collaborative projects.

During this project the Frankfurter Kunstverein will provide information about the „historical“ projects offering various sources of documentation.

This project is a cooperation between the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts in Copenhagen and Umwelt-Exploratorium (UX e.V.). The Frankfurter Kunstverein would like to thank the Deutsche Bank, the PwC-Stiftung Jugend – Bildung – Kultur and Montana for the kind support of the project.

The entrance for „The Great Game to Come“ is free. During this week the Frankfurter Kunstverein will be open every day from 11 am to 7 pm.
 

Tags: Thomas Bayrle, Nils Norman, Tobias Rehberger