Duration
31.7.26, 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location
Gemeinschaftsgarten
Language
German
Admission
Frei
Info
Between the paths begins with the research into the biographies of children born to Black US soldiers and German women in West Germany after the Allied victory in 1945. These stories challenge the narrative of a “new beginning” for society following the end of the Nazi regime. Three ceramic benches, containing text fragments by May Ayim and Ika Hügel-Marshall, create a public space that invites visitors to reflect, linger and engage in conversation. The texts point to gaps in conventional historiography, thereby creating an intersection and a point of connection with a neglected part of German history. Part of the project is a publication featuring contributions by historians Dr Silke Hackenesch and Dr Azziza B. Malanda, alongside texts by May Ayim and Ika Hügel-Marshall.
between the paths was first exhibited in the Rosengarten as part of the Munich Public Art Annuale 2025.
At 6 pm at Open Salon, there will be an introduction on between the paths with the may collective and Dr. Silke Hackenesch.
The may kollektiv was founded in Munich in 2024 by Janis Strobl, Rebekka Feicht and Nils Peisker. How do individual experiences influence the way we encounter each other in a given space? How can we make our specific knowledge accessible to one another? Can this kind of empathetic learning become the basis for an organisation? How can we collectively address structural issues in institutional art organisations?
Janis Strobl is an artist based in Munich. Her practice ranges from sculpture, installation and to performative approaches and is based on a material-oriented understanding of socio-political contexts. Drawing on research into colonial continuities, repressed histories and power structures, she translates historical and academic knowledge into spatial and tactile forms.
Nils Peisker works as a sculptor and is a student at the AdBK Munich. Research and artistic exploration into sculptural motifs, design objects and buildings, and their placement within historical and social contexts form the core of his practice. Shaped by his training in craftsmanship, he explores sculptural and craft traditions through sculpture and text. In doing so, he raises questions about the (in)visibility and representation of social classes.
Rebekka Maria Feicht (born 1996) lives and works in Munich. In her artistic practice, she observes and interprets encounters, her social environment and forms of life that resist the status quo. She seeks ways to make the transformability of social structures tangible. In her installations, she uses everyday materials, combines sculptures with fragments of text and continually experiments with collective working practices.
The meeting point is the Community Garden Ostwiese, located between Haus der Kunst and the Eisbachwelle. (48.143843, 11.587238)
For more information, please feel free to contact Mako Sangmongkhon: sangmongkhon@hausderkunst.de
Supported by the Beisheim Foundation.