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September
As part of the _Open House. The KPMG Art Evening series, K20 and K21 are open on the first Wednesday of every month until 10 pm with free admission. A wide-ranging programme, also free of charge, is offered on these evenings.
Sounds good? Then come by – we look forward to seeing you and your friends!
Programme at K20
6 pm Exhibition Tour: Playground (Adults Only)
6 pm & 7 pm K20 Collection Tour (in German)
6 pm – 9 pm Open Workshop: Chance Images
6 pm – 9 pm Board Game Evening in Playground
7 pm – 9 pm Change and the Given – Role-Playing Session in Playground (Adults Only)
6 pm / 6.30 pm / 7 pm / 7.30 pm / 8 pm Catch the Art Thieves – An Escape Game in the Library
Programme at K21
6 pm The Making of …: Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst with curator Agnieszka Skolimowska (in German)
6 pm Guided Tour in English: Jon Rafman
7 pm Exhibition Tour: Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst in German as a Foreign and Second Language
7 pm Exhibition Tour: Jon Rafman (in German)
6.30 pm – 8 pm Open Workshop in the Media Workshop: Circle Singing with Maika Küster
One-hour guided tour of the “Jon Rafman” exhibition, which showcases the work of one of the pioneering artists of the digital age.
Even before the official opening, students, trainees and school pupils (from upper secondary level onwards) will have the opportunity to experience the exhibition “Franz Marc” and engage in conversation with the artist.
With Anja Schwanhäußer, University of Göttingen
Make the museum your own space
New: The K21 Sparda Lounge
From 20 September, free for everyone under the dome
The K21 Sparda Lounge is your place to read, listen, relax and get involved. Use the soft furniture to build your own city, listen to playlists by artists on your headphones, discover international magazines on art, music, fashion and contemporary culture, charge your mobile and enjoy the view over Düsseldorf and up into the sky.
And there’s more: with events such as K21 Guests, the K21 Silent Reading Party and K21 Yoga, the lounge regularly becomes a meeting place for conversation, shared reading, exercise and new perspectives.
The Action Days invite visitors to explore key dimensions of living together – critically, collaboratively, and creatively.
On the occasion of the exhibitions “Jon Rafman. Main Stream Media” and “Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst. Starmirror”
11 am – 5 pm
Market of Possibilities
Local associations and initiatives introduce themselves.
With jfc Medienzentrum | Jugendmedienkultur NRW, Silver Gaming und der Initiative Gaming ohne Grenzen | Newstests
GenAI-Photo booth and Live-Stream
An interactive installation of the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
Presentation of the Kunstsammlung’s Werk:Klub Project
11 am – 4 pm
Diakonie Düsseldorf’s Repair Café for electrical appliances and toys
Programming with Scratch
Open workshop for children aged 7 and up and families in the Medienwerkstatt
Writing Poetry with AI
Open workshop hosted by the Library
11.30 am – 12.30 pm
Artificial Means Made by Humans
An introductory AI workshop for adults with musician and producer Yosa Peit
12 pm – 1 pm
Curator tour (in English)
Jon Rafman with Karen Archey
Curator-Led Guided Tour (in German)
“Holly Herndon & Mat Dryhurst. Starmirror” with Agnieszka Skolimowska
12 pm – 2 pm
Virtual City Walk re:trace
Traces of colonialism in augmented reality (in German)
with Jens Fehrenbacher und Darío Morazán
1 pm – 2 pm
AI Slop - Lecture and discussion (in German)
With Dominik Bönisch Alpári
2 pm – 3 pm
Guided tour of Werk:Klub
Curator-Led Guided Tour (in German)
“Jon Rafman” with Doris Krystof
2 pm – 3.30 pm AI and Sound
A playful introductory workshop for adults with musician and producer Yosa Peit
3 pm – 4 pm
AI Demystified
In the grey area between panacea and the devil’s work (in German)
Lecture by Karine Gromada
4 pm – 4.30 pm
Performance by the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Choir
Limited number of participants.
Further information and the full programme can be found in our calendar.
In their exhibition “Starmirror”, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst train an artificial intelligence using human voices. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to take part in the AI training process on site. On several Sundays, they can join a vocal ensemble and various choirs in contributing their voices to a call-and-response interplay based on Hildegard von Bingen’s 12th-century Ordo virtutum.
June 28 Düsseldorf Youth Chamber Choir
July 19 Aura Sonans Women's Choir
September 27 Choir of the Kantorei at St Stephen’s Church, Düsseldorf
October 11 Heartchor Krefeld e. V.
Starmirror-Ensemble members: Katharina Hirtz, Ja Jess and Marina Kerdraon-Dammekens
October
In their exhibition “Starmirror”, Holly Herndon and Mat Dryhurst train an artificial intelligence using human voices. Visitors to the exhibition are invited to take part in the AI training process on site. On several Sundays, they can join a vocal ensemble and various choirs in contributing their voices to a call-and-response interplay based on Hildegard von Bingen’s 12th-century Ordo virtutum.
June 28 Düsseldorf Youth Chamber Choir
July 19 Aura Sonans Women's Choir
September 27 Choir of the Kantorei at St Stephen’s Church, Düsseldorf
October 11 Heartchor Krefeld e. V.
Starmirror-Ensemble members: Katharina Hirtz, Ja Jess and Marina Kerdraon-Dammekens
November
