Poster Campaign

Show You Are Not Afraid

»Show you are not afraid« is a series of interventions in the form of posters, documented by the artist and former fellow Mikael Mikael. The posters quote the former mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani.

Performance

Der Tag der Weißen Fahne

von Jean-Baptiste Joly mit Johannes Cladders

Johannes Cladders, Künstler, Kurator und Museumsleiter hisste als künstlerische Aktion am 18. Oktober 1988 erstmals eine weiße Fahne zum Zeichen des Friedens.

Architecture

Responsive Architectures

by Gabi Schillig

Multisensorial perceptions mingle between bodies, spaces and landscapes – meet Gabi Schillig and her refreshing perspective!

The Big Day and Beyond

Wedding Piece

by Jackie Sumell

Summer season is wedding season

Performing Arts

Fluxus and Beyond

by Jean-Baptiste Joly

In three days and three nights Ben Patterson and Emmett Williams transformed the Akademie in what it is now: A ship which sinking is never ending. – Jean-Baptiste Joly, 2016

Solitude Nights

… And We Have Nights, More Beautiful Than Your Days!

1990–2015

At Schloss, in Schloss, under Schloss, and around – Solitude nights since 1990. The next will follow!

Performing Arts

The Word that Never Becomes Flesh

by Hamed Taheri

»Theater is the house of the word that never becomes flesh« – In 2010, Hamed Taheri staged »Femmina Balba« at Solitude as an attempt towards failure.

Sauna Project

Never Ready – Always Ready

by umschichten

This is about a container for trash, a heavy-weight object with an assumed potential and, in our eyes, very aesthetic proportions.

Gallery

Give Me Your Dirty Love

with Solitude fellows 1990–2015

Solitude fellows have left many traces in the house over the years, on the walls, in the corners, in their studios. Some of them have now been collected in this gallery.

Part II

The Hirschgang

with Solitude fellows 1990–2015

We show how Solitude’s exhibition space, the Hirschgang, has changed over the last 25 years with the art works by the many Solitude fellows.

Performance

The Burden

by Michl Schmidt

In his special tribute to the artist, Chris Burden’s weighty legacy came back to haunt visual artist Michl Schmidt and his toes!

In Transit

The Hirschgang

with Solitude fellows 1990–2015

We show how Solitude’s famous exhibition space Hirschgang has changed over the last 25 years with the many artists living and working in the house.

Performing Arts

Who’s Afraid of Anything

by Junko Wada & Hans Peter Kuhn

A writing body in red, yellow, blue: the Japanese artist Junko Wada in a dance proposal from the 90s together with the sound artist Hans Peter Kuhn.

Music/Sound

Oh Mensch

by Matthias Koole and Kobe Van Cauwenberghe

»Oh Mensch« takes it’s name from the phrase »Oh Mensch, gib acht!«, a quote from Nietzsche in Helmut Lachenmann’s seminal work for two guitars »Salut für Caudwell.«

Dreams & Dreaming

Bolero At Solitude

by Javor Gardev

In his short film, Bulgarian director Javor Gardev focuses on the oneiric daily life at the Akademie.

Architecture

The House That Herman Built

by Jackie Sumell

»This project … helps me to maintain my humanity and dignity. It’s probably the best move that I’ve ever made in my life.« – Herman Wallace

Music/Sound

Slot Machines & Solar Knockers

by Tilman Küntzel

Back in the 90's, Tilman Küntzel, fellow in the field of music/sound, created his installation series »Oh Solitude« with slot machines, light diodes, and solar knockers.

Architecture

Chicks on Speed

by Ursula Achternkamp

»Take either hens or concrete to manifest your ideas in design of life processes. Or take both...« A project by German architect Ursula Achternkamp

Archive

Schloss Solitude

by Corinna Schnitt

»I’m something special.« A graceful lady in court dress declaims this sentence in the late Baroque interior of Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart.

Performing Arts

5 Love Songs

by Mladen Alexiev

Five video tableaux exploring the notion of the »mass ornament.«