On Saturday 29 April, architect Günter Zamp Kelp, co-founder of the rebellious Viennese collective Haus-Rucker-Co, will be in conversation with architectural theorist Lara Schrijver. On the occasion of the opening of the Mind Expanders exhibition, together they will explore the relevance and social significance of Haus-Rucker-Co's mind-expanding oeuvre. The Art Talk is organised in collaboration with De Dépendance.
The exhibition Mind Expanders features a selection of works made between 1967 and 1972, a period during which the collective developed its most distinctive and innovative architectural projects. Central to their work, which is still very topical today, were imagination, experimentation, and breaking with conventions. The exhibition includes works like Balloon for 2, a transparent PVC membrane inflated into a large air bubble, Environmental Transformers, and Mind Expander II, as well as films such as Yellow Heart, and Food City I, showing the construction of an edible urban scale model. The highlight of the exhibition will be the interactive, legendary installation Giant Billiard (1970), which will be shown in the Netherlands for the very first time.
Where and when
The Art Talk will take place at the Kunsthal Auditorium on Saturday 29 April from 16:00 – 17:00 hours
The language will be English.
Tickets
Tickets are €6 including a visit to the exhibitions. Rotterdampas and Museumkaart are valid.
With your ticket for the Art Talk, you are welcome at the Kunsthal from 14.00 hrs to visit all exhibitions, including Mind Expanders. After the Art Talk, the Mind Expanders exhibition will be on display until 18.00 hrs and there will be drinks in the Kunsthal café.
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