Neue Maßnahmen (New Measures) by the collective Liminal addressed the social changes brought about by COVID-19 within Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel. The exhibition featured four artworks, each taking on the theme in a different way. The exhibition took place in three international grocery shops in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel.

neue maßnahmen/ new measures

 2021

The sounds of the sound installation Rauschgedicht mixed with those of the supermarket - the conversations of the visitors, the music, and the work processes of the supermarket employees.

The work Dirty Matter dealt with the subject of trash in the Bahnhofsviertel and at the same time questioned what we generally regard as "dirty" in society. The sculpture hovered over refrigerators full of drinks that, once consumed, would themselves become waste. The two sculptures in the work Fountain 2020 could temporarily only be reached by making one's way through pallets full of lemonade. The obvious juxtaposition of these two interrelated basic needs was thus presented in an ironic way.



Another ironic situation was in Ehsan Market, where the film Web of Thoughts was shown. In the film, various actors from the Bahnhofsviertel, including a sex worker, spoke about their personal views on change. At one point, the statements were barely audible because some sex workers passed by the door and loudly protested for being allowed to work again despite the Corona restrictions.

The exhibition situation thus created an expansion of the content of the artworks that was partly beyond the artists' control. The Bahnhofsviertel as an exhibition space became an actor itself during the Neue Maßnahmen project - and part of the exhibition. The project is to be continued through documentation in virtual space.






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As part of the Städelschule Rundgang 2020, this interdisciplinary collaborative exhibition investigates the intimate relationship between the human and design. Inspired by the publication “Are We Human?”(2016) by Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley, the exhibition hightlights the interdependency between the human and their designed artifacts.

i think of touching sharp objects
as if they think of touching me

 2020




Immersed in a world constituted by multiple layers of design, the condition of being human is informed by the artifacts produced by the human themselves – everything we design ends up designing us. A translucent shell hovers in the middle of the exhibition space– a see-through fabric and the raised floor form the vertical and horizontal surfaces of this room-within-a-room through which the mundane architecture of the room is enframed.  The artworks– sculptures, framed prints, and a soundscape– are nestled within this shell.


Upon entering the shell, the subject finds themselves in a concentrated moment of confrontation with the artworks/objects which directly resonate with their own ‘designed’ human body in multiple ways. Inseparable from these artifacts and the subject’s own body, the spatial intervention emanates the infinite mirroring in the roles of subject and object, frame and enframed, bringing forth a heightened awareness of one’s corporeal presence.




This collaboration brought together artists Kristin Reiman, Lukas Heerich, Timon and Melchior Grau (Fine Arts), Saakib Sait (Städelschule Architecture Class) and curator Anna-Lisa Scherfose (Curatorial Studies).

 
Courtesy: Baldinger Vu-Huu

garden state - jardin éphémère

 2019


 Conceived by Ioannis Mandafounis, Fabrice Mazliah and May Zarhy of the collective Mamamza, Garden State is a re-creation of the theater space into an ephemeral garden. The space allows the visitiors to co-habitate and share collective experiences while encouraging them to dream together. It is inspired by the story of Libertalia, a possibly fictional anarchist colony founded in the late 17th century in Madagascar in which pirates freed slave ships and lived communally in an exotic peaceful environment. This project is realised in collaboration with Städelschule Architecture Class and is on tour since 2014, covering 11 theatres in 11 different cities across 7 countries. 

This garden consists of a large collection of private plants collected door to door, by the artists, from Cergy’s inhabitants and re-composed as a mobile island on the stage of the theater. Garden State is a landscape / time-scape where people are invited to have all kinds of interactions and activities: concerts, naps, lectures, sun salutations, full moon bathing, open mic performances and a nighty-night calming down lullaby to end the day. It brings together the natural and the artificial, the outside and the inside, and puts the experience of the visitor at the center of the attention. The garden becomes the framework of a social choreography where the local inhabitants come and go according to their own will. They take part in the events that emerge throughout the day, and can transform and re-compose the space, either by simply spending time there and taking space or by literally moving the mobile plants around. They become an essential part of the space and its creation.1

1.  Mandafounis,  http://www.mandafounis.com/garden-state


Exhibition Layout 



Image Courtesy: Marie Persidat, Mamaza

Video courtesy: Points Communs