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Landscapes of an
Ongoing Past

©Henning Rogge

16.8. – 22.9.24
Mon – Wed
12–19 h
Thursday
12–15 h

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Salzlager, UNESCO-Welterbe Zollverein 
Heinrich-Imig-Straße 11 
45141 Essen

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It is only through a human perspective that nature becomes a landscape into which meanings may be inscribed. Past events continue to have an effect, and landscapes can embody memories, fears or longings.

Since 2001, The Palace of Projects by the internationally renowned artist couple Ilya & Emilia Kabakov has been installed in the Salzlager (salt warehouse) of the UNESO world heritage site Zeche Zollverein, a preserved coal mine and industrial processing complex. In loose correspondence with this project, the exhibition Landscapes of an Ongoing Past shows historical and contemporary works by artists from former socialist Eastern Europe, which examine landscapes that are either still developing or in the process of disappearing. They explore questions of artisanal and industrial production, explore traces of unrealized utopias or reflect on the relationship between architecture and nature. With the work of the representative of the Ukrainian avant-garde Fedir Tetianych (who died in 2007 in Kiev), the exhibition not only addresses the conditions of artistic production at the time of the Soviet Union, but also juxtaposes the The Palace of Projects with another historical design for a futuristic utopia.

In commenting on the post-industrial landscapes of the Ruhr region, Landscapes of an Ongoing Past uses all the means available to art - sometimes seductive, sometimes disturbing - to explore the state of the present between decay and hope.

An exhibition conceived by Urbane Künste Ruhr in cooperation with the Zollverein Foundation for the Ruhrtriennale 2024. The Palace of Projects is the property of the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur and is on permanent loan to the Zollverein Foundation.

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Seit 2001 ist im ehemaligen Salzlager der Kokerei Zollverein The Palace of Projects des international bekannten Künstlerpaars Ilya & Emilia Kabakov installiert. In loser Korrespondenz dazu zeigt die Ausstellung Landscapes of an Ongoing Past historische und zeitgenössische Arbeiten von Künstler*innen aus dem ehemals sozialistischen Osten Europas, die den Blick auf werdende und vergehende Landschaften werfen. Mehr zur Ausstellung unter www.urbanekuensteruhr.de Eine von Urbane Künste Ruhr in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Zollverein für das Salzlager konzipierte Ausstellung zur Ruhrtriennale 2024. The Palace of Projects ist Eigentum der Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur und als Dauerleihgabe im Besitz der Stiftung Zollverein.
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Seit 2001 ist im Salzlager von Zeche Zollverein „The Palace of Projects“ des international bekannten Künstlerpaars Ilya & Emilia Kabakov installiert. In loser Korrespondenz dazu zeigt Urbane Künste Ruhr zur Ruhrtriennale 2024 in der Ausstellung „Landscapes of an Ongoing Past“ vom 16.8.—22.9. historische und zeitgenössische Arbeiten von Künstler*innen aus dem ehemals sozialistischen Osten Europas, die den Blick auf werdende und vergehende Landschaften werfen. Im Interview sprechen die Kuratorinnen Alisha Raissa Danscher, Tatiana Kochubinska, Yevheniia Moliar, Britta Peters über die Konzeption der Ausstellung. Mehr über „Landscapes of an Ongoing Past“ unter: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/de/project/landscapes-of-an-ongoing-past Eine von Urbane Künste Ruhr in Kooperation mit der Stiftung Zollverein für das Salzlager konzipierte Ausstellung zur Ruhrtriennale 2024. The Palace of Projects ist Eigentum der Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur und als Dauerleihgabe im Besitz der Stiftung Zollverein. Video: Drehmoment Productions

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