ART CITIES:Marl-The Hot Wire
“THE HOT WIRE” is a collaboration Skulptur Projekte Münsterwith Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl. With this collaboration Münster is expanding the object of its study – with its tradition for art in the public space, the city in the Ruhr region offers an exciting counterpoint. Because both topographically and sociographically, Marl marks the interface between the Ruhr region and Westphalia/Münsterland and has a tradition of its own in the realm of art in public space.
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Archive
“THE HOT WIRE” comprises a variety of project components in the indoor and outdoor area: artists who work in both cities, exchange of sculptures, an exhibition of models from the Skulptur Projekte archive and Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, a video exhibition in the school on Kampstraße, and a wealth of reciprocal visits, including by the authors of the writing project KUR UND KÜR in Münster. The name “Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten” describes, on the one hand, the location—the fully glass-enclosed space of the museum beneath the meeting wing of the Rathaus in Marl—and on the other hand, the substantive concept of openness and transparency for everyone. In Marl, the artworks are not hidden behind museum walls, instead, many of them are integrated into the everyday life of the city. More than 100 outdoor works, from Arp to Zadkine, are positioned in the public space that surrounds the town hall and the artificial city lake. The glass-encased interior spaces of the museum, which can be viewed at all times, house large sculptures that are not suitable for outdoor installation, as well as a series of small sculptures and objects. Multiple projects realized as a kind of twin in both locations form an artistic bracket. The type of linkage is complex: Lara Favaretto positions two monoliths in both cities; after 30 years as a “Melonensäule”, Thomas Schütte’s “Kirschensäule” from Münster is getting a location-specific counterpart in Marl and Sany´s (Samuel Nyholm) “Tings” also offer interventions in both cities. A work designed and realized by Joëlle Tuerlinckx specifically for Marl initiates a transit on an extended level. Sculptures are literally swapped between the temporary partner cities to create an opportunity to re-examine the works in another location and under completely different conditions, both social and in terms of urban development. Ludger Gerde’s “Angst” and Olle Bærtling’s filigree spatial drawing from the Marl city centre travelled to Münster for the duration of the exhibition and in exchange, works from previous editions of Skulptur Projekte, dating back to 1977, find a temporary new location in Marl. A total of more than 50 models of executed and planned works from the Skulptur Projekte archive and the Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl are on display. This examines the linkage between idea and subsequent realization in the outdoor space. In the entrance area to the Skulpturenmuseum, visitors see some of the miniatures from the work “Roman de Münster“ that Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster had presented in Münster in 2007. In the former school on the Kampstraße, 12 video works are presented that, first of all, revolve about the themes of sculpture, city and architecture in general. On the other hand, the works by Manuel Graf, Charlotte Moth, Johanna Reich, Matthias Schamp, Corinna Schnitt direct the focus specifically at the city of Marl and the museum. With their special atmosphere and their dimensions, the classrooms of the clearly structured, single-storey school building, planned and executed by Günther Marschall in the concrete architecture typical of its day, offer a perfect venue in which to present video art.
Info: Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl, Creiler Platz, Rathaus, Marl, Duration: 4/6-1/10/17, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri 11:00-17:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-18:00, www.skulpturenmuseum-glaskasten-marl.de
