GASTSPIELE [ 4 ] – BOUTIQUE (COLOGNE) 

BOUTIQUE – RAUM FÜR TEMPORÄRE KUNST’S LOCATION AND CONCEPTUAL ORIENTATION MAKE IT ONE OF A KIND IN COLOGNE. WE OPENED THE ALTERNATIVE, NON-COMMERCIAL PROJECT SPACE IN APRIL 2011 IN THE INHOSPITABLE CONCRETE SURROUNDINGS OF EBERTPLATZ, A TRANSPORT NODE NOT FAR FROM THE CENTRAL STATION. SINCE THEN THE MONEY FOR AN ATELIER HAS FLOWED INTO FINANCING THE PROGRAMME. OUR AIM IS TO ESTABLISH A “NON-ELITIST” ART SPACE WITH A SUBVERSIVE AND INFORMAL PROGRAMME THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF. THE FOCUS ON CONCEPTUAL AND SITE-SPECIFIC WORK BY YOUNG ARTISTS AND CURATORS-WHO ARE MOSTLY AT THE START OF THEIR CAREERS-AND THE GRANTING OF THE GREATEST POSSIBLE FREEDOM HAVE CREATED THIS INNOVATE AND LOW-THRESHOLD PLACE OF DISCOURSE. THE SPACE IS A PLATFORM AND SITE OF COMMUNICATION FOR ARTISTIC AND CURATORIAL POSITIONS AND EXPERIMENTS. SITE- AND SPACE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS ARE AN EMPHASIS OF THE PROGRAMME.

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