Elbow Room

Elbow Room, Physical Education IX: half body half human @lavalounge
With students from Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster´s class

Thursday, September 30, 2021
5 PM

+++ Please note the respective admission guidelines for the two venues. +++

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, is pleased to present Physical Education IX: half body half human @lavalounge, the ninth iteration of its Elbow Room series, on Thursday, September 30, 2021, from 5 pm. Since 2019, it opens temporary, physically variable intermediary and virtual spaces to explore and renegotiate various staging formats. For Physical Education IX, students from Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster’s class will be activating the architecture of the building on Grabbeplatz with a comprehensive program of artistic interventions, music, light, and reading performances that create a space where physical and temporal boundaries dissolve. Elbow Room, originally initiated by Eva Birkenstock, has been conceived as a performative continuation of the former “Schaufenster” exhibitions (display window), which the Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf used to offer young artists for their first exhibition opportunities. The stairs in the entrance, the Kunstverein’s foyer with its bar and panorama window, the Salon des Amateurs, and even the website were transformed into sites of physical education. During the lockdown and the temporary closure of Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, the Elbow Room program has been taking place exclusively online. Elbow Room, PE IX with students from Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster´s class is being curated by Eva Birkenstock in collaboration with Gesa Hüwe.

With Ada & Miku, Aline Julie Hubschmid, Ame Andria Dolidze, Andy Kaufman and the who cares, Anna Henn, Astro Lavalamp, Benjamin Enders, Cristiana Cott Negoescu, Daria Nazarenko, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster & Julien Perez, Dr. Paul Dieter Haebich, Driver, Enenra, Eunbi Oh, Exotourisme, Fabian Friese, Fans, Fynn Ribbeck, Ganoderma lucidum, Haiqing Wang, Hangonko, Hannah Nelsen, HPR-4C, Hoster, lviiv, Ivan Chai, Katharina Keller, Kaity Fox, Karisma Oluchukwu Ekeh, Keta Gavasheli, Kodama, Konstantin Frick, Lava-chairs, Lea Torcelli, Leonard Schmidt-Dominé, Liora Epstein, Liuixizi Yang, Lutz Berwanger, Marlene Rot, Mark Polikovsky, Martin Malalla, Matthias Theis, Mischa Ovtchinnikov, Mopc, Moritz Inhoven, Mutnovsky, Sennheiser ME2, Marnies Ghost, Mira Mann, Nadine Karl, NAGINI, Nai-Yun Yang, Nan Shen, Nana Dahlin, Ninmenju, No face man, Qijia You, Roland Sonnabend, Random Dudes, Totoro, Tourists, Salat Magazin, Salmo Albatal 2.0, Sparkling-Mofette, Sprinter, SZ. 300024, Wormhole, Vier CD Player, Xiaobao.

We are happy to jointly with Bar Palermo present a concert by Exotourisme at Salon des Amateurs as part of PE IX at 10 pm.

Program Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (admission is only possible upon proof of a vaccination, recovery or a negative rapid test result taken no earlier than 48 hours)

5 – 11 pm
IcedLavaLounge
Fabian Friese, Katharina Keller, Martin Malalla
with: LavaChairs (Fabian Friese); There is a mist that sleeps on my cheeks (Есть туман который спит на моих щеках) (Katharina Keller)

Enenra
Hannah Nelsen, Qijia You

ganoderma lucidum
Liora Epstein, Mark Polikovsky

the sovereignty of your reality
Nadine Karl

Web in between from the far away.
Cristiana Cott Negoescu with the help of von Salmo Albatal 2.0

5 – 6 pm
Night of the Fireflies I
Benjamin Enders

7 – 7.20 pm
Prelude
Mateusz Latocha, Mauritz Merten, Nagini, Liuxizi Yang

8 – 11 pm
Oaki&Nan
Nan Shen

8 – 9 pm
Detonations
Lara Condercuri, Saskia Tamara Kaiser, Nadine Karl, Sebastian Mejia, Daria Nazarenko, Marlene Rüter, Leonard Schmidt-Dominé, Marusha Sise, Haiqing Wang

Program Salon des Amateurs (admission is only possible upon proof of a vaccination, recovery or a negative PCR test result taken no earlier than 48 hours)

8.30 – 9 pm
Night of the Fireflies II
Benjamin Enders

9 – 9.15 pm
LOVER LAVA
Kaity Fox, Keta Gavasheli

9.30 – 10 pm
Mischa Ovtchinnikov – Lviiv 21
Riad Nassar, Mischa Ovtchinnikov

10 – 10.45 pm
Exotourisme
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Julien Perez

11 – 11.45 pm
Random Dudes
Max Klobusch, Roland Sonnabend

from 12 pm
Dj set
Kaity Fox, Keta Gavasheli, Moritz Inhoven

The event is supported by
Gingko Foundation
Bar Palermo
Salon des Amateurs

Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha
Elbow Room, PE IX: half body half human @lavalounge, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, September 30, 2021, Photo: Mareike Tocha