Artist Talk with Stefan Panhans, hosted by Zdenek Felix with a following screening SORRY, 2010 und The Long Goodbye (Pre-Afterwork-Ok-Clubset) V, 2013

Raketenstation Hombroich 4 in Neuss (Abraham-Building)

Concert: Saturday, August 9, 2014, 8 p.m.: Tickets available at: KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation, Langen Foundation, Julia Stoschek Collection, Infozentrum der Quadriennale im NRW-Forum

The program starts with a video screening on the topics Ghost Towns – Utopia – Architecture at 4 p.m.. The works on show, by Marina Abramović & Ulay, Monica Bonvicini, Andreas Bunte, Cyprien Gaillard, Manuel Graf, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ben Rivers, John Smith, Weisser Westen, Michael John Whelan and Tobias Zielony, deal with both failed utopias of the modern era and the relationship between human being and architecture. 

The evening´s musical highlight is a live concert by German composer and pianist Volker Bertelsmann aka Hauschka (8 p.m.). He will present his new album Abandoned City. Working with a modified piano, the musical performance revolves around the atmosphere of ´ghost cities`. Images and stories about places that were abandoned by their inhabitants due to natural disasters or architectural planning errors served him as a basis for his music scores.

Matching the theme, the Quadrifinale takes place on the Raketenstation Hombroich, a disused NATO-site, which is being transformed into a lively retreat for artists, writers and scientists. The video screening and the Hauschka concert will take place at the so called Abraham-Building, which conceptually is settled between architecture and sculpture. Yet, the building is still unfinished and not used permanently. During the Quadrfinale the building, designed by Raimund Abraham, is assigned to its true destiny as a concert and event venue – in the hope that according to the motto of this year's Quadrennial Dusseldorf Beyond tomorrow in the future it will become a lively place for culture. 

Program

Will you still love me tomorrow? – With this question Kevin Schmidt adopts the motto "Beyond tomorrow" of the Quadrenniale for his performance for KAI 10. Street musicians of different genres interpret songs selected by the artist, Their lyrics address both the intensity of the moment and the fear of its volatility and its consequences the day after. The feelings sung about – hope, longing, desire and regret – also reflect the character of art events. At the same time, the performance takes up the theme of the exhibition BACKDOOR FANTASIES, which reflects the emotional qualities of the area in the works of art presented in the exterior and interior in Dusseldorf´s media harbour.

In Cooperation with the Embassy of Canada.

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The lecture by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Hasse (University of Frankfurt/Main) focuses on the city as a social milieu and as a tangible, atmospheric space. Subsequent film program.

Guided Tours to various stations of the exhibtion at every hour, music and film program at KAI 10.

SYMPOSIUM IN FOUR ACTS: In conversation with staff members of KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation, experts on art and urbansim lead through the exhibition
April 24, 2014, 7 p.m.: Dr. Söke Dinkla (Director, Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg) and Marion Eisele (Research Assistant, KAI 10)
May 22, 2014, 7 p.m.: Ulla Lux (Cultural Office Dusseldorf) and Julia Schleis (Project Director KAI 10)
June 19, 2014, 7 p.m.: Markus Ambach (Artist and Curator) und Ludwig Seyfarth (Exhibition Curator)
July 17, 2014, 7 p.m.: Mischa Kuball (Artist und Professor for Media Art at the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln) and Julia Schleis (Project management KAI 10)

A four-day easter holiday program for children ages 8 to 14.
We will build a large model of the Media Harbour in Dusseldorf
To register, please cal 0211 99434130 
Supported by Kunst- und Kulturstiftung der Stadtsparkasse Dusseldorf.

April 4, April 12, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, 2014

Decentralised exhibition in KAI 10 and the following external exhibition spaces

Fassade KAI 10, Rheinseite
Hafenbecken, Nähe Am Handelshafen 4
Courtyard by Marriott, Speditionstraße 11
Vorplatz Hyatt Regency, Julo-Levin-Ufer
TIGGES Rechtsanwälte, Zollhof 8
Grand Bateau, Hammer Straße 13
Bürgerpark, Nähe Parkhaus und Mauerdenkmal

Statement by the curators: Julia Höner und Ludwig Seyfarth on the homepage of the Quadriennale Düsseldorf 2014