World of Matter – On the Global Ecologies of Raw Material

"World of Matter" is an international research, exhibition, and online project investigating primary materials and the complex ecologies of which they are a part. The exhibition presents aesthetic and ethical approaches to the handling of resources, while challenging the anthropocentric assumption that the planet’s materials are primarily a resource for human consumption. The newly produced works engage mining in Brazil, oil extraction from Canada’s tar sands, rice and cotton production in southeast Asia, land reclamation in Egypt, fishing in the North Sea, the sugar trade in Nigeria, and coal mining in the Ruhr.

NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL

NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL: Axel Braun – To the benefit of a society of tomorrow for which we build today

NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL: Requiem for a Bank

The exhibition "Requiem for a Bank" examines the new forms of industry, with a particular focus on the development of global financial markets since 1972 – a time when inflation, rising unemployment and successive oil crises combined with the emergence of new information technologies to give birth to a new kind of financial economy that was no longer dependent on real goods or services.

NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL: INDUSTRIAL (Research)

"INDUSTRIAL (Research)" asks a deceptively simple question: What happened to industry? This question applies not only to the Ruhr but also to large parts of Belgium, Northern France, Northern England, the USA, and formerly socialist states in Eastern Europe. How does the so-called ‘structural change’ affect communities and landscapes globally? And what are its repercussions in art and popular culture?

HIS MASTER'S VOICE: On Voice and Language

Eran Schaerf: fm-scenario – broadcasting language – undercover operation – station announcement – error

Sounds Like Silence (John Cage – 4'33'' – Silence Today / 1912 – 1952 – 2012)

On the occasion of John Cage's 100th anniversary and the 60th anniversary of the premiere of his famous "silent piece" HMKV shows 42 (mostly contemporary) references to 4'33'' from the fields of art and music as well as works that deal with general questions of e.g. perception of silence or sound ecology.

Francis Hunger: History has left the Building

In the spring of 2012, the HMKV shows on the 3rd floor of the Dortmunder U – Centre for Art and Creativity two solo exhibitions by Suzanne Treister and Francis Hunger entering into a dialog with each other.

Suzanne Treister: HEXEN 2.0

Artur Zmijewski: Democracies