‘‘Normal’ is just a setting on the washing machine.’ This humorous saying, coined by the actress Whoopi Goldberg, is the starting point for an artistic exploration of the dynamics and complexity of the concept of “normality”.
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KEY VISUAL. Normal
What does it mean to be normal? Which social, cultural and personal perspectives influence our understanding of ‘normal’?
The participating artists reflect on this topic with works in the fields of comic, collage, illustration, installation, printmaking, painting, mural, performance, screen printing, sculpture and drawing.
Supporting programme
8 February 2025, 7 p.m., vernissage
- Music: Siril Vincent aka La Machine Humaine – ‘The poetry of oscillators’
- A sound presentation of legendary synthesizers, inspired by Arturia, Arp 2600, Minimoog and Modular. Electronic variations combining poetry and technology.
22 February 2025, 3:30 pm, Reading: ‘Little Mr. Death’
- By Christian Y. Schmidt
- An extraordinary children's book for adults that humorously and profoundly addresses death and life.
22 February 2025, 6 p.m., Performance: ‘The Excursion’
- Live performance by Katharina Eckerfeld and Claudia Bernhardt
- A creative interplay of acting, film, illustration and sound. Themes such as death, transience and life are explored and presented in a new and unusual way.
1 March 2025, 5 p.m., reading: ‘One Way Ticket to Freedom’
- By Michael Miersch
- Michael Miersch reads from his book, in which he describes the social and cultural changes that have taken place between the mid-20th century and today in 35 letters to his children.
Participating artists
Claudia Bernhardt
Alberto Cruz
Lara Dahlmann
Johanna van Emden
Jochen Geilen
Stefanie Hillich
JumJum
Anaïs Massini
Annika Unterburg
Anna Wagner
Markus Wüste
