The opening for families, children and all people who did not attend the opening evening starts at 2 pm. Momo Trommer and the team will give a guided tour of the exhibition, and further guided tours will be offered by our mediators. The Saturday will be framed by workshops and a varied programme that addresses children, young people and adults alike.

Friday

23.05.2025 19-22 h

Vernissage

The opening ceremony will begin at 7 pm with speeches and introductory by various protagonists, such as the Rector of the University of Wuppertal Prof. Dr Birgitta Wolff University of Wuppertal Prof. Dr Birgitta Wolff, the Head of Cultural Affairs Matthias Nocke, the Chairwoman of the Rhineland Regional Assembly Anne Henk-Hollstein and the director of Kunsthalle Barmen, Prof Katja Pfeiffer.

Saturday

24.05.2025 14-18 h

Opening day

from 2 pm Opening for families and all people who could not attend the opening evening could not attend the opening evening. Momo Trommer will guide through the exhibition together with the team through the exhibition, further guided tours are offered by our mediator: inside. Saturday will be framed by workshops and a varied programme programme aimed at children, young people and adults.

Curator’s tour followed by a harvesting event.
Every mushroom must go!

Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.

Image: Martina Fineder

Thursday 20.02.2025, 6:00 pm

In the Innovation Lab for New Urban Production, students and lecturers from BUW’s Strategic Product and Innovation Development master’s program will discuss possible future scenarios for sustainable production and consumption in Wuppertal with guests and visitors. The aim is to explore the opportunities and pitfalls of urban production and to find out whether Wuppertal’s former textile tradition could be built on with innovative concepts. Guests include Maike Rabe and students from the Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, protagonists from Utopiastadt, the Wuppertal Institute and Wuppertal’s business community.

Photo: https://unsplash.com/ Janko Ferlič

Thursday 20.02.25, 14.00 – 18.00

The Sustainability by Design (SbyD) team invites you to a walk-in workshop in the foyer for redesigning and repairing clothes as well as a demonstration repair of electrical appliances.

Bring an item of clothing that you no longer wear because you no longer like it, it has stains or holes or because you have simply forgotten about it. We have numerous patches made from a wide variety of old textiles that you can use to give your clothes a striking makeover or subtly repair them. You can come to the foyer of the Kunsthalle Barmen between 2 and 6 p.m. and we will help you turn your unloved item into a piece of clothing that you will love to wear again.

Alternatively, look over our shoulders as we examine faulty electrical appliances. You are also welcome to bring along a faulty appliance and we will try to identify the fault together. Talk to us about e-waste and wasting resources as well as strategies for avoiding them and feel free to pick up a soldering tool yourself!

The workshop is organized by SPACE FOR SUSTAINABILITY BY DESIGN – an innovative university project of the Folkwang University of the Arts, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Joint Science Conference.

Photo: Lucas Dieckmann

transform.NRW – Creating Sustainability through Art, Culture, and Design

Art, culture and design as the key to sustainability? The mission of transform.NRW is to make the possible effects of good examples visible. In this workshop, we come together to find out that the future can be shaped. Instead of gloomy future scenarios, we will focus on networked thinking and action in the here and now. We will provide insights into the Theories of Change method and use exciting project examples to show how we can create change together if we are prepared to work together and learn from each other.

A workshop of the joint project transform.NRW of the University of Wuppertal and the Wuppertal Institute.

Every Thursday at 3:30 pm: 30.01.25, 06.02.25, 13.02.25, 20.02.25.

Image: transform.NRW

Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.

Image: Martina Fineder

transform.NRW – Creating Sustainability through Art, Culture, and Design

Art, culture and design as the key to sustainability? The mission of transform.NRW is to make the possible effects of good examples visible. In this workshop, we come together to find out that the future can be shaped. Instead of gloomy future scenarios, we will focus on networked thinking and action in the here and now. We will provide insights into the Theories of Change method and use exciting project examples to show how we can create change together if we are prepared to work together and learn from each other.

A workshop of the joint project transform.NRW of the University of Wuppertal and the Wuppertal Institute.

Every Thursday at 3:30 pm: 30.01.25, 06.02.25, 13.02.25, 20.02.25.

Image: transform.NRW

Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.

Saturday 08.02.25, 15 – 18:00 h

Cooking, a transformation process:
Milk, eggs, flour & mushrooms – everything that makes work

Workshop with the artist Arpad Dobriban

The workshop is dedicated to the transformative potential of the basic ingredients milk, eggs and flour, which, as central design materials of Central European cuisine, are particularly significant for cooking due to their countless processing and combination variations. They are evidence of the inventiveness of many generations.

By preparing selected dishes, the act of cooking – as a practice of transformation – is brought to life. Together with the participants, selected dishes will be prepared in order to practically comprehend the cultural significance and the creative act of this transformation. Mushrooms that grow, are harvested and dried in the Kunsthalle will be used in the preparation process.

No previous knowledge is required, just a willingness to immerse yourself in the material.

Image: Arpad Dobriban

Friday 07.02.25, 15-18:00

In the workshop “Mushrooms make people” by To mush the room we will experiment with mushrooms, textiles and fiber materials. Bring materials and textiles that you would like to let fungi grow through and we will stage and experiment wildly. Let’s explore the potential of mycelium and material together and discover new dimensions of artistic design!

Please register for this workshop at kontakt@kunsthallebarmen.de.

Image: Mara Sandrock

transform.NRW – Creating Sustainability through Art, Culture, and Design

Art, culture and design as the key to sustainability? The mission of transform.NRW is to make the possible effects of good examples visible. In this workshop, we come together to find out that the future can be shaped. Instead of gloomy future scenarios, we will focus on networked thinking and action in the here and now. We will provide insights into the Theories of Change method and use exciting project examples to show how we can create change together if we are prepared to work together and learn from each other.

A workshop of the joint project transform.NRW of the University of Wuppertal and the Wuppertal Institute.

Every Thursday at 3:30 pm: 30.01.25, 06.02.25, 13.02.25, 20.02.25.

Image: transform.NRW

Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.

An open tour for families and friends through the exhibition with the education team.