LAB – Laboratory for cultural education
The Kunsthalle Barmen becomes Kunsthalle Barmen Lab, a research institution of the University of Wuppertal. Kunsthalle Barmen Lab is a laboratory of cultural education, a meeting place for the locals of Wuppertal, visitors of the Kunsthalle Barmen and students. Kunsthalle Barmen Lab has a flexible exhibition architecture, has mobile laboratory equipment and provides a barrier-free access to the exhibition. At the Kunsthalle Barmen Lab, we develop and evaluate mediation formats and enable direct access to art through research and teaching.
Kunsthalle Barmen Lab is active, creative and fast. We are responding to current and pressing social issues, the politics of the day, exhibition themes and ideas from participants and visitors. We cooperate with schools, institutions and the local inhabitants. At the Kunsthalle Barmen Lab, we have an intergenerational approach and research the broader concept of mediation.
Take part!
Kunsthalle Barmen Lab is aimed at a broad and diverse audience. We cooperate with educational establishments, social initiatives, institutions, and the public. We offer events for families, children, adolescents and families on a regular basis. Moreover, we develop a programme for schools, students and other groups.
How to participate
For further information on the Kunsthalle Barmen Lab programme and the individual formats, please check the website of the Kunsthalle Barmen. With regard to questions and bookings, please contact us via email: lab@kunsthallebarmen.de
Current
Zwischen Alltag, Gewalt und Verantwortung
Panel discussion: – Police in the field of tension
Mon, 02. Jun 25 – Mon, 02. Jun 25
The police are the bearers of the state's monopoly on the use of force. At the same time statistics point to an increase in acts of violence against police officers. point to this. How do police officers experience violence in their everyday work? How do
The police are the bearers of the state’s monopoly on the use of force. At the same time statistics point to an increase in acts of violence against police officers. point to this. How do police officers experience violence in their everyday work? How do police measures have on those affected by them? And what prevention approaches exist? After a keynote speech on the results of the current police study ‘Motivation, attitudes and violence in the everyday life of police officers (MEGAVO)’, experts from the police and academia will discuss police and academia discuss challenges and perspectives in the between police violence and violence against the police. A panel discussion by Kunsthalle Barmen and Dr Tim Lukas (moderator).
Participants:
– Dr Svenja Keitzel (urban geographer, City of Frankfurt/M.)
– Andre Niewöhner (prevention network #sicherimDienst)
– Dr Jochen Wittenberg (German Police University)
How police checks are experienced in open drug scenes will be can be seen in an accompanying exhibition in the Haus der Jugend. The exhibition ‘[Surviving] life in a risky environment’ provides insights into the reality of life of the drug scene on Cologne’s Neumarkt.
Courtesy: Frankfurter Hauptschule, VG Bild-Kunst
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Sat, 07. Jun 25 – Sat, 07. Jun 25
On this Saturday we offer a colourful programme for the whole family with creative opportunities for everyone!
2-5 PM
open tour
Sun, 15. Jun 25 – Sun, 15. Jun 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 22. Jun 25 – Sun, 22. Jun 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 29. Jun 25 – Sun, 29. Jun 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Sat, 05. Jul 25 – Sat, 05. Jul 25
On this Saturday we offer a colourful programme for the whole family with creative opportunities for everyone!
2-5 PM
open tour
Sun, 06. Jul 25 – Sun, 06. Jul 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 13. Jul 25 – Sun, 13. Jul 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 20. Jul 25 – Sun, 20. Jul 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 27. Jul 25 – Sun, 27. Jul 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
Sat, 02. Aug 25 – Sat, 02. Aug 25
On this Saturday we offer a colourful programme for the whole family with creative opportunities for everyone!
2-5 PM
open tour
Sun, 03. Aug 25 – Sun, 03. Aug 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 10. Aug 25 – Sun, 10. Aug 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 17. Aug 25 – Sun, 17. Aug 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
open tour
Sun, 24. Aug 25 – Sun, 24. Aug 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
Upcoming
Recent
open tour
Sun, 25. May 25 – Sun, 25. May 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
Family Opening
Opening for children and families
Sat, 24. May 25 – Sat, 24. May 25
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.
do WORRY be happy
Fri, 23. May 25 – Sat, 24. May 25
Opening weekend with speeches and introductory words from various participants and guided tours of the exhibition together with the team.
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.
open tour
Tue, 20. May 25 – Tue, 20. May 25
Our education and outreach team offers guided tours of the exhibition. Participation is free of charge and no registration is required.
15:00 to 16:00
image: Samira Turan
Kurator*innenführung mit anschließender Ernteaktion
Every mushroom must go!
Sun, 23. Feb 25 – Sun, 23. Feb 25
Saturday 23.02.25, 16:00
Curator’s tour followed by a harvesting event.
Every mushroom must go!
Open Tour
3 PM
Sun, 23. Feb 25 – Sun, 23. Feb 25
Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.
Image: Martina Fineder
Laborgespräch – Neue Urbane Produktion
Thursday 20.02.2025, 6:00 pm
Thu, 20. Feb 25 – Thu, 20. Feb 25
Thursday 20.02.2025, 6:00 pm
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
REPAIRWORKSHOP – SbyD-Kiosk
Thursday 20.02.25, 14.00 - 18.00
Thu, 20. Feb 25 – Thu, 20. Feb 25
Thursday 20.02.25, 14.00 - 18.00
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
WORKSHOP – transform.NRW – Mit Kunst, Kultur und Design Nachhaltigkeit gestalten
Thursday, 20.02.25, 15:30
Thu, 20. Feb 25 – Thu, 20. Feb 25
Thursday, 20.02.25, 15:30
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
3 PM
Sun, 16. Feb 25 – Sun, 16. Feb 25
Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.
Image: Martina Fineder
WORKSHOP – transform.NRW – Mit Kunst, Kultur und Design Nachhaltigkeit gestalten
Thursday, 13.02.25, 15:30
Thu, 13. Feb 25 – Thu, 13. Feb 25
Thursday, 13.02.25, 15:30
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
3 PM
Sun, 09. Feb 25 – Sun, 09. Feb 25
Open tour of the exhibition with the education team.
Kochen, ein Transformationsprozess: Milch, Eier, Mehl & Pilze – Alles, was Arbeit macht
Workshop with Arpad Dobriban
Sat, 08. Feb 25 – Sat, 08. Feb 25
Saturday 08.02.25, 15 – 18:00
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
WORKSHOP – Pilze machen Leute
with Bio-Design/Art-Collektive "To mush the room", Mara Sandrock, Lina Vieres, Julia Krayer
Fri, 07. Feb 25 – Fri, 07. Feb 25
Friday 07.02.25, 15-18:00
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
WORKSHOP – transform.NRW – Mit Kunst, Kultur und Design Nachhaltigkeit gestalten
Thursday, 06.02.25, 15:30
Thu, 06. Feb 25 – Thu, 06. Feb 25
Thursday, 06.02.25, 15:30
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.