Stefan Moll was born in 1973. His childhood and youth in Bergisches Land were followed by studies in art history, political science and modern German literature after graduating from high school. Already in the course …
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Art for all people – Who is Stefan Moll?
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The Culture-Shelter: In Search of Lost Utopia
From war to art: In the city of Cologne in bunker k101, French, Polish and German artists deal with major issues of the present. Artworks about climate change, war, defence and human powerlessness are reflected in …
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The Female Gaze
Text and Image by Corinna Heumann The female gaze focuses on the female perspective of the body, role models, sexuality and its socio-political environment. It is a compassionate, gentle and inward looking gaze. In contrast, …
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Culture is the Attempt to Bring Paradise into the Midst of Life – a Plea for a Lively European Cultural Policy
Text and image by Corinna Heumann Culture as an elixir of life or culture as food for thought – despite the professed appreciation, culture is often seen as an actually superfluous cost factor, as an entertaining …
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Aleatorics and Reimagination as Principles of Creative Processes
Text and Illustration by Corinna Heumann Aleatorics, or the play with chance, has nothing to do with probability theory or game theory. However, it has widely been established as a creative technique in recent decades. …
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Life and Love equals Art: Who is Gary Zuercher?
Gary Zuercher grew up in Wooster, Ohio, attended high school there, and college at The Ohio State University. He lives with his wife Dominique half the year in Paris and the other half in Washington, …
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Weaving Heaviness and Lightness of Life into Literature: Who is Mira Steffan?
Mira Steffan was born in Oberhausen. She grew up in Bottrop, moved to Bonn and grew up again. After studying law, she began her professional life in the editorial department of a publishing house and …
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Digital Ethics – Will Unknown Algorithms Direct Our Lives? An Interview with Prof. Dr. Cordula Meckenstock
Interview and Illustration by Corinna Heumann Professor Meckenstock, you are deeply involved in digital ethics. What is digital ethics about? Digital ethics is a fairly new term. Basically it is the logical consequence of technological …
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An Empathic World View Transfigures into Literature – who is Christian Much?
Christian Much was born in Luxembourg in 1953. Socialized as a European cosmopolitan, he spent his school years in Luxembourg and Brussels. After studying law and ethnology in Germany, he worked in 14 countries between …
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Rethinking Europe: The Realistic Utopia, The Other Branch
Text and book Christian Much/ Illustration Corinna Heumann Political utopias inspire all eras. Alongside the better-known ones such as Plato’s State, Thomas More’s Utopia, George Orwell’s 1984 and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, some have …
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Symbol Politics or Dystopia de Luxe: Apple Trees, Climatology, Psychology
Illustration Corinna Heumann/ Text Frank Fremerey Do we need psychologists to confront the climate crisis? Is giving up vacation flights, T-bone steaks and plastic bags enough to stop global warming? When problems exceed our capacity …
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Time and Coincidence? Clocks as a Means to Understand the World: Who is Hans-Peter Jäger?
In the tranquil town of Bad Honnef on the Rhine, Hans-Peter Jäger begins to take an interest in the big old grandfather clocks in his parents’ house as a teenager. When they stop, he is …
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Craftsmanship of Mechanical Watchmaking and Art Mechanics as UNESCO World Heritage
Text and image: Corinna Heumann ‘It shivers with love…’ – the mechanical heart of Olympia: Craftsmanship of Mechanical Watchmaking and Art Mechanics have recently been inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of …
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About the Essential in Abstract Art: Who is Kim Kluge?
Photo by Dennis Divinagracia Kim Kluge graduated with honors at University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig in 1999. Ever since she has been working as a freelance artist. She explores as an ongoing process a …
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Goddess – Mother – Creator: Notes on Cultic Sites in the Eifel Region
Essay and Illustration Corinna Heumann – In the worship of their deities the social structure of a society is reflected. At special sites, at the archaeological temple districts of the matrons in the forests of …
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Visionary of globally valid digital ethics for a just digital society – Who is Cordula Meckenstock?
Ethical values, integrity, justice and their enforcement are her central concerns. After an Erasmus semester in Rome, Cordula Meckenstock completed her law studies in Münster in 2005. This degree leads her with honors via the …
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A learning “anti-hero” who wants to turn the world into a garden: Who is Frank Fremerey?
Photo by Paco Villalta Frank Fremerey is the executive director of the Volt parliamentary group in the Bonn City Council. He is also an author, photographer and project manager. Born in Beuel on the right …
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Making Art in the Age of the Anthropocene: Who is Daniela Flörsheim?
Cover photo Daniela Flörsheim/ Text by Corinna Heumann Preserving paradises is the life motto of Düsseldorf artist Daniela Flörsheim. In her art work she deals with the major issues of our epoch, climate change and …
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Museum Founder, Feminist, Artist: Who is Marianne Pitzen?
Portrait by Dennis Divinagracia/ Text by Corinna Heumann Marianne Pitzen, born in Stuttgart in 1948, exhibits her works publicly for the first time as early as 1969. Shortly thereafter, she and her husband, Horst Pitzen, …
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World Health is in the Hands of Women
Illustration by Corinna Heumann/ Text by Ted Ganten, Susanne Gold, Corinna Heumann Setting the pace in terms of equality: World health is in the hands of women! Equal treatment of women and men makes societies more …
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Overcoming Dystopia with the Art Drone: Who is H.O. Schmidt?
Fantasy, empathy, peace, respect and love open new perspectives on the future. The painter, action artist, sculptor and publicist Horst Olaf Schmidt was born in 1960 and lives in Remscheid. For over 40 years he …
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Life as a complete artwork: Who is Johanna Sarah Schlenk?
The young artist draws her artistic energies at the interfaces of acting, dance, sculpture and photography Johanna Sarah Schlenk (*1988) puts people at the center of her work. The artist explores their communicative actions in …
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Life is short, art remains
VITA BREVIS, ARS LONGA Mega-retrospectives, futuristic museum buildings, biennials, triennials, blockbuster exhibitions, gallery weekends and sensational auction records – what remains of the era of the art boom and its sales records? Climate change as …
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The Presence of Eternity – Who is Heide Schimke?
A simultaneous experience of nature and digital techniques: Kunsthalle Zürich Trained in researching mental states, the psychologist Heide Schimke extends her knowledge of the human condition to artistic horizons of experience. For this purpose she …