Space Relations
Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf 2025
As part of the Space Relations project, the opening of cultural institutions was examined – how spaces can be made not only accessible, but collectively used, shaped, and experienced. The focus was on the former bakery of the Konsumgenossenschaft Düsseldorf, a site of industrial and communal practice, which today houses the Weltkunstzimmer.
The project involved working with salt dough – a material that references both the history of the bakery and the traditions of Argentine anarcho-syndicalists, whose solidarity and collective practices are reflected in communal structures. At the same time, the dough alludes to facturas, traditional Argentine pastries, here understood as a critical translation of concepts of authority: everyday objects become instruments to reflect upon, question, and collectively negotiate power relations.
From this engagement emerged a collective translation of the Commons: a poetic and analytical experiment connecting historical and contemporary structures, making spaces experientially available as shared resources, and exploring possibilities for collective action in urban contexts.
Space Relations – Lab 2 at Weltkunstzimmer
From June 10 to 13, 2025, Lab 2 of Space Relations took place at the Weltkunstzimmer. Building on the work of Lab 1, the group of artists, designers, and theorists explored and expanded existing ideas, introducing new perspectives and processes.
Lab 2 participants included Daria Nazarenko, Moïse Fall, Denise Ritter, Kathrin Dröppelmann, Wanda Koller, Robin Meier Wiratunga, Rada Boukova, Elvire Bonduelle, Maja Funke, David JongSung Myung, Bidisha Das, Dr. Schmitt, Louretta, Juri Lechthoff, Leila Orth, Marie Samrotzki, Ronan Sungeelee, Balz Isler, Marguerite Pilven, Vanessa Joan Müller, Wolfgang Schäfer, Mischa Kuball, Martha Martens, and Janine Blöß.
Credits: Pia Koop
