Episode 2: Opening Talk
Curators Theresa Dettinger and Matthias Ulrich talk about the exhibition series “In A Silent Way. Sculptures around the SCHIRN” with Denise Mawila, Paul Spengemann and Ian Waelder, the artists featured in the second episode, and explain the concept behind the site-specific project.
The event will be held in English.
When
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 7 PM
Price
Free entry
Location
Gabriel-Riesser-Weg 3, Frankfurt am Main
Language
English
Notes
Free entry. Admission starts at 6 PM
“In A Silent Way. Sculptures around the SCHIRN” is a group exhibition presented in several episodes in the publicly accessible outdoor grounds of the SCHIRN in Bockenheim. The multi-part show sets out to capture the transience and fragility of environmental phenomena and transform them into aesthetic experiences. In doing so, the artworks enter into a relationship with their surroundings and the forces of nature – with sun, rain and wind, as well as the rhythms of day and night.
The second episode presents works that interact with wind and incoming light, with birds and wintry weather, and with the darkness of the season: the installations “Prise” (2000/2026) by Denise Mawila and “Self Portrait As My Father’s Nose” (2025/2026) by Ian Waelder, and the nocturnal laser projection “spin jump crawl climb dream bite hunt” (2024–ongoing) by Paul Spengemann.