Vernissage: 11 April 2024 | 6pm-10pm
Exhibition: 12 April to 5 May 2024 | Thu-Sun, 2-7pm
With her exhibition ‘Melting Mountains’, Berlin-based artist Theresa Schubert invites visitors to cultivate a new sensitivity towards the intersection of art and science. The three works on display address perhaps the most pressing issue of our time: climate change and the resulting melting of glaciers. Schubert offers a unique way of understanding the remarkable and alarming changes taking place in nature.
Previously exhibited individually at BOZAR in Brussels in 2022, the trio of works that make up the ‘Glacier Trilogy’ will now be shown together for the first time at MEINBLAU in Berlin, accompanied by an extended supporting programme. The project was developed in collaboration with scientists as part of STARTS4Water residency, organised by the European Commission.
SUPPORTING PROGRAMME
Saturday, 27 of April | 5-6pm
In conversation with Ingeborg Reichle
As an expert in modern and contemporary art with a strong focus on the interaction between art, science and ecology, the renowned art historian and curator Ingeborg Reichle (Research Institute for Sustainability Helmoltz Centre Potsdam), discusses the theme of the exhibition with the artist Theresa Schubert and will provide insight into the contextual framework.
The lecture and discussion will be held in English.
Sunday, 5 May | 5-6.30pm
In conversation with Tobias Sauter and Adnan & Nina Softić
For the finissage on May 5th, the artist welcomes three discussion partners: geologist Tobias Sauter, professor at the Humboldt University in Berlin and expert on glaciers, will provide a comprehensive overview of the scientific background.
The artist duo Adnan & Nina Softić developed the musical instrument “Klimaton” in 2020, which outputs the data of a research expedition to the Arctic as sound and thus draws a large-scale musical portrait of a changing landscape.
The lecture and discussion will be held in English.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Theresa Schubert is a Berlin-based artist who explores unconventional visions of nature, technology and the self.
Her works move in an aesthetic sphere between alchemy and science fiction, challenging anthropocentrism while enabling alternative visions and new sensory experiences. Schubert has exhibited internationally,including: Ars Electronica Linz, Art Laboratory Berlin, BOZAR. Centre for Fine Arts Brussels, KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, Electrofringe Festival Australia, Futurium Berlin, Istanbul Biennial, European Media Art Festival, MMOMA Moscow, Perm Museum of Contemporary Art or Zebrastraat Gent.
Her work has been awarded the NTAA (New Technological Art Award) 2016, an Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica (AI & Life Art 2021) and the Award of Excellence at the Japan Media Arts Festival 2022 (Art Division).
More info at: www.theresaschubert.com | www.meltingmountains.de (online from Monday, 25 March)
PRESS CONTACT
Todorow & Sacher – Office for cultural work GbR
Luis Argauer (he/him)
Enzenspergerstr. 5
81669 Munich
+49 (0) 89 356477240
+49 (0) 1796527717
The artist will be available for interviews on site or online via this contact.
Documentation on the creation of the artworks can be found here.
Images of the works is provided in the pressbox by Todorow & Sacher – Büro für Kulturarbeit GbR.
MELTING MOUNTAINS is funded by
Meinblau Projektraum is funded by
