NEUE KÜNSTE RUHR: Shaping the future of the Ruhr together

Dates

Immersive exhibition project in Dortmund

Page21: New digital narrative worlds

Page21 combines digital arts, everyday experiences and social futures. About a museum experience that has never been seen before in any cultural institution.

A visitor of the Places _VR Festival 2020 looks at AR artworks by Miguelangelo Rosario © Places _ VR Festival / Ravi Sejk

Creators

Our questionnaire

Urban discovery with: Matthias Krentzek

Where can you find 200 hand-picked beer varieties? And what makes Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf so charming? Cultural manager Matthias Krentzek tells us in our NKR questionnaire.

Photo: Sven Lorenz / Zollverein foundation

Dates

The new digital art festival NEW NOW in Essen

Mining ideas

How can people, nature and technology live together in harmony? The NEW NOW festival creates a hybrid and participatory space to explore this question through digital art. While doing that it becomes a living sculpture itself.

Creators

Our questionnaire

Urban discovery with: Annika Pacyna

The event manager and film producer Annika Pacyna talks to us about creative activity despite the pandemic and her favorite places in the Ruhr region.

InFusion Urban Art Festival Pottporus e.V. Photo: Oliver Look

Creators

Our questionnaire

Urban discovery with: Zekai Fenerci

Zekai Fenerci is the manager and artistic director of Pottporus. In the interview, we find out what hip hop means to him and get some pithy Ruhrpott music tips.

Creators

Our questionnaire

Urban discovery with: Ahmet Sisman

The artist, booker, promoter & sound engineer Ahmet Sisman appreciates the intimate atmosphere of the art scene in the Ruhr area. He tells us about what he thinks is the best club in the Ruhrpott and how he makes music with minerals.