Magazin „POLY“ - Free Guide 2022

Dortmund lights up
SUMMER AT THE U © DANIEL SADROWS
The Dortmunder U – huge, transparent
LED screens high above the city
point the way to a unique hotspot of art,
culture and science, visible from afar.
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→ DORTMUNDER-U.DE
This is where the
Union Brewery once
brewed beer for coal
miners. But now it’s
a new type of arts
centre combining art,
research, cultural education and creativity. Exhibitions,
film programmes, workshops, lectures, concerts, club
evenings, video and sound art all find a dynamic space
in the Dortmund U. The Ostwall Museum, the “Hartware
MedienKunstVerein”, the UZWEI, the Dortmund University
of Applied Sciences and Arts and the Dortmund University
of Technology are among the many organisations
working together in the “U” to create a future laboratory
with a colourful programme for everyone. Here’s just a
small selection of our activities in 2022.
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What is going on in
2022?
OSTWALL MUSEUM
Fluxus, Expressionism, Informal Art – the most
exciting aspects of 20th and 21st century art can
be seen at the Museum Ostwall, even including
current photo and video works. The focus in
2022 will be an exhibition entitled “Body & Soul.
Thinking, Feeling, Brushing your Teeth”. It looks at
various aspects of our bodies, and also our souls.
Some works of art will actually be usable. Visitors
can even bring their own bodies into the show and
become part of a work of art themselves. Flowers
in art also have a platform in a major temporary
exhibition. “Flowers” will be using all forms of expression
from the Baroque to Jawlensky, Warhol
and Richter, to reveal their beauty and transience.
UZWEI
On the second level of the building young artists
will be experimenting with digital and analogue
media and showing how we deal with them. One
of the highlights in 2022 is an innovative virtual,
augmented reality exhibition in which digitally
imagined worlds become tangible for visitors and
the seemingly impossible becomes possible
before their very eyes.
HMKV
The “HartwareMedienKunstverein” (HMKV) regularly
causes a stir in the cultural scene with its powerful,
controversial exhibitions and experimental
media art. This is where they state their position –
critical, opinionated, and grounded in content.
BODY & SOUL © ROLAND BAEGE
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MAPPING © RUPERT WARREN
SUMMER AT THE U
It’s free and open-air! This year, for the ninth time in
a row, the containers on the forecourt of the Dortmund
U will be opening their doors for “Summer
at the U”. The project, which has now turned into a
“city oasis”, has something for everyone thanks to
its “made-by-many” approach. The many different
styles of concert, readings, slams, and DJ sets are
perfect for a short summer break in the city.
TINY FRIDAY
Every Thursday evening from 7 p.m. onwards visitors
have the opportunity to get swept up in an
exclusive programme of concerts, workshops, film
screenings and sports events at various locations
in and around the Dortmund U.
THE PICTURE HOUSE
The cinema in the U has become the new place
to meet after work. Every Tuesday at 6 p.m.
and on the first Friday of every month at 8 p.m.
there's an after-work movie programme featuring
films that no longer find a place in mainstream
cinemas.
FAMILY SUNDAY
From 12 noon to 5 p.m. on the first Sunday of
every month, visitors of all ages are offered a
colourful programme on almost every floor of
the building. There are tours of the Dortmund U
as well as numerous hands-on activities for the
whole family to join in the fun together.
DEW21 MUSEUM NIGHT
The Dortmunder U is where the annual DEW21
Museum Night takes place. There are workshops
and hands-on activities for young and old alongside
a number of guided tours that take a closer
look at individual aspects of our current exhibitions.
Highlights like
the façade projection
mapping the Lab kiU
story-research project
– it’s also based
in the Dortmund U –
recently astonished
visitors with its threedimensional
video
mapping.