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Yesterday, together with Wolfgang Nestler, we opened his storage in display at Haus Amstenrath in Eynatten (Belgium). The exhibition space is open to visitors by appointment. Under the title SCHLÄNGELNDES ECHO, Martin von Almen and Conni Ottinger provided musical accompaniment to the works, and later Paul Damiano and Katharina Richter danced in dialogue with Nestler’s pole sculptures. Thanks to all artists, musicans and dancers involved. #Wolfgangnestler #ikob #performance #music #Eastbelgium

IKOB - Museum 17h ago

Tim Beeby was a guest at IKOB with his fantastic project "Unsigned Untitled Undated" and recently posted a video about it on his website. Check it out. Here's the link to his website https://tim-beeby.de/unsigned_d.html and here you find the video on Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/1178013358?fl=pl&fe=vl
#eupen #ikob #timbeeby #contemporaryart

IKOB - Museum Mar 28

Yesterday, we hosted Walter Schulz, who presented his book about Hari Hünerbein, his grand-grandmothers older brother, who left Eupen, with parts of her savings, lived in Cologne and only came back once to give the money plus interests back to his sister. Her family survived WW1 with that money. The book put the flashlight on those, who usually are just forgotten. Thanks to Brenda Guesnet for organising this event!!! #walterschulz #harihünerbein #ikob #martinschulz #workingclass #history

IKOB - Museum Mar 10

Wolfgang Nestler talks to BRF TV about his exhibition. #WolfgangNestler #BRF #Eupen #IKOB #IKOBMuseum #eastbelgium

IKOB - Museum Mar 9

Yesterday 130 curious art lovers attended the opening of Wolfgang Nestler's "Werdeformen" at IKOB museum in Eupen. It was a great experience seeing his work which sometimes date back to the 70s looking contemporary and still giving proof to the facto, that art doens't need an academic title to be understood.
#IKOB #IKOBMuseum #contemporaryart #WolfgangNestler #eupen #eastbelgium

IKOB - Museum Mar 2

We are installing works by Wolfgang Nestler, who participated two Documentas in Kassel. Want a little sneak peak?
#ikob #eupen #eastbelgium #IKOBMuseum #wolfgangnestler

IKOB - Museum Feb 21

We just published a new text in our museums blog. The title is "Workflowversprechen und Beharrungsagonie – Der lange Weg zur digitalen Selbstbestimmung im Museum". Unfortunatelly it's in german, but a translating machine might do the magic?! It is a text about digital souvereignty, digital self-defence and the duty of cultural institutions to be more aware about the surveillance industry than others.
#digitalselfdefense #bigdata #antimicrosoft #nextcloud #ikob #ikobblog
https://ikob.be/blog/mode:contrast

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IKOB - Museum Feb 13

Kunstforum International has just released its latest themed issue. Titled ‘Draw! From Line to Art,’ it aligns almost perfectly with the theme of our current exhibition. Ronny Delrue, the Belgian painter and sculptor, is a compulsive draftsman, and we’re using his drawings to highlight the political and social dimensions of drawing.

#RonnyDelrue #ContemporaryDrawing #IKOB #BelgianArt #EupenMuseum #Zeichne #DrawingArt #VonDerLinieZurKunst #KunstforumInternational #Kunstforum #Zeichnung

IKOB - Museum Feb 11

Good initiative by the Irish government. A kind of basic income for artists and creatives. €1,300 per month eases existential fears and worries, sending a strong signal to those whose importance for a functioning democratic society is often emphasized but rarely rewarded.

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kunst-in-irland-325-euro-pro-woche-dauerhaftes-grundeinkommen-vom-staat-a-2dcb2294-f7c8-4c34-a7de-d3ab82c709b6

#basicincome #grundeinkommen #artists #contemporaryart #ikob

Dauerhaftes Grundeinkommen: Irland zahlt Künstlerinnen und Künstlern 325 Euro pro Woche

Soll ein Staat Kunstschaffenden das Leben finanzieren? Irland hat sich nach drei Testjahren dafür entschieden: Ein Grundeinkommen für 2000 Kreative wird verstetigt, der Kulturminister rühmt sich einer Pioniertat.

DER SPIEGEL

IKOB - Museum Feb 11

Today we visited "Die Queere Moderne" at K20 in Düsseldorf. The exhibition is great - no doubt about that. We highly recommend going there and to bring some time. The curators offer many books and films, the walltexts are quite informative too
#K20 #Düsseldorf #art #modernity #queer #ikobontour #ikob