CURRENT-KUNST UND URBANER RAUM

𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 – 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗸𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼, 𝗖𝗨𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝘅 𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘀𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝘅 𝗝𝗢𝗶𝗡 Die Präsentation des Musikvideos 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 markiert den Abschluss einer intensiven Workshopwoche und eines vielschichtigen künstlerischen Prozesses. Entstanden sind Songtexte und Bildmaterial unter der Leitung des Künstlers und Musikers Love Ssega @lovessega in Zusammenarbeit mit der Künstlerin und Filmemacherin Rosa Klingelhöfer @ziemlichrosa Zwölf Teilnehmer*innen entwickelten innerhalb einer Woche Lyrics zum Thema Luft 🌬️ und übersetzten diese in Bewegtbilder, die anschließend zu einem Videoclip montiert wurden. Mitwirkende: Amelie Möcklin, Arina Melnyk, Aylen Bucksath, Ecem Lina Cakmak, Esra Haticesu Cakmak, Irini Dauber, Jonas Ritsch, Kateryna Rozlomii, Kristi Gjinaj, Kyrylo Savinov, Levi Pfeiffer, Lilly Büchel, Luisa Carius; feat. Jacobo Ochoa (Staatsoper Stuttgart). @jacoboochoa Die Arbeitsphase wurde durch verschiedene künstlerische Impulse begleitet, darunter ein Workshop zum Thema Luft in Stuttgart mit Christine von Raven @tinevraven , ein Besuch im Fundus der Staatsoper Stuttgart sowie eine Zusammenarbeit mit dem Sänger Jacobo Ochoa von der Staatsoper Stuttgart. Musik: Love Ssega Video: Rosa Klingelhöfer Koordination: Verena Schulze @verena_leotie Der Workshop fand im Rahmen des Projekts „LUFT“ statt und ist eine Produktion von Art Public Space – Culture Matters gUG, organisiert von CURRENT – KUNST UND URBANER RAUM in Kooperation mit JOiN – Junge Oper Stuttgart. @joinstuttgart Ein kollaboratives Kunstprojekt an der Schnittstelle von Musik, Performance und urbanem Raum. Ein großes Dankeschön an alle Teilnehmende, das Team von JOiN und alle Künstler*innen! 🩷

The project 𝒟𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 is accompanied by a publication that gathers artistic and research-based contributions reflecting on the impact of the automobile on the environment and the city. It considers how public space is shaped by social hierarchies and systems of exclusion, and asks how movement might be imagined differently. Initiated in Stuttgart, the project echoed its ideas in Brussels and Barcelona. The texts and works gathered in the publication are excerpts from contributions shown in these cities, parts of ongoing research, or pieces developed specifically for the occasion in Barcelona. The publication is available at Sant Andreu Contemporani, where the exhibition runs until 25.03.2026. For a digital version, you can contact us by email/DM. With contributions by: Camila Cañeque, Cara New Daggett, Natalia Domínguez, Julia Hainz, Arnau Horta, Paco Ladrón de Guevara, Kenza Lansari, Hannah Lyssens, Marenka Krasomil, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.), Jasmin Schädler, Selma Selman. @daggettcara @juliahainz @kenzapoulain @hannahlyssens @jointintelligence @fraumitlandschaft @selman.selma @paco.ladrong @natalia.dmngz ♡⃛ ♡⃛ ♡⃛ 𝒟𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 is a project developed as part of CURRENT— Art and Urban Space, in collaboration with Sant Andreu Contemporani, Centre Cívic Sant — Andreu Districte de Sant Andreu y Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creaciò, and Recyclart, Brussels. @recyclartbxl @santandreucontemporani @fabraicoats.fabricadecreacio @ccsantandreu @districtesantandreu The project is curated by Marenka Krasomil with Laura Bernhardt and Nora Unger. @a.rtem.ya @l_au_b @no_ra_nora_ ♡⃛ ♡⃛ ♡⃛ Publication for 𝒟𝓇𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝓇𝒾𝒻𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔: Concept & Editing: Marenka Krasomil Editorial Assistance: Letícia Oehlgardt Graphic Design: Clara Pessanha @clara.pessanha Photos: @juditboucomas

Last week we inaugurated the exhibition Driving Dreaming Drifting, curated by @a.rtem.ya , with works by @natalia.dmngz and @paco.ladrong . The performance RALENTÍ: TICKING OVER by @natalia.dmngz examines the relationship between masculinity, sound, and collective identity in two parts: one staged at @current.stuttgart and a second part at @santandreucontemporani . In Barcelona, instead of confronting the vehicle as a whole, the image was progressively displaced through fragmentation. Performed by @marioliv.8 , @slvgali , and @mixcedonia , it foregrounded a more intimate and bodily relationship with the machine. Their bodies became the supporting structure: holding, activating, and re-signifying the objects. Photos: @juditboucomas A project by CURRENT – Art and Urban Space @current.stuttgart @recyclartbxl , in collaboration with Sant Andreu Contemporani, Centre Cívic Sant Andreu – Districte de Sant Andreu, and Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creació @santandreucontemporani @fabraicoats.fabricadecreacio @ccsantandreu @districtesantandreu . *** La setmana passada vam inaugurar l’exposició “Driving Dreaming Drifting” comissariada per @a.rtem.ya amb obra de @natalia.dmngz @paco.ladrong . La performance RALENTÍ: TICKING OVER de @natalia.dmngz examina la relació entre la masculinitat, el so i la identitat col·lectiva en dues parts: una escenificada a @current.stuttgart i una segona part a @santandreucontemporani . A Barcelona, en lloc d’afrontar el vehicle com un tot es va desplaçar progressivament la imatge mitjançant la fragmentació. Interpretada per @marioliv.8 @slvgali @mixcedonia , va posar en primer pla una relació més íntima i corporal amb la màquina. Els seus cossos van convertir-se en l’estructura de suport: sostenint, activant i ressignificant els objectes. Fotos: @juditboucomas 
Un projecte de CURRENT – Art and Urban Space @current.stuttgart @recyclartbxl , en col·laboració amb Sant Andreu Contemporani, Centre Cívic Sant – Andreu Districte de Sant Andreu and Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creaciò @santandreucontemporani @fabraicoats.fabricadecreacio @ccsantandreu @districtesantandreu

CANVI DE DATA! DATE CHANGE! Inauguració / Opening: 19 de febrer 19h Performance by / Performance de: Natalia Domínguez with / amb: @marioliv.8 @slvgali @mixcedonia Artists / Artistes: Natalia Domínguez & Paco Ladrón de Guevara @natalia.dmngz @paco.ladrong Curated by / Comissariat per: Marenka Krasomil @a.rtem.ya The exhibition is accompanied by a publication with contributions by / L’exposició va acompanyada d’una publicació amb contribucions de: Camila Cañeque, Cara New Daggett, Natalia Domínguez, Julia Hainz, Arnau Horta, Paco Ladrón de Guevara, Kenza Lansari, Hannah Lyssens, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.), Jasmin Schädler, Selma Selman. @daggettcara @juliahainz @kenzapoulain @hannahlyssens @jointintelligence @fraumitlandschaft @selman.selma Un projecte de CURRENT – Art and Urban Space @current.stuttgart @recyclartbxl , en col·laboració amb Sant Andreu Contemporani, Centre Cívic Sant – Andreu Districte de Sant Andreu and Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creaciò @santandreucontemporani @fabraicoats.fabricadecreacio @ccsantandreu @districtesantandreu Foto: @luziemarqu Gràfica: @clara.pessanha

𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗸- 𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗢𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻 (𝟳.-𝟭𝟭. 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲) 5-tägiger Musik- und Songwriting-Workshop mit dem Londoner Musiker und Performer Love Ssega für alle zwischen 15 und 20 Jahren. Gemeinsam schreibt ihr Texte, Melodien und einen Song und setzt eure Ideen in einem eigenen Musikvideo um. Ausgangspunkt ist das Thema „Luft“ – als etwas, das wir teilen, brauchen und unterschiedlich erleben. Eure persönlichen Erfahrungen treffen auf Fragen zu Klima, Gerechtigkeit und Zusammenhalt. Egal ob Rap, Gesang, Performance, Tanz oder Style: Ihr entscheidet, wie der Song klingt und aussieht, und was im Musikvideo passiert. Vorerfahrung ist nicht nötig – wichtig ist Lust auf Musik und gemeinsames Arbeiten. 𝟳.–𝟭𝟭. 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 (𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗺 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁) Anmeldung 𝗯𝗶𝘀 𝟲.𝟬𝟯.𝟮𝟲 𝗮𝗻: 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻@𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗮𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿-𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁.𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗗𝗠 Schreibt kurz, wer ihr seid und warum ihr mitmachen wollt. Die Plätze sind begrenzt. Mehr Infos in der CURRENT Bio. Der Workshop ist konzipiert von CURRENT – Kunst und urbaner Raum mit dem Künstler Love Sssega in Kooperation mit JOiN. Er findet im Rahmen des Projektes LUFT satt, gefördert von der Initiative Kulturkessel. @lovessega @joinstuttgart @popbuero @aboutpopfestival @clubzentralstuttgart @clubcann @stuttgarter.musikschule @freieszenestuttgart @jugendhaus_west @jugendhausheslach @jugendhaus_degerloch @stjg_jugendhaus @dasmitte @kjh_nord @kjhfeuerbach @werkstatthaus.stuttgart

༄CURRENT Echo in Barcelona༄ Driving, Dreaming, Drifting unfolds in Barcelona as part of CURRENT’s ongoing investigation into art and urban spaces. Through queer-feminist perspectives based on fluidity, corporeality, appropriation of patriarchal systems and ideas the project asks what it means to be together in a city shaped by mobility and how to challenge the predominant binary patterns. Driving, Dreaming, Drifting: 13 February – 25 March 2026 Artists: Natalia Domínguez & Paco Ladrón de Guevara @natalia.dmngz @paco.ladrong 
 Opening 13 February — Performance by Natalia Domínguez 
Curated by Marenka Krasomil @a.rtem.ya The exhibition is accompanied by a magazine with contributions by Camila Cañeque, Cara New Daggett, Natalia Domínguez, Julia Hainz, Arnau Horta, Paco Ladrón de Guevara, Kenza Lansari & Hannah Lyssens, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence (O.J.A.I.), Jasmin Schädler, and Selma Selman. @daggettcara @juliahainz @kenzapoulain @hannahlyssens @jointintelligence @fraumitlandschaft @selman.selma A project by CURRENT – Art and Urban Space, in collaboration with Sant Andreu Contemporani, Centre Cívic Sant – Andreu Districte de Sant Andreu and Fabra i Coats. Fàbrica de Creaciò @santandreucontemporani @fabraicoats.fabricadecreacio @ccsantandreu @districtesantandreu 📷: Luzie Marquardt @luziemarqu Performers on the Pictures 1 @juliansturz , 2 @lem.myy , 3 @stellacovi , Other Performers: @pauline___michel & Bar Gonen

Die Stuttgarter Kultur braucht eure Stimme! Derzeit wird im Gemeinderat der Doppelhaushalt 2026/27 verhandelt – mit drastischen Einsparungsmaßnahmen für Bildung, Soziales und Kultur. Was das bedeuten würde? Für die Kulturakteur*innen in Stuttgart und mittelfristig auch für deren Publikum hätte dies weitreichende Folgen. Für kleinere Kulturinstitutionen sowie Künstler*innen und Ensembles der Freien Szene jedoch wären diese Kürzungen existenzbedrohend! Eure Stimme ist gefragt – in einer gemeinsamen Petition der Stuttgarter Kultureinrichtungen und der Freien Tanz- und Theaterszene. Link 🔗 in der Bio! Unterschreibt! Teilt! Gebt dem Protest eure Stimme! Druckvorlagen & digitale Vorlagen, ein großes Danke hierfür: @schauspielstuttgart

🌀 Recap: Driving, Dreaming, Drifting Echo in Brussels 🌀 — After the Engine: From Car City to Car City? The first echo of this two-part series took place on Friday, 26 September, at and around Brussels art center @recyclartbxl . It brought together artistic, activist, and spatial practices to rethink air as a shared resource—a day full of performances, installations, conversations, and a collective walk through Brussels urban space. The Echo opened with “Rush Hour Assembly” by @jointintelligence at Jardin de la Cité Administrative reviving the ghost of the Koekelberg Viaduct through a performative bureaucratic ritual, reflecting on the “car-friendly city” and its enduring infrastructures of control. Following this, Martin Rosenfeld, from @ieb_bruxelles , traced the global afterlife of used cars in Brussels Heyvaert District and the unequal ecologies of air that connect Brussels to West Africa. Next, @kenzapoulain performed “Autobio”, tracing the afterlives of discarded cars from Brussels to North Africa. The performance intertwined personal narrative with queer-feminist critique, revealing the inequalities embedded in global mobility circuits. The day ended with Lucas Engels’ Musée Gonflable in conversation with @lovessega (LIVE + BREATHE): a playful inflatable sculpture made from old truck tarps, creating a space for play, gathering, and protest, combining artistic and activist ideas about air, care, and joy. Those who wished were invited to experience the Car-Sauna “Saun(r)a” by @yesyesbernstein . The installation remained open to the public over the weekend. Thank you to everyone who joined us and made this day so special. A big thanks goes to all the participating artists, as well as to all our guests. 👉 The second echo will take place in February 2026 in Barcelona at @santandreucontemporani . See you there ! 🌀 More photos soon on the website! 📷 Melissa Fauve

🌙RÜCKBLICK 🌙 thirsty ears listening session nr 4. Mit Oliven und Fladenbrot, mit Texten von Elif Shafak und einer Hör-Übung von Haytham El-Wardany, mit Körperaktivierungen von @dreya_11 Danke an alle tolle Teilnehmer*innen die sich bei unserer letzten listening session am Mailänder platz mit uns gefragt haben: Wem oder was möchtest du (mehr) Gehör schenken? 🐚 Donnerstag 24.07.2025, 17:00–18:30 Uhr Ein offenes Treffen zum gemeinsamen Zuhören mit Austausch, Hörexperimenten und Soundaufnahmen. Für Alle ab 15 Jahren. thristy ears wurde in collaboration mit @current.stuttgart @dreya_11 , @eyesndick und dreaming in women* (@sofia__falsone , @sarahtartsch , @paulacharlotteauguste , @t___o0o__ni ), realisiert.

🌪 CURRENT Echo in Brussels 🌪 After the Engine – From Car City to Car City? CURRENTS’ theme Driving, Dreaming, Drifting connects Stuttgart with Brussels and Barcelona, with echo events in September 2025 and February 2026. The first echo, happening at and around Brussels’ art center @recyclartbxl ​, gathers artistic, activist, and spatial practices to rethink air as a shared resource. What does it mean to breathe in a city shaped by cars, pollution, and unequal access to space and health? From embodied reflections on mobility to playful gestures of resistance, the echo calls for a shift in perspective: from extraction to care, from car logic to a politics of breath. 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝟐𝟔.𝟎𝟗, 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐬: 𝟏𝟔:𝟎𝟎 – 𝟐𝟐:𝟎𝟎 Sauna by @yesyesbernstein at Recyclart (additional dates: 𝟐𝟓.𝟎𝟗, 𝟏𝟖:𝟎𝟎 – 𝟐𝟏:𝟎𝟎 & 𝟐𝟕.𝟎𝟗, 𝟐𝟎:𝟎𝟎 – 𝟐𝟑:𝟎𝟎) 👉 Please bring your own towel & swimsuit 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟏𝟔:𝟎𝟎 Rush Hour Assembly by @jointintelligence ​ at Jardin de la Cité Administrative (registration required) 𝟏𝟕:𝟑𝟎 Guided tour Car-City by Martin Rosenfeld @ieb_bruxelles at Heyvaert Street (registration required) 𝟏𝟖:𝟑𝟎 Performance Autobio by @kenzapoulain ​ at Recyclart 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝟐𝟎:𝟑𝟎 Performance & exchange Bouncy Museum by Lucas Engels & @lovessega ​ at Recyclart 👉 A second echo will take place in February 2026 in Barcelona @santandreucontemporani ​ 🔗 More info about the Echo program: Link in Bio 📷 @ Jean Pierre Stoop @ Dominique Brewing @ Dominique Brewing @ Sophie Harbinson @ Melissa Fauve

✨ Recap: A Big Thank You & Summer Break with a Glimpse Behind the Scenes ✨ It’s a wrap! Four weeks of festival are behind us – from June 26 to July 27, more than 20 artistic positions, a symposium, and numerous performances, installations, talks, and shared walks through urban space made the invisible visible. Along aerial pathways, audiences were invited to rediscover and reflect on the meaning and impact of air. CURRENT 2025 once again demonstrated how art in public space can spark social discourse and shift perspectives. The festival acted as an amplifier for what already exists – with regional and international voices broadening perspectives beyond the city and the “Kessel” (Stuttgart basin). CURRENT clearly shows how essential art in public space is: it fosters participation, addresses the urban community, and makes art accessible to all. A huge thank you to the entire team and all the helpers – this third edition would not have been possible without you <3
 
CURRENT TEAM (Image 1–11): 
Marcela Majchrzak @marcelamajchrzak , Marenka Krasomil @a.rtem.ya , Anja Haas @pudel_unlimited , Natalia Sartori @nataliasartori , Verena Schulze @verena_leotie , Johannes Polzer @cookingroads , Nora Unger @no_ra_nora_ , Stella Covi @stellacovi , Julien Jousse @jln.jay , Laurine Haller @laurinehaller , Kathrin Stärk, Laura Bernhardt @l_au_b , Tina Steiger Helpers: 
Lennart, Louis, Luisa, Janaina, Vanessa, Leonie, Mali, Yannick Thank you also to everyone who joined us and brought the festival to life – the artists, cooperation partners, and of course our audience. CURRENT is now heading into a summer break – we look forward to seeing you again soon! 📷 ©Luzie Marquardt ©Dominique Brewing 👉 More photos on our website!

🌀 Recap: Final Festival Days – Performances 🌀  Deep beneath the city, in the historic water reservoir of Stuttgart-East, sound, body, and memory came together.  On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Citizen.KANE.Kollektiv @citizen.kane.kollektiv and Maite Román presented the performance “Der letzte Atemzug / El último respiro”, followed by “Exspiration” by Donya Ahmadifar @dny.a , Bobby Sayyar @bobby_sayyar , Jens Kuhlmann @kuhlmann_jk , and Nam Nguyen The — two artistic explorations of breath, memory, and transformation.  This special venue, with its echoing arches and cool stone columns, became a resonant space for themes of loss, change, and the question of what takes our breath away — and where we find air again.  The performances were created in cooperation with Stuttgart’s independent dance and theater scene @freieszenestuttgart – and due to high demand, all dates were sold out within a week.  On Saturday, the four-part performance series “~ 4E8A∞ ~” by Johanna Ackva, Cécile Kobel @cecilekobel , and Judith Milz @kative3760 concluded — a choreographic breathing parcours through Stuttgart exploring breath as a physical, social, and political process. From a performative “inspection” at the waste facility to a smoky bar and a walk through the former tuberculosis settlement “Hustenburg,” the journey ended with “Kathar(r)sis” in Degerloch’s Church of Reconciliation. There, in collaboration with composer Eva-Maria Houben, the organ — powered by “working air” — accompanied a quiet atmosphere of focus and exhalation. 🌀 More photos on the website!  These were the final days of Current 2025. Many thanks to all visitors, contributors, and partners – see you in two years! 
 
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