Resonanzen EN

Exhibition „Resonanzen – Fließende Begegnungen und akustische Zwischenräume“ curated by Marita Landgraf and Heiko Wommelsdorf – Photos: Robert Schlossnickel

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The exhibition and event programme at the Künstler:innenhaus Lauenburg in autumn 2025 and 2026 will address the question of how we as a society can deal with uncertainties and challenges, what potential lies therein, and what positive visions for the future might look like. A metaphorical and physical connection is made to water, to the River Elbe, which flows past the Künstler:innenhaus every day and shapes the location. Here, the river serves as a metaphor for continuous change, dynamism and adaptability, but also as a symbol of life, deceleration, connection and networks. Water, as an essential component of ecosystems that are constantly interacting and changing, connects systems on land as well as in and under water. It directly reflects external climatic conditions, such as high or low water levels, temperature, and fast or slow flow movements. These changes in condition are also perceptible on an acoustic level.

So we ask: If we accept uncertainty as a fundamental condition of human life – something to be embraced rather than fought against – if we understand uncertainty as something productive, could it offer an opportunity for readjustment? Artistic approaches, creative thinking, new experiences and constructive practices can help us develop a ‘different’, new relationship with the world around us and positive visions, as well as understand change as a form of opportunity. Hope, community and resilience are important resources in this regard, while deceleration and resonance offer possible solutions for dealing with complexity. Looking at other contexts, such as natural ecosystems or ways of life far removed from Western exploitation logic, can teach us how to deal with uncertainty, change and adaptation. These are harmonious, supportive, fluid relationships and communities.

In an open, fluid exhibition concept, the various thematic references are brought together and simultaneously form the working method of this ongoing project. There are no classic durations with start and end dates, but rather fluid transitions in which the artistic works can respond to one another and build relationships – in terms of content, time and interdisciplinarity. We slow down and focus on resonance and dialogue. The gallery space becomes an artistic resonance chamber, in the sense of a mutual physical experience, a space for conversation, a place of community and positive visions.
The exhibition concept focuses on three main themes that will flow into one another in terms of time and subject matter: spatial-acoustic resonance, social and societal resonance, and ecological and systemic resonance.

The exhibition is funded by

With the support of the Association for Contemporary Music Hamburg e.V.