09.08.2011, 18 h Opening of the group show in the Artists’ Gallery / "Galerie der Künstler" (BBK), Maximilianstr. 42, Munich. The artists were supposed to respond to the specific spatial situation of each apartment and work there experimentally, so that everyday homes were transformed into art laboratories. Their art-in-progress was made accessible to the public for the duration of 10 days. Further to the artistic work itself, the development of friendships between the artist-pairs constituted an essential aspect of this project, as this establishes perspectives for their further collaboration.

art.homes pursues an experimental concept of exhibition: the limits of art and the artists themselves are to be tested and exhausted. The artists, coming from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds must, first virtually, let their ideas of space-specific work react to one another and then, in reality, channel them into a common use of the apartment. This implies necessary compromises that go beyond traditional artistic collaboration.

art.homes not only initiates a new, more intensive dialogue between artists from Munich and Istanbul but also promotes a broader cultural exchange between the two cities. Interpersonal meetings evoke an integrative process, which has direct and long lasting effects. art.homes moreover constitutes the foundation for ongoing friendly relations between the urban districts of Beyoglu/Istanbul and Altstadt/Lehel in Munich. The dialogue process on the artistic and human level will be supervised for a period of two years and will hopefully result in a wide range of new art and culture projects.

Project venue: Munich und Istanbul

Project duration: 2010-2011

Project partner: art.homes Munich