ICA Cologne
Ebertplatz 23
50668 Köln
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U-Bahnhof Ebertplatz
Unterführung / Südausgang
50668 Köln
(24 Stunden am Tag einsehbar)
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Exhibitions
Winter Gardening
Gesa Kolb, Nadjana Mohr, Darcy Neve – curated by Lisa Oord
Info: Orangeries and palm houses, originally designed to cultivate unknown species in close proximity, have always been places of longing, a room for one‘s own, allowing dreamy journeys to distant worlds as winter gardens and luxurious extensions reserved for only a few people as prestige architecture. In this duality – half garden, half living room – this architectural extension is a refuge and habitat for people and plants in a protected atmosphere. Things can (survive) here that cannot cope with the climate of the northern hemisphere – which is vulnerable and particularly in need of protection. The exhibition Winter Gardening (working title) deals with protective spaces for fragile beings and species – those who, in times of increasing displacement and the threat of political tightening in any direction, particularly fear for their own habitats and niches. (…)
Events
Winter Gardening
Gesa Kolb, Nadjana Mohr, Darcy Neve – curated by Lisa Oord
Info: Orangeries and palm houses, originally designed to cultivate unknown species in close proximity, have always been places of longing, a room for one‘s own, allowing dreamy journeys to distant worlds as winter gardens and luxurious extensions reserved for only a few people as prestige architecture. In this duality – half garden, half living room – this architectural extension is a refuge and habitat for people and plants in a protected atmosphere. Things can (survive) here that cannot cope with the climate of the northern hemisphere – which is vulnerable and particularly in need of protection. The exhibition Winter Gardening (working title) deals with protective spaces for fragile beings and species – those who, in times of increasing displacement and the threat of political tightening in any direction, particularly fear for their own habitats and niches. (…)
