150 Jahre HGB Bibliothek

The Library Theme Day on 24 October marks the finale of the "150 Years of the HGB Library" anniversary program: students present interactive and creative works, visitors can try out VR/computer games from the collection live and take part in exhibition and library tours. Teachers of book art/graphic design invite you to a "buffet of a thousand leaves" and look forward to an exchange between students, teachers and visitors. We will end the day musically with a live performance by LUKI LOOP.

The program:

11:00-22:00, HGB Lichthof
Fantasies of the Library
The HGB library served as a working material, thinking space and presentation venue for the typography course "Fantasies of the Library" with Teresa Rudolf in the summer semester 2024. On display are book recommendations as posters and Ex Libris stamps, which emerged from the examination of the library holdings.

13:00-20:00, HGB Gallery, as part of Radical Receptionist* II
Christin Lahr: MACHT GESCHENKE: SUCHE KAPTIAL - new and used
Accumulation of global capital, Christin Lahr, since 2010: Enrich my project through KAPITAL. Become an investor and watch the steady growth. Take part in the accumulation of global capital and the associated earnings and added value.

13:00-15:00, HGB Lichthof
get together with snacks & exchange on the results of the HGB library user survey with Yvonne Schürer (head of the HGB library) and Leona Koldehoff (student at HU Berlin).

13:00-19:00, HGB Lichthof
Re*mapping Leipzig
Re*mapping Leipzig is an app that artistically conveys the past and present of Leipzig's women's movements and makes both forgotten histories and current conflicts visible in the urban space. HGB teachers and alumni were involved in the development of the app. The Re*mapping pop-up structure is complemented by a selection of media curated by the library.

14:00-17:00, HGB room 2.25
Anselm Hötte: Hands-on experience on the topic of VR and gaming
The 3DXR (3D and Extended Reality) area of the Audiovisual Workshop presents contemporary VR/computer games and graphic applications to try out and experience.

14:45, atrium
Kerstin Drechsel, Vice Rector: Welcome to the Day of Libraries
15:00 Introduction | open: 13:00-20:00 | HGB Gallery | as part of Radical Receptionist* II
Christin Lahr: Frank Wagner's LIB
In 2016, the HGB received the library of Frank Wagner's estate. The presentation by Christin Lahr, artist and professor of media art at the HGB, introduces the work of the internationally renowned curator and offers the opportunity to familiarize oneself with his books.

15:30 Introduction | open: 13:00-20:00 | HGB Gallery | as part of Radical Receptionist* II
Christin Lahr: MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL - Critique of Political Economy
MACHT GESCHENKE: DAS KAPITAL confronts the prevailing political economy and meaningless bureaucratism with the gesture of gift-giving and DONATION. On the occasion of its 150th anniversary, the HGB library receives signed transfer no. 05626 dated 24.10.2024.

16:30 guided tour | open: 11:00-19:30 | library | exhibition until 20.12.
Anna-Lena von Helldorff: Hidden Treasures No.3 - treasures of the library
( get a picture )
between leaves and folios
of patterns, templates and ornaments
and other visual aids
Anna Lena von Helldorff, Professor of Typography at the HGB, takes over the third selection of special titles, which are actually "hidden" in the magazine, but will be shown publicly on the occasion of the anniversary.

17:00 guided tour | open: 11:00-19:30, also 25.10., 11:00-16:00 | library
Laila Kamil: shake, shake, obfuscate
The artist exhibits a live-generated visual system that animates and rearranges the terms from the HGB library classification. Laila Kamil studies in the class for installation and space.

17:30 guided tour | open: 13:00-20:00 | HGB Lichthof/Galerie | as part of Radical Receptionist* II
100xMB or 'What to do to make love?
RE-presentation of interactive student works of the class of the seminar "100xMB" on the question of the artist Marcel Broodthaers "What to do to make love?" supervised by Michal B. Ron.

18:00 hrs
Mille-Feuille = Invitation to an aperitif and collaboration
Anna Lena Helldorff, Aurelia Markwalder, Luise Bartels and Marion Kliesch invite you to a buffet of a thousand leaves. The occasion is the Day of Libraries, the 150th birthday of the HGB library and their joint start as a team (Typography - and beyond) at the HGB this winter semester.

from 7:30 pm | HGB Gallery, as part of Radical Receptionist* II
Musical finale with LUKI LOOP
LUKI LOOP from Leipzig fuses the sounds of Neue Deutsche Welle with a performance reminiscent of the androgyny of the 80s. The powerful stage presence and radically queer visibility take center stage. Personal experiences and socially critical themes flow into the songs and invite you to experience a new, queer dimension of Neue Deutsche Welle.

>>> Attention: postponed to Tue. 29.10.: 18:00 due to illness Opening & guided tour | "Leseflur" in front of the library | exhibition until 09.02.2025 | open: 11:00-22:00
Heidi Specker: library en core
Heidi Specker, artist and professor of photography at the HGB, explores the library as a cultural space for negotiation in a showcase exhibition. Feuilleton and social media are currently referring to this context again with the fashion trend "librariancore".
Instead, "On display - library history(s) since 1874" will be on show for the last time on 24.10. in the reading corridor.

More information at www.hgb-leipzig.de