LABORARTDEPOT - ALLES BERECHENBAR

"alles berechenbar" - the latest exhibition in the laborARTdepot series presents three Dortmund artists who studied art and mathematics together. For this project, they have entered into an artistic dialog and explored cross-references between these fields.

The central hall of the depot becomes a field of tension between art and mathematics and develops into a joint studio. The artistic means lie in diverse combinations and arrangements of graphics, painting and sculpture in the context of algorithms, chance, schemes and strategies.

Laboratory stations expand the exhibition and invite visitors to engage in research. Afterwards, the BerechenBAR awaits as a reward. A varied supporting program rounds off the laboratory project.

Laboratory stations
Grytzka, Heetmann, Niehoff: "Instructions for action"
Wolfgang Niehoff: "Birthday algorithmic"
Christiane Heetmann: "face to face: Vitruvian Proportion Study - Empirical
photo project"
Susanne Grytzka: "Math book - brand new"

Supporting program

Saturday, 22.08.2026, 16:00 hrs
Lecture: Matthias Knäpper: Can politics and business be calculated?

Politics shapes law and thus creates legal certainty, i.e. calculability. Or are we all "in God's hands in court and on the high seas"? How predictable is politics?

Sunday, 23.08.2026, 16:00 h
Lecture: Wolfgang Niehoff: Art and mathematics

Subjective reflections on the fascinating relationship between everyday cultural experiences.

Friday, 28.08.2026, 18:00 h
Reading: Hans-Peter Krüger: Painting by numbers

Numbers run through the narratives of all cultures and times, from the Bible to Goethe and Ernst Jandl. Numbers tell stories, they are a common denominator of all narratives, the predictable and the unpredictable.