Lecture „Michael Riedel und Roberto Ohrt: Nicht mitmachen, aber dazugehören wollen”

In the organizer's words:

The art space Oskar-von-Miller Strasse 16 (2000 - 2014)

At the turn of the millennium, the Kunstraum Oskar-von-Miller-Straße 16 was one of the most unconventional venues on the Frankfurt art scene. In a former store, Michael Riedel, together with Dennis Loesch and other artists, ran a space where exhibitions, concerts, readings and club evenings took place - often as copies or re-stagings of existing events.

With strategies of repetition, copying and overwriting, Frankfurt's existing cultural events were taken up, mirrored and at the same time questioned. For example, exhibitions from the nearby Portikus were performed a second time or events were re-enacted in a different form. Actions such as "Gert & Georg", in which two performers imitated the artist duo Gilbert & George, created a parallel level to the official art scene. Formats such as the "Friday Kitchen", which still exists today, also began here.

In the lecture, Michael Riedel and Roberto Ohrt will talk about this experimental project and the role of the art space within the Frankfurt art scene around 2000.

Admission: €5 incl. visit to the exhibition. Registration is not necessary.

Price information:

A visit to the exhibition "Hidden History - Facets of Subculture in Frankfurt Rhine Main" is included in the admission price.