TOGETHERNESS – 20 Jahre SPRING KOLLEKTIV

Opening: Saturday, October 21, 2023 from 4 p.m.
Exhibition duration: October 21, 2023 - November 11, 2023
Monday - Saturday 12 - 8 pm

For 20 years, we have been giving a stage to the diverse voices of female illustrators in Germany and other countries by publishing the anthology SPRING. What unites us is a passion for storytelling with graphic means - the visualization of stories.
The focus of the SPRING-KOLLEKTIV is on personal and professional exchange: all decisions are made collaboratively and democratically. Each year, the artists meet and discuss what theme might be relevant and exciting for the new issue. Once the theme has been decided, each of the artists searches for and finds her own individual approach, both in terms of content and graphics. In the end, when we hold the magazine in our hands, we see very different perspectives on one topic side by side.

SPRING remains lively above all because of its open structure of fixed and changing members: since the first issue in 2004, SPRING has already been a platform for more than 75 international women artists. SPRING is a field of experimentation for us. SPRING inspires us to find images and words for feelings, events and utopias and to share them with you. SPRING gives us the courage to dare something new: we reflect together and support each other. The power of the COLLEGE of female-identifying members opens a space for a fun, constructive and intense collaboration. We hope that our stories will entertain you in a variety of ways and make you think - at best, enrich you.

The exhibition will feature drawings, paintings, installations and photographs (by Manfred Bogner) on the theme of Togetherness.
The documentary film about the artists' collective celebrates its premiere with the exhibition and will be shown on Thursday 19.10.2023 at 8 pm in the cinema Central in Haus Schwarzenberg and then also be shown in the exhibition.
There will be a reading at the vernissage, speed dating and a graph-o-mate where visitors:inside can have Spring members draw for them. As every year, there will be a raffle with handmade unique pieces, in which everyone who buys a book will automatically participate. In addition, there will be a large table at the opening with many handmade uniques, zines, books, t-shirts, posters, etc. from the artist group.

Participating artists
Maren Amini, Ludmilla Bartscht, Julia Bernhard, Larissa Bertonasco, Romy Blümel, Almuth Ertl, Doris Freigofas, Katharina Gschwendtner, Line Hoven, Katharina Kulenkampff, claire Lenkova, Carolin Löbbert, marialuisa, Sophia Martinek, moki, Nina Pagalies, Katrin Stangl, Kati Szilagyi, Stephanie Wunderlich, Anne Vagt

Exhibition Program & Events
Film premiere "Spring - A Documentary": Thursday, 19.10.2023, 8 p.m. at Kino Central

Vernissage TOGETHERNESS - 20 years SPRING KOLLEKTIV: Saturday, 21.10.2023, 4 pm at neurotitan

Book release GENOSSIN KUCKUCK by Anke Feuchtenberger with moderation by Lars von Törne:
Saturday, 04.11.2023, 4 p.m. at neurotitan