RønholtKurz – Heart of Muthesia

Temporary Communities   Friday, November 19, 11:15–12:45, 2021   Venue: H.G. Will Center, Pacelliallee 18-20, 14195 Berlin

RønholtKurz  

Heart of Muthesia

Heart of Muthesia is an exhibition series by Die Kette Moabit. Part of this series, the imaginative project Hotel Berlin by RønholtKurz feeds historic architectural sides within and around the Berlin landscape into a new architectural plan. The grand hotel as a space for semipublic living was the ground for this experiment, functioning as a container of styles and periods of the past, present, and future.

The talk with artist Veit Laurent Kurz invites Stanford students to experience an early afternoon together with local students from the Berlin University of the Arts. We gather inside our shared object of interest, which is the house itself, hosting today the H.G. Will Center. Veit Laurent Kurz’ site-visit unfolds the historical Haus Cramer to us. Exploring drawings, paintings, and visual material, we discuss his works from an unexpected angle. Introductions to each other are followed by shared (hi)stories of architectural, social, and artistic interest. We close the afternoon with a common lunch and open talks.

The Temporary Communities program fosters engagement with local students around a shared topic, which in this inaugural quarter is Haus Cramer itself.

Invited moderator Martin Beck (b. 1982, Karlsruhe, Germany) received his PhD in philosophy from FU Berlin and has been working as a lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence. He currently holds a qualification position at the Department of Design at the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK).

Veit Laurent Kurz (b. 1985, Erbach, Hesse, Germany) studied at art school Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and at the Academy of Art and Design, Offenbach. He lives and works in Berlin. Recent exhibitions of Veit Laurent Kurz’ work have been on view at Heidi, Berlin; Gallery Isabella Bortolozzi Berlin; Kunsthalle Lingen; Kunstverein Bonn; Miguel Abreu Gallery NYC; and Aspen Art Museum, Colorado. Since 2021, he runs Die Kette Moabit, a “twilight zone of physical and digital space” delving into art, architecture, music, and literature.” (https://diekette.net)