“Cascade” & “Constellation”

"Things That Were Are Things Again" is an attempt to realise a climate-neutral collection exhibition. Together with artists and designers, we are testing sustainable strategies to reduce the GfZK’s energy consumption and enable recycling processes. The works on display – which include installations, photography, painting, sculpture, video works and interventions in the GfZK garden – bear witness to a careful use of resources and focus on social interaction and a regard for diverse living beings. The title of the exhibition is borrowed from a work by Dan Peterman, an important representative of sustainable artistic practice, whose works were acquired for the collection in its early stages. "Things That Were Are Things Again" stands for a commitment to transformation processes. In the context of both the history and the self-image of the GfZK, this is always linked to the question of what contribution art can make to respectful coexistence.