Substantial Changes at KAI 10: Art, Materiality, and Ecological Future
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Substantial Changes: When materials become co-authors
The group exhibition Substantial Changes at KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation is dedicated to the question of how contemporary art changes under the conditions of ecological crises, increasing digitalization, and social upheavals. From December 4, 2026, to June 13, 2027, Dana-Fiona Armour, Julian Charrière, Liza Dieckwisch, Julia Gruner, Vera Kox, Elsa Salonen, and Diana Scherer present artistic positions where materiality, process, and environmental sustainability play a central role.
Materiality between nature and artificiality
The curation by Ludwig Seyfarth and Julia Katharina Tiemann focuses on the boundaries between the natural and the artificial, the organic and the inorganic. The participating artists examine the properties of their materials and develop alternative forms of art production. Partially biodegradable materials, chemical reactions, and fragile substances offer an aesthetic experience where color, consistency, and surface do not appear static but as results of ongoing processes.
Art as an open, exploratory process
The exhibition brings together contemporary painting, sculpture, and installation in an expanded understanding. Many works are based on research and consciously incorporate the inherent properties of the used materials into the development of the works. Materials react to each other and to other elements; they change, age, or contain different geological temporality. This shifts the role of the artists: from sole authorship emerges a form of shared co-authorship with human and more-than-human actors.
Poetic spaces and ecological responsibility
The works unfold poetically in space and draw attention to the resources of our planet. The atmosphere of the exhibition arises from the interplay of forms, surfaces, organic structures, and industrially shaped materials. In the contemplation of the works, it becomes visible how closely aesthetic decisions are linked to questions of sustainability, cycles, and the future. The art experience connects sensual perception with cultural education and art historical reflection on the material history of contemporary art.
Seven artistic positions
With Dana-Fiona Armour, Julian Charrière, Liza Dieckwisch, Julia Gruner, Vera Kox, Elsa Salonen, and Diana Scherer, KAI 10 brings together an international group of contemporary artists. Their different working methods converge in an exhibition that not only presents finished objects but also makes change itself a theme and a method.
Supporting program and visitation
The opening will take place on Thursday, December 3, 2026, at 7 PM. Public tours of Substantial Changes are scheduled regularly at 3 PM starting Sunday, December 6, 2026. KAI 10 | Arthena Foundation is open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 AM to 5 PM and closed on holidays.
Conclusion: Change as an aesthetic experience
Substantial Changes promises an exhibition where materials are not just carriers of forms but active forces of art. Visitors will experience a contemporary exhibition about sustainability, processuality, and new forms of authorship. Those who want to discover art as sensual research and a reflection of social changes should experience this art encounter live at KAI 10.
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