With the exhibition Art in Public Space, Langenhagen, Kunsthalle3000 collects sketched memories of the citizens of Langenhagen. In June and July people in the streets of Langenhagen are asked to sketch a sculpture or art intervention from the public space of Langenhagen. The exhibition at the Kunstverein, which begins as an empty exhibition space, will slowly fill with the sketched memories. Thus, a growing collection of subjective, two-dimensional images - and a collective, visual memory of the vivid history of art in public space in Langenhagen is created.

The city of Langenhagen is known for several intensive phases in which art projects in public space were realized. This development started in the 1980s and led to five sculpture symposia. The exhibition series 'vor Ort - art in urban situations', which gained nationwide attention, followed in the 1990's. As part of this exhibition series, well-known artists such as Yoko Ono, Karin Sander, Thomas Hirschhorn, Roman Signer and others were invited to create temporary interventions in public space. With the open competition '99 Standorte' in the context of EXPO 2000 in Hannover, the last large-scale exhibition of art in the public space of Langenhagen took place. Numerous artworks by nationally and internationally known artists can still be found throughout the city of Langenhagen.

*Kunsthalle3000 is a project by German artist Thomas Geiger - who is a guest at the Kunstverein for one year. As an intervention within the institution, Kunsthalle3000 creates a series of situations located in the gap between institutional-, private- and public space.

Finissage: Sunday July 28
2 - 4:30 pm - An open discussion about the history of art in public space in Langenhagen, with Thomas Geiger, Noor Mertens and other invited guests.