Karl Holmqvist - Lecture Performance
I'LL MAKE THE WORLD EXPLODE
09.06.2025, 17-20 Uhr
As part of the Sommerbühne Bremerhaven
As a companion piece to the exhibition Die Stille Revolte der Dinge. Schenkung Schröder currently on view at the Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven Karl Holmqvist will give a performative lecture addressing his own works included in the exhibition amongst many other things.
Karl Holmqvist lives and works in Berlin. His work often includes writing in artist’s books, installations, video and spoken word performance.
Recent one-person exhibitions include Beau Travail, Stockholm, Laxart, Los Angeles, Fridericianum, Kassel, Centre d’Art Contemporaine, Geneva, Kunstverein Braunschweig (with Klara Liden), Braunschweig, Power Station, Dallas and Camden Arts Centre, London.
He has participated in the Venice Biennial in 2003 and 2011 and Performa, New York in 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2023. His works can be found in the collections of Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Le Musée d’Art Moderna de la Ville de Paris, Paris, Fridericianum, Kassel and Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf. He is represented by Galerie Neu, Berlin, dépendance, Brussels and House of Gaga, Mexico City.
Lecture will be held in English
5-6pm: Performance, 6-8pm: Drinks and music in front of the art museum - with Schallplattenunterhalter Arne Grellmann / Exhibition open until 8pm