Transcultural art: Students spark creative dialogues in Leipzig

Transcultural art: Students spark creative dialogues in Leipzig

The Gallery for Contemporary Art Leipzig will present a special performance on Saturday, May 10, 2025, from 6 p.m. to midnight, as part of the Halle & Leipzig Museum Night. The installation “Formel:Marionette_Leipzig” by the artist Suse Weber, which has been part of the “Spielräume” collection presentation since 2017, is the focus of this event. Students in the Public Art and New Artistic Strategies course at the Bauhaus University Weimar will engage with Weber's work in a performative intervention.

During the six-hour performance, the students will convert their own work contributions into codes, which will then be integrated into the existing drawing and handling system. This innovative approach rearranges the support structure of the installation and leads to exciting role shifts between the work, artist and audience. uni-weimar.de reports that the exchange of ideas between those involved will have a decisive influence on the results of the performance.

Multilingual participation and cultural reflection

A central goal of the performance is to promote new, transcultural participation. The event appeals to a multilingual audience, supported by the linguistic diversity of the PANAS project, which currently covers 12 different languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Spanish and English. Through this multilingual access, students will enable a variety of voices to be heard and cultural diversity to be celebrated.

In her installation, Suse Weber addresses the connection between visual vocabulary and cultural symbols that are deeply rooted in her own biography. Her work relates to her childhood in the GDR and uses archive images of the state dance ensemble to reflect social stereotypes. The visual vocabularies are rearranged through shared narratives with the audience, raising the questions: “Who is playing” and “Who is being played?” These questions form the starting point for a deep examination of identity and culture.

Combination of art and therapy

In the context of transcultural debate, the performance opens up perspectives that are also important for the field of art therapy. In Germany, the development of “transcultural art therapy” is still a young field of work that is growing in relevance due to various migration movements. Special self-reflection skills are necessary in order to be able to act sensitively in intercultural encounters. Art therapists work both nationally and internationally, so exchange and professionalization in this area are becoming increasingly important. spielraum-fuer-kunst.de addresses the need for standards in art therapy and the question of culturally sensitive approaches.

In Leipzig, art is not only celebrated in its diverse forms, but bridges are also successfully built between different cultures and discourses. It is not just artists who represent the voices of diversity, but also the audience who are actively involved in the creative process. With the support of GfZK Leipzig and other partners, this performance is an example of how art can create a space for dialogue and exchange. went out.de adds that entry is included in the exhibition ticket, which makes access easier for other interested parties.