7 pm Opening of the exhibition Printjam at Kommunale Galerie Berlin

with Ronald De Bloeme, Wernher Bouwens, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Thomas Siemon, Edouard Wolton

The exhibition shows the results of the experimental print project Printjam. More info here printjamleipzig.blogspot.de 

March 9 - July 1, 2018 Group exhibition Gaudiopolis, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Participating artists: Gabo Camnitzer, Uta Eisenreich, Alia Farid, Finger, Binelde Hyrcan, Bernd Krauß, Manuel Pelmus, Christoph Ruckhäberle, Javier Tellez, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor, Architecture Uncomfortable, Anna Vovan, Anna Witt

Gaudiopolis (1945–1950), the „City of Joy” was a Children’s Republic founded in the aftermath of WW2 in Budapest by Lutheran pastor Gábor Sztehlo. His orphanage provided shelter and home for hundreds of children who lost their parents to the war, regardless of their religion, social background or nationality. Children dwellers of the “City of Joy” formed their own government, elected their representatives and adopted laws to apply to everybody (including their teachers). This community set out to learn democracy anew and, eliminating all social barriers in the spirit of Christ’s gospel, to educate children to become “independent, self-conscious, practically trained and theoretically qualified citizens striving for a better self-understanding and self-criticism”. A realized utopia, it functioned in the spirit of hope, trust, compassion, generosity, responsibility, perseverance, courage, and care.

8 pm Presentation of the artist book "Der 15. Januar 1919 war ein Mittwoch" at mzin, Kolonnadenstraße 20, Leipzig

Ute Richter - Der 15. Januar 1919 war ein Mittwoch
Artist book in newspaper format with black and white figures in web offset print, designed by Kay Bachmann
with texts by Dietmar Dath and Britt Schlehahn (german)

The newspaper consists of 9 posters by artist Ute Richter and the text „Vorkriegslogik oder Rosa Luxemburg trifft Stanislaw Lesniewski“ by Dietmar Dath.