00:00 The regional is composed of two main elements.
00:05 For the art world, as well as for the city of Freiburg, it is important.
00:09 First, the regional is the democratic kind of exhibition.
00:16 Of course, the performance is very high.
00:21 Out of 560 artists, from Baden, the Elsass and the Region Baden,
00:30 the different juries selected a total of 150 artists for the themes of the three different houses.
00:39 The Region Halle this year has 17 artists,
00:43 which means 17 who all come under the theme "Becoming/Disappearing".
00:49 We chose this subject because it seems abstract enough to be of interest,
00:53 but it also applies to quite a lot of artists in the contemporary field at the moment.
00:58 It applies not only to the content and the form, but also to the in-between stages,
01:05 between something becoming and something disappearing.
01:09 The process of making the work is also very evident in this theme.
01:14 The artists come from Switzerland and Germany and France.
01:18 We've chosen to work in every medium and allowed a lot of space for each of the pieces.
01:28 I've been the director of the Kunstverein since the beginning of September.
01:32 This is my first exhibition here.
01:36 The Kunstverein is an important part of the Region Halle, which has been going since 1999.
01:44 We're the northernmost point of the whole process.
01:47 The Region Halle stretches from Basel up to Freiburg in the north,
01:51 and takes in Alsace in France and goes further east in Baden.
01:57 We're in the very lucky position of being able to choose any position that we like.
02:01 The other houses have to fight over the artists that they want to show.
02:05 In Freiburg, because we're a satellite, we can choose anyone here.
02:10 The Kunstverein Freiburg is one of the most important Kunstvereine in Germany.
02:14 We show contemporary positions, up-and-coming artists, usually one-person shows,
02:21 as well as group exhibitions.
02:23 We're the most important contemporary art venue in this part of southern Germany.
02:32 In a art scene where exhibitions and exhibits are often partied,
02:40 and where only the most famous names appear,
02:46 I'm very happy that we have this basic democratic platform,
02:53 which at the beginning of the year gives every artist the same chance
03:00 to present and sell their work to prominent artists.
03:06 Second, and this is a given,
03:11 the Region Halle gives us the opportunity to work with our neighbours,
03:16 the community and Switzerland.
03:21 The joint project with the other houses
03:26 and the art exchange with three countries is irreplaceable.
03:33 And the fight for a week in September
03:38 between the different juries for the ten houses and the desired positions
03:44 is proof of how much Western potential there is in this area.
03:51 Nowhere else, and at no other time in the world,
03:56 have visitors had the opportunity to see a very comprehensive picture
04:01 of the art scene in this region from the perspective of the art scene.
04:08 A third of the 150 exhibitions in the entire region
04:14 come from Germany, Switzerland and France.
04:17 And in every ten houses, artists from the three countries are shown.
04:24 I thank all the artists involved.
04:30 I hope that this intergenerational exchange is important for them
04:36 and that it brings them something.
04:40 This is also the goal of the project.
04:42 Like many of the people involved today,
04:45 they have the hat that the exhibition has brought with it.
04:49 And I was surprised by the fabric of a tent,
04:54 which we have processed from the material.
04:59 The title "Entstehen und Bestimmen"
05:02 meets an important relationship with the contemporary artist.
05:07 It not only infects with a monumental role,
05:12 but also that the subject is treated both directly
05:18 and as a metaphorical approach.
05:23 And the different media,
05:25 Wallride, Zeichnung, Fotografie, Dutzhausweg,
05:29 Kleinmaterial, Job-Institution, Produktion,
05:33 create a wide range that not only forms and content,
05:38 but also the accessories to the tendency to openness
05:43 flow into contemporary art.
05:47 An information sheet with short descriptions of the artists
05:54 is at the entrance for you.
05:57 We will do three public tours during the exhibition,
06:01 to which you are warmly invited.
06:05 It will be too small tonight,
06:07 and I was not really good enough
06:11 that I make an introduction to each of the 17 exhibitions.
06:18 I would like to say only at the opening of the exhibition
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