Have you ever heard of a place called “Institut für Alles Mögliche”? Most likely not since the “Institut für Alles Mögliche” – “Institute for Everything Possible” – is a real institution in Cologne, Germany that is dedicated to challenging the conventional art world and embracing the unexpected. It is a non-commercial art project that aims to question, scrutinize, and probe the institutionalization and presentation of contemporary art. The project has been around for quite some time and has tried out a wide range of artistic practices. It’s an artistic attempt to find niches and to implant a non-commercial program into the commercial structure of the municipal sphere. It is intended to formulate a proposal on how artistic collaborations, collective learning, and cohabitation can be constructed. The Institut operates with the concept of developing spaces of possibility in which exchange and experiences can take place and space for artistic activity can come in to being. The project is meant to be an alternative, which opposes the economic utilization of art and the artistic pressure to produce at a high level. The “Institut für Alles Mögliche” works in a non-commercial and non-market-oriented way. They place great value on artistic practices and forms of expression that take place beyond art fairs and galleries and are deliberately short, lasting no more than three days. In these events, experimental set-ups, unfinished concepts, and playful approaches can be tried out. Through these processes, unique and unexpected creations and projects come in to being.
Skulpturenpark Stammheim
A golden winged pug surveys the Rhine. That’s how many remember the Skulpturenpark Stammheim. This isn’t just any park. It’s