Short and Sweet: Birke Gorm: dead stock (in German)

This short tour provides a quick look at current exhibitions and special topics in the MAK collection.

Tue, 9.5.2023 6 pm — 6.30 pm

MAK – Museum of Applied Arts

Space with scupltures made of jute bags, leaning against the wall. Accompanying the figures are small sculptures made of scrap metal and electrical wiring, with attached bulbs serving to light the exhibition space.

Collecting archaic, easily accessible, often accidentally found material such as jute, terracotta, wood, and metal is characteristic of the work of Birke Gorm (born 1986 in Hamburg). Her sculptures convey a raw, appealing immediacy whose multilayered levels of meaning can be decoded upon closer inspection. She places the autonomy of the material in relation to historically traditional techniques and the associated distribution of gender roles. She combines the archaic with the aesthetics of the digital using current topics such as work, self-optimization, and social processes.

Language: The tour is held in German.

Duration: 30 min.

Tour fee: € 3 + admission to the museum

Admission every Tuesday 6–9 pm € 7

Meeting point: MAK Columned Main Hall

Headphones: an audio system may be used for the tour. In the interest of sustainability, please provide your own (3.5 mm standard connector) headphones if possible. Alternatively, you can also buy headphones for € 1 at the Ticket Desk.

No registration necessary