8 mm film by Irena Paskali Seitenansicht presented by Berlin based Directors Lounge at the Contemporary Art Ruhr

Contemporary Art Ruhr 2024

/English version on page 2/ Directors Lounge goes Zeche Zollverein Contemporary Art Ruhr, The Innovative Art Fair, 25. –  27. 10.2024 Welterbe Zollverein, Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181, Essen Öffnungszeiten Preview (Einlass mit V.I.P.-Ticket) Freitag, 25.10. ab 18 Uhr Freitag, 25. Oktober, 19 – 22 Uhr Samstag, 26. Oktober, 11  – 20 Uhr Sonntag, 27. Oktober, 11  …

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RainerGörß, KIK Collage 1, 2023, 1m x 1m

C.A.R. Innovative Art Fair 2023

Meet us at the C.A.R. contemporary art ruhr Innovative Art Fair at Zeche Zollverein, October 27-29, 2023 Directors Lounge presents selected positions of contemporary photo and media art. Contemporary Art Ruhr, The Art Fair World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181, 45309 Essen Official Opening Friday, October 27, 8 pm – 10.30 pm Public …

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realitätsnah | close to reality, a group exhibition at Tor 218 Artlab, Berlin. Michael Vorfeld, GLÜHLAMPEN-CONNECTIONS

realitätsnah | close to reality

Approaches to reality at Tor218 Artlab gallery

8.12. 2022 – 14.1. 2023

It is not without a certain irony that it is becoming increasingly difficult to focus on the real. It is becoming increasingly difficult to direct one’s gaze to the real, the actual. The works united in the exhibition close to reality open in very different ways the view of what is really. … read more

Contemporary Art Ruhr: The Innovative Art Fair

Meet us at the Contemporary Art Ruhr at Zeche Zollverein, 28 – 30 October, 2022 Directors Lounge, founded and based in Berlin, presents selected positions of contemporary photo and media art. Contemporary Art Ruhr, the Innovative Art Fair World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181, 45309 Essen Official Opening Friday, October 28, 8 pm …

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MICHAEL VORFELD – VENI, VIDI, AUDIVI, 2021

Contemporary Art Ruhr: Photo / Media Art Fair

Meet us at the Contemporary Art Ruhr at Zeche Zollverein, 5 – 7 August, 2022 Directors Lounge, founded and based in Berlin, presents selected positions of contemporary photo and media art. Interdisciplinary works combine sound sculpture, performance and photography (Michael Vorfeld), action and documentation (Ania Rudolph/Rainer Görß) or take place at the intersection of image …

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Contemporary Art Ruhr: The Innovative Art Fair

Meet us at the Contemporary Art Ruhr at Zeche Zollverein, 5 – 7 Nov., 2021. Directors Lounge, founded and based in Berlin, presents selected positions and genre-straddling slices of cinematic art and cuts of media experimentation at the c.a.r. video lounge. Dedicated presentations include cinematic tidbits from 16 years of Directors Lounge. The program will …

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Directors Lounge at the C.A.R. Photo Media art fair, March 2020. Photo: Isabelle Meyrignac

Impressions from the C.A.R. Photo/Media art fair 2020

Once again, the Photo/Media edition of the C.A.R., the Contemporary Art Ruhr, lived up to its good reputation for being one of the best staged art fairs. The amply dimensioned halls of the former coal mine offered a perfect space for presenting our selection of experimental films and video art alongside selected media artists and photographers. … read more