From April 23 to June 11, 2022 I have a solo show at Klimaschaufenster in Erlangen.

“Animals Crossing – Animals cross the streets, settle on intersections and wander into the green or into the shopping mall. The realistic-looking pictures by Hartmut Kiewert show a utopian world that has left anthropocentrism behind. Here, non-human animals take urban and rural spaces for granted. Sustainability ideas about green, human- and animal-friendly use of urban spaces with alternative ideas about mobility seem to become real. In the background of the painterly, collaged pictorial spaces, however, a dystopian moment becomes visible, which unfolds its ambivalent effect. Confronted with the destruction of buildings and streets, the open question is raised here, which changes are necessary with and after the climate crisis, in order to enable an empathy of connectedness, which includes with humans also all other animals in the right to life and happiness.”

Vernissage
April 23, 2022, 5 pm
The opening speech will be given by art theorist Ana Dimke.

Finissage
Juni 11, 2022, 5 pm
With artist talk / Dr. Claudia Schorcht in conversation with Hartmut Kiewert

Exhibition duration
April 23 – June 11, 2022

Opening hours
Wed, Thue: 12 am – 6 pm
Fr: 12 am – 8 pm
Sa: 12 am – 5 pm
So: 11 am – 2 pm

And for the Long Night of the Sciences on 21 May 2022 from 6 pm – midnight.
Additional opening hours for school classes and groups possible.
Contact: info@klimaschaufenster.de

Space
Erlangen Klimaschaufenster
Hauptstr. 55 (Altstadtmarktpassage)
91054 Erlangen

The exhibition “No Cars Go” is a project of the Animal Rights Forum of the Sustainability Advisory Board of the City of Erlangen.