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3 The artist s collective Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt stages materials taken from different formal and functional relationships as a spatial narrative, one that finds its own starting point in the exhibition site. The material used can be almost everything: building materials, things and forms from the urban surrounds and personal milieu of the artists, art and designer objects, plants, animals and communications media. The work emerges on site in a process of negotiation and concentration, borne by the group as a collective actor. In this sense the exhibition space is to be seen as a space of action. The new adjacencies between the materials brought together generate blind spots, where the usual categories are no longer cogent and an alternative mode of seeing and experience is cultivated. Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt is to be understood more as a working term than a group name. It means testing out a visual language in a collective. And it resonates with two central aspects of this work: the flexible constellation of the collective the composition of the group changes from exhibition to exhibition which makes the term a container for various artistic approaches, and the investigation of the construct cultural object. Which contexts and social conventions make a thing into a cultural object, and which aspects of culture are reproduced in it? In the work of Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt the scope of the concept of the cultural object is extended programmatically: things that are found, things left over, and materials are all cultural objects, artifacts inscribed with cultural meaning just like objects in art and communication. The invention of the Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt grew out of a series of collaborations which have brought forth a special form of collective practice. In 2010 Markus Hahn, Marcel Hiller, and Sebastian Walther conceived a room installation in the Municipal Gallery in Nevers, France, and featured jointly as authors of the work. Inner rooms and the façade were playfully reconfigured through built structures and objects in an extensive mise-en-scène. As the work evolved the group functioned as a filter and impulse for the individual artistic practice. The spatial structure that emerged was at once a response to the site and the expression of collective reflective work. In 2009 Marcel Hiller and Sebastian Walther conceived a joint work as part of the exhibition Over and out Strategien des Beund Umnutzens sowie Ent- und Bewertens von Dingen und Zusammenhängen, staged in the Ausstellungshalle für Zeitgenössische Kunst in Münster, into which works of other artists flowed as material. In the exhibition curated by Markus Hahn and Anna Zwingl, The Merger by following this 1 easy rule, held in Chicago in 2010, they developed together with Marcel Hiller and Roland Kollnitz a collective work as a spatial narrative ensuing from the exhibition space. For the exhibition Becoming Ahh at the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht, Marcel Hiller invited Franziska Cordes, Markus Hahn, Suchan Kinoshita, Tamara Lorenz, Thomas Musehold, Sebastian Walther and Markus Zimmermann to take part in a collaborative project and came up with the term Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt as a programmatic characterization for a collective actor. The exhibition is divided into two sections taking place parallel in the Ludwig Forum, Aachen, and Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerp. While the exhibition sections are being setup, the involved artists will switch between the two locations. As the practice of the Magicgruppe demands, the two very specific exhibition rooms are approached as found material, and so form the starting point of their artistic work. The space of the room itself is not understood as a delimiting factor, but rather as part of a scenario. In line with our self-understanding as a forum and aware of our history, the Ludwig Forum is a perfect location, providing an action field for a contemporary, temporary artistic practice, while we have consciously selected a partner displaying a similar disposition. Located in a former factory building, Extra City is an internationally-oriented platform for the production, presentation and discussion of current art positions. Anna Sophia Schultz, curator at Ludwig Forum Aachen 3

The material used can be almost everything: building materials, things and forms from the urban surrounds and personal milieu of the artists, art and designer objects, plants, animals and

4 W139, Kunsthal Amsterdam with Michael Dobrindt, Markus Hahn, Marcel Hiller, Sebastian Walther, Stef Heidhues, Anna Zwingl, Rebecca Stephany, Jasper Coppes, Kees van Leuwen, Franziska Cordes, Max Schulze and Marie Gerlach 4

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8 Ludwig Forum Aachen with Marcel Hiller, Stef Heidhues, Michael Dobrindt, Markus Hahn, Sebastian Walther, Hans Wuyts, Lara Dhondt, Michiel Alberts, Markus Zimmermann, Tamara Lorenz, Thomas Musehold, Suchan Kinoshita, Anna Zwingl and Martin Schepers 8

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13 Extra City, Kunsthal Antwerp with Stef Heidhues, Michael Dobrindt, Markus Hahn, Sebastian Walther, Hans Wuyts, Lara Dhondt, Michiel Alberts, Markus Zimmermann, Tamara Lorenz, Thomas Musehold, Suchan Kinoshita, Anna Zwingl, Marcel Hiller and Martin Schepers 13

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16 Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht with Markus Hahn, Sebastian Walther, Markus Zimmermann, Tamara Lorenz, Thomas Musehold, Suchan Kinoshita, Marcel Hiller and Franziska Cordes 16

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18 Kunstverein Nürnberg with Nadja Athanassova, Michael Dobrindt, Sonja Engelhardt, Marie Gerlach, Markus Hahn, Stef Heidhues, Marcel Hiller, Roland Kollnitz, Tamara Lorenz and Sebastian Walther 18

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21 Lothringer 13/Laden Müchen with Frauke Dannert, Michael Dobrindt, Marie Gerlach, Markus Hahn, Marcel Hiller, Markus Zimmermann and Anna Zwingl 21

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25 Tetris, Paula und der gedachte Wunsch historischer Gegenstand zu werden at Glockengasse 9, Wien with Markus Hahn, Michael Dobrindt, Sebastian Walther, Daniela Löbbert, Marie Gerlach, Anna Zwingl, Marcel Hiller and Markus Zimmermann 25

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27 spare the suitors, kill the Sonne at the exhibition LE PROVISOIRE C EST LE DEFINITIF, Schloss Ringenberg with Markus Hahn and Marcel Hiller 27

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29 Flagship Poly-Vip at roonroom, Aachen with Michael Dobrindt and Marcel Hiller 29

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32 Villa Offdeutschland at the Public Galery Nevers (ARCO), France with Markus Hahn, Marcel Hiller and Sebastian Walther 32

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35 sweatroom at platform3, Munich with Michael Dobrindt, Markus Hahn, Marcel Hiller, Max Schulze and Sebastian Walther 35

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39 exhibitions 2012 Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, Lothringer 13/Laden, Munich tektonika, Kunstverein Nürnberg Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, Ludwig Forum, Aachen Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, Extra City Kunsthal Antwerp 2011 Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, W 139 Kunsthal Amsterdam 2010 becoming ahh, Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht associated projects and participations 2012 sweatroom, patform3, Munich 2011 Tetris, Paula oder der gedachte Wunsch historischer Gegenstand zu werden, Glockengasse 9, Vienna flagship poly-vip, roonroom, Aachen 2010 The Merger - by following this easy rule..., Chicago Le provisoire c est le definitif, Schloss Ringenberg, Germany Villa Offdeutschland, parc st Leger hors les murs, Nevers, France 2009 All that is solid melts into the air, MuHKA Antwerp 11/3/14, HEDAH Maastricht Over and out, Ausstellungshalle Zeitgenössische Kunst Münster 39

40 all participants Michiel Alberts 1972 born in Wilnis (Netherlands) based in Antwerp Nadja Athanassowa 1980 born in Tuam/Galway (Ireland) based in Vienna Jasper Coppes 1983 born based in Amsterdam Franziska Cordes 1979 born in Hannover based in Berlin Frauke Dannert 1979 born in Herdecke (Germany) based in London and Düsseldorf Michael Dobrindt 1975 born in Erlangen (Germany) based in Munich Sonja Engelhardt 1975 born in Mönchengladbach (Germany) based in Paris and New York Marie Gerlach 1982 born in Oberhausen (Germany) based in Düsseldorf Markus Hahn 1979 born in St. Petersburg based in Vienna Stef Heidhues 1975 born in Washington D.C. based in Stuttgart and Berlin Marcel Hiller 1982 born in Potsdam (Germany) based in Aachen(Germany) Kees van Leuwen 1985 born based in Haarlem (Netherlands) Tamara Lorenz 1976 born in Oberhausen (Germany) based in Cologne Thomas Musehold 1982 born in Mönchengladbach (Germany) based in Düsseldorf and Maastricht Martin Schepers 1979 born in NRW (Germany) based in Berlin Max Schulze 1977 born in Herdecke (Germany) based in Düsseldorf Rebecca Stephany 1980 born in Germany based in Amsterdam Lara Dhondt 1979 born in Belgium based in Brussels Sebastian Walther 1979 born in Dortmund (Germany) based in Vienna and Cologne Hans Wuyts 1978 born in Belgium based in Antwerp Markus Zimmermann 1978 born in Hannover based in Berlin and Hannover Anna Zwingl 1983 born based in Vienna Suchan Kinoshita 1960 born in Tokio based in Brussels Roland Kollnitz born in Klagenfurt (Austria) based in Vienna 40

Derag AG. Hotel Kanzler. Bonn. Germany. 3 Stainless Steel Light Boxes, Laserchrome Slide on Plexiglass. Each 300 x 100 cm

Derag AG. Hotel Kanzler. Bonn. Germany. 3 Stainless Steel Light Boxes, Laserchrome Slide on Plexiglass. Each 300 x 100 cm Hans Kotter E-ON Bayern Regensburg. Administration Building. Regensburg. Germany. 6 Stainless Steel Light Boxes, Laserchrome Slide on Plexiglass. Each 150 x 150 cm E-ON Bayern Regensburg. Administration