Win-Win Lottery

Kassel, 2022

From 18 June to 25 September 2022, artists Hannes Egger and Thomas Sterna have rented an exhibition space at KulturBahnhof Kassel and given other artists a chance to win a one-week presentation slot during documenta fifteen. Leaving the decision up to chance rather than a panel of experts, any artist, curator or exhibition organiser interested could enter the prize draw by simply purchasing a raffle ticket. The 13 winners, selected in a total of four draws, were then free to show their works without any requirements regarding content and/or aesthetic input. But not all winners decided to exhibit their own works: Some organised group exhibitions, others gave their slot away. The results varied greatly and were surprising, often breaking with conventional notions of art and standards of evaluation.
The project ended with a panel discussion in the ruruHaus at documenta fifteen with the curatorial team ruangrupa.

15/07/-19/07/22 – Spürsinn

Opening: Friday, 15/07/22 – 7 pm

Exhibition: Saturday, 16/07/22 – Thuesday, 19/07/22: 10 am – 7 pm

Spürsinn – at the Kulturbahnhof Kassel

2-generation family project

On Friday 15 July 2022 the fourth round of the Win-Win-Lottery, run by the artists Thomas Sterna and Hannes Egger will start at the Kulturbahnhof Kassel. This time, the draw has selected a family, Verena, Jule and Franz Biggel.

Their installation expresses what has been moving them for many years: the collective loss of self-awareness, of self-sensing and its consequences: the destruction of the ability to experience, the rise of the globally addicted search for winning and maximisation, the loss of humanity, the structural defamation of the feminine, everyday sexism and the devastation of our earth.

A core thesis of theirs is: “We cannot sense that we do not sense ourselves!” Analogously, they call their installation: Spürsinn.

In their expansive installation, viewers are invited to pause, recognise connections, find their own interpretation, practice feeling and exchange ideas about what the body may sense.

Verena Biggel, graduate in education; Jule Biggel, high school graduate, School of Design; Franz Biggel, Professor of Design. They live in Wangen im Allgäu and Berlin.

The exhibition will be shown at the Kulturbahnhof Kassel on 15-19 July 2022. Opening hours: from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The opening will take place on Friday, 15 July 2022 at 7 pm.

Hannes Egger