Education and Mediation

Kasseler Museumsnacht 2024

Saturday, Sep 7, 2024 – Sunday, Sep 8, 2024, 5 pm – 1 am

The Fridericianum is delighted to be part of the Kasseler Museumsnacht again this year and will along with some 50 other cultural venues remain open until well into the night. And there’s a lot for you to discover: Melvin Edwards’ extraordinary art, the largest frog in Kassel, or how to design your own bags and masks in our Studiowerkstatt, not to forget plenty of music and great snacks and drinks! Added to which, the documenta archive is guesting at Fridericianum with a discussion and film program.

KERMIT THE FROG, EVEN – a performance by Alex Da Corte
5–11 pm (Drop in and out at any time)
For more information on the artist and the performance visit the event page.

Introduction to the performance KERMIT THE FROG, EVEN by Alex Da Corte
9.30–9.50 pm
Luise von Nobbe (Curatorial Department, Fridericianum) offers insights into the preparations for the project and describes the performance that is being shown for the first time in a European exhibition venue.
No registration required.

Short guided tours of Melvin Edwards’s exhibition Some Bright Morning
5.30–5.50 pm (German)
6.30–6.50 pm (with simultaneous sign language translation)
7.30–7.50 pm (with simultaneous sign language translation)
8.30–8.50 pm (Arabic)
9.30–9.50 pm (English)
10.30–10.50 pm (German)
You can join the Fridericianum art education team on a brief discovery tour of US artist Melvin Edwards’s exhibition. In his sculptures, installations and works on paper, he forges a broad referential system and highlights topics such as racism, US and African history, politics, poetry, Jazz, and his own personal heroes. Thanks to generous support from the City of Kassel, for the very first time the Fridericianum is providing two guided tours with simultaneous sign language translation. Moreover, there will be one Arabic and one English guided tour.
No registration required. The number of places is limited.

Workshop stations: Frog masks and art bags
5–8 pm (Drop in and out at any time)
Inspired by Kassel’s largest frog and by the sculptures, installations, and works on paper by US artist Melvin Edwards, children and adults can get creative themselves at the various stations in the Studiowerkstatt. Using techniques such as cutting, drawing, gluing, and spraying, you can make your own frog masks, or bags in the style of Melvin Edwards’ works on paper.
No registration required. Age 5 years and upwards. Children must be accompanied by an adult. The number of places is limited.

Discovery game: Check die Museen! Expedition zur Kasseler Museumsnacht
Available from 5–9 pm
This year, the Museumsnacht has an extra special offer for primary-school kids: In various exhibition venues, they can grab a copy of the booklet Check die Museen! Expedition zur Kasseler Museumsnacht for free. It invites everyone interested to embark on an exciting game tour round the participating museums – including the Fridericianum! Naturally, there’s a reward awaiting all those who solve the exciting tasks. The booklet was jointly developed by the Kulturamt Kassel and art educators from the following institutions: Museum für Sepulkralkultur, GRIMMWELT Kassel, Neue Galerie, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Spohr- Museum, Naturkundemuseum, Fridericianum, and the Stadtmuseum Kassel.

The documenta archiv guesting at Fridericianum: Doppelte Befragung der Realität – Die documenta 5 im geteilten Deutschland
5–6.45 pm
On the occasion of the Kasseler Museumsnacht, the documenta archiv is guesting in the Fridericianum event room, inviting everyone interested to a time travel through art and media ​history to the city of Kassel in 1972: two television documentaries from the two German states offer special insights into the legendary documenta 5 by Swiss curator Harald Szeemann. The perspectives could hardly be more different: While the West German broadcaster presents the hectic preparations for the documenta, the film team from the GDR takes the “bourgeois art world” and the art market into the crossfire of imperialist criticism in its review. Skepticism is voiced on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Introduction by cultural scientist Alexia Pooth, author of the book Exhibition Politics. Die documenta und die DDR, published as part of the Schriftenreihe des documenta archivs (2024)
The films:
Befragung der Realität. Dokumente zur documenta 5, West Germany (1972); 44 mins, director: Johannes Freisel, WDR – West German TV
Der goldene Strich. Bilder vom bürgerlichen Kunstbetrieb, East Germany (1974); 26 mins, director: Peter Voigt, Studio H & S

Culinary delights
5–10 pm
On the Kasseler Museumsnacht, the café at the Fridericianum will be serving a selection of beverages from 5 to 9 pm. In the outside area, Taqueriá 341, known from the Markthalle Kassel, will dish up Mexican specialties until approx. 10 pm.

Music
Various DJs will be at the turntables in the Fridericianum over the course of the Kasseler Museumsnacht.

 

Ticket adults: 15 Euro, reduced: 10 Euro, under 18: free.
More information and ticket presale online as well as on-site at different participating venues, among others at the Fridericianum.