“Boxenstopp” is a proposal for a space that merges art and quotidian life and invites people to stay, pause, observe, talk, and exist together. A space for exchanging and sharing. Sharing of time, space, and art, and exchanging of ideas, feelings, and knowledge.

For one week the exhibition space of the Erkrather Str. 365 in Düsseldorf, Germany turned into a functional house where the artists cohabitated with each other, with their works of art and with the public. Different activities like concerts, barbeque, brunch workshops, and online radio day took place. People were invited to come, listen to music, dance together, play some board games, share a meal, share a drink, weave together, talk with a friend or with a stranger. Rediscovering the beauty of quotidian activities.

This exhibition merged students from the exchange program 2021/2022 of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and the exchange program 2022 of the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie, as well as regular and graduated students from both art schools. The participants come from all over the world (Germany as well as from Iceland, Sweden, the UK, Montenegro, Brazil, Peru, Serbia, Israel, Canada, China, Korea, and Colombia) and this created a very own, temporary ‘melting pot’ of cultures, ideas and worldviews. It became a connecting space, a space of bridges across boundaries, celebrating human relationships and the convivial interaction between people as well as plurality, interculturality, and interdisciplinarity.

With the metaphor of ‘Boxenstopp’ which is German for pit stop, we wanted to emphasize the time, this short stay in a place, coming from somewhere and going somewhere else afterward. The duration of this project reflects the transience of life and moments.

With Alban Rosenberger, Aljoscha Gößling, Antonio Arias, Arin Ismael, Asja Mijović, Audrey Landgren, Audur Mist Halldórsdóttir, Bogdan Djukanovic, Bruna Vettori, Eliza Wagener, Hélène Janicot, Hiiona Choi, Laurin Kaiser, Lena Schütte, Leon Friedrichs, Libo Wei, Robin Whitehouse, Rosalie Becher, Sara Ekholm Eriksson, Theo Stevenson, Vincent Hulme and Yali Reichman. Founded by the ministry of culture and science of North Rhine Westphalia.