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ALPTRAUM, Wandering Exhibition Conceived / curated by Marcus Sendlinger

Co-curated by the host country institution

239 artists from 21 countries

17 locations worldwide

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ALPTRAUM WANDERING EXHIBITION SINCE 2010

ABOUTThe title of the wandering exhibition was inspired by the paintings of the Swiss artist Johann-Heinrich Füssli (1741 Zurich - 1825 London) who painted different versions of „Incubus“ (Nachtmahr). He made the world of dreams and visions subject of his paintings inspired by ghost stories.Conceived and put together by Marcus Sendlinger, the wandering exhibition „Alptraum“ is travelling through the world since 2010 and connects artists from all over the world, reflecting on artistic, social and cultural circumstances individually concerning -The Nightmares- and their interpretation or reflection in drawing, collage, photography / works on paper. The artists invited to contribute to this exhibition have been asked only to submit a work which has their direct hand in it, so physical contact and mark making on the surface of the material is implied in a manner, within this context, akin to the skrier, an ‘automatic writer’, a pyromancer’s stirring of the hot embers, an ectoplasmic medium – the hand that re-creates the subconscious wanderings of its owner. This naturally excludes many types of processes, but rather than excluding artists because their process prevents them from physical contact with their final piece, the artists invited to contribute have simply been asked to experiment within the pre-requisits of the theme. This offers them the opportunity to break the mould of their practice and try something slightly new, or indeed, old but discarded. Like George Orwell’s Room 101, in his predictive tale, ‘1984’, we all have our own version of what constitutes a nightmare, and for this reason, the project has been opened to a large number of artists whose many and varied personal nightmare versions, or visions, act to reflect this hugely variable human state of fears and fobias, pain and panic.

Alptraum, the German of Nightmare, is an artist led project. It is a model which utilizes global communication between localized artist hubs and clusters to form an international grouping with the intent of opening a dialog about this subject across borders and cultures in order to delve into the

stuff and mind murk that is collectively shared or completely random and unrelated, or individual specific within the syndrome of ‘The Nightmare’. Each artist draws on their own personal experience in order to visualize those anxieties which take them beyond everyday dreams. Working within the remit of the ‘artist curated project’, all of the works in Alptraum have been restricted in size and material in order to facilitate the low cost postal transportation of the show from country to country, with each exhibition site taking responsibility to pass the show on to the next host – the number of works and artists may change or grow, and the approach to interpreting and hanging the show vary from space to space as the body of work meanders on from country to country. At some locations the exhibition was extended to room installationsMore locations will follow. Alptraum will travel to far locations around the world. It will follow traces of artists traveling hundreds of years ago and mixes art with roots in folk, voodoo, tribal, native, aboriginal, rural and urban contemporary. It will never end traveling.

LOCATIONS1. The Transformer, project space. Washington D.C., United States of America, December 11th, 2010 - January 15th, 2011. 2. CELL project space, London, United Kingdom, January 28th - February 27th, 2011. 3. Projektraum Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, March 11th - April 15th, 2011. 4. The Company Gallery, Los Angeles, United States of America, May 1st, 2011 - May 30th, 2011. 5. Blank projects, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, August 3rd, 2011 - August 27th, 2011.6. Goethe Institute Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa, February 9th, 2012 - March 9th, 2012. 7. Green Papaya Art Projects, Metro Manila - Quezon City, Republic of the Philippines, April 4th, 2012 - April 24th, 2012 8. The Nightmare Never Ends, X project space, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, October 13th, 2012 - October 20th, 2012. 9. Artspace Rhein-Main, City of Offenbach, Federal Republic of Germany, November 8th, 2013 - December 31st, 2013. 10. UGM Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, museum for modern and contemporary art, Republic of Slovenia, May 30th - July 7th, 2014. 11. Salon de Lirio, Fine Art Association, Velim Salcete-Goa, Republic of India, January 4th, 2015 - January 30th, 2015 12. Sunaparanta Centre for the Arts, Panjim, Goa, Republic of India (a collaboration of Sunaparanta and the Alptraum wandering exhibition), March 27th - April 30th, 2015. 13. Visual Voice Gallery, Belgo Building, Montréal, Canada, June 18th - June 25th, 2015. 14. Alptraum, RAE space for contemporary art Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany, April 30th - May 17th, 2016.15. ALPTRAUM, LA ESTACION GALLERY, Chihuahua, Federal Republic of Mexico, March 1st - March 16th, 2019.16. ALPTRAUM, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America, 1.-15. June 2019.17. Alptraum, To be announced, Havana, Republic of Cuba,

Alptraum, UGM Maribor Art Gallery, Maribor, museum for modern and contemporary art, Republic of Slovenia, May 30th - July 7th, 2014.

ARTISTS participated since 2010

Pio Abad (Philippines) | Christian Achenbach (Germany) | Sanell Aggenbach (South Africa) | Victor Aguilar (U.S.A.) | Minor Alexander (Russia) | Sonja Alhäuser (Germany) | Li Alin (Canada) | Pablo Alonso (Germany-Spain) | Deniz Alt (Germany) | Axel Anklam (Germany) | Nina Ansari (Iran) | Salvatore Arancio (Italy) | Marco Arce (México) | Laura Baginski (Germany) | Jason Banal (Philippines) | Alexandra Baumgartner (Austria) | Matthias Beckmann (Germany) | Boris Beja (Slovenia) | Viktor Bernik (Slovenia) | Joe Biel (U.S.A.) | Marc Bijl (The Netherlands) | Zander Blom (South Africa) | Armin Boehm (Germany) | Sascha Boldt (Germany) | Erin Boland (U.S.A.) | Jan-Henri Booyens (South Africa) | Derek Boshier (U.S.A.) | Wim Botha (South Africa) | Lutz Braun (Germany) | Laura Bruce (U.S.A.) | Joanna Buchowska (Poland) | Jessica Buhlmann (Germany) | Alan Brown (U.S.A.) | Julia Buntaine (Canada) | Melis Bursin (U.S.A.) | Stuart Cairns (United Kingdom) | Amanda Burnham (U.S.A) | Ellen Cantor (U.S.A.) | Mimmo Catania (Italy) | Mariano Ching (Philippines) | Il-Jin Atem Choi (Germany) | Nenad Cizl (Slovenia) | Lena Cobangbang (Philippines) | Ben Cottrell (United Kingdom) | Keith Coventry (United Kingdom) | Bradley Criss (U.S.A.) | Christoph Dahlhausen (Germany) | Jason David (U.S.A.) | Ismael de Anda (USA) | Eric Decastro (France) | Mandakini Devi (India) | Kedar Dk Dhondu (India) | Jos Diegel (Germany) | Ulrich Diezman (Germany) | Stefan Draschan (Austria) | Thomas Draschan (Austria) | Sven Drühl (Germany) | Peter Duka (Germany) | Martin Durazo (U.S.A.) | Arian Dylan (México) | Nils Daniel Ebert (Germany) | Elisophie Eulenburg (Austria) | Patricia Eustaquio (Philippines) | Mina Fina (Slovenia) | Bettina Forget (Canada) | Heiner Franzen (Germany) | Crisologo Furtado (India) | Jonathan Garnham (South Africa) | Alexa Gerrity (U.S.A.) | Stephen Gibson (U.S.A.) | Andrew Gilbert (United Kingdom) | Saúl Gómez (México) | Samuel Grajfoner (Slovenia) | Georgina Gratrix (South Africa) | Liza Grobler (South Africa) | Ian Grose (South Africa ) | Robert Gutierrez (Philippines) | Jayant Gupta (India) | Fernanda Guzmán (Chile) | Konstanze Habermann | (Germany) Margarete Hahner (Germany) | Hannah Hallermann (Germany) | Florian Heinke (Germany) | Trasi Henen (South Africa) | Lori Hersberger (Switzerland) | Sean Higgins (U.S.A.) | Gregor Hildebrandt (Germany) | Stefan Hirsig (Germany) | Jim Holyoak (Canada) | Robert

Horvath (U.S.A.) | Johannes Hueppi (Germany) | Thaddaeus Hueppi (Germany) | Rocio Infestas (Chile) | Aska Irie (Japan) | Ichiro Irie (U.S.A.) | Adam Jankowski (Austria) | Jeffreys (U.S.A.) | Birgit Jensen (Germany) | Maria Jeona (Philippines) | Megha Joshi (India) | Susanne Jung (Germany) | Lisa Junghanss (Germany) | Katharina Kakar (India) | Katrin Kampmann (Germany) | Isabel Kerkermeier (Germany) | Gabriele Konsor (Germany) | Andy Kozlowski (U.S.A.) | Clemens Krauss (Austria) | Anders Lansing (U.S.A.) | Edgar Leciejewski (Germany) | Xenia Lesniewski (Germany) | Cedar Lewisohn (United Kingdom) | Joep van Liefland (The Netherlands) | Mara Lonner (U.S.A.) | Catherine Lorent (Luxembourg) | René Luckhardt (Germany) | Lilly Lulay (Germany) | Polona Maher (Slovenia) | Jörg Mandernach (Germany) | Sandra Mann (Germany) | Stefan Mannel (Germany) | Josh Mannis (U.S.A.) | Cécile Martin (Canada) | Pow Martinez (Philippines) | Maki Maruyama (Philippines) | Nomthunzi Mashalaba (South Africa) | Lui Medina (Philippines) | Sandra Meisel (Germany) | John McAllister (U.S.A.) | Kalidas Mhamal (India) | Rebecca Michaelis (Germany) | Midhun Mohan (India) | Ekaterina Mitichkina (Belarus) | Mohau Modisakeng (South Africa) | Aaron Morse (U.S.A.) | Lillian Morrissey (Australia) | Virginie Mossé (France) | Jan Muche (Germany) | Iris Musolf (Germany) | Elena Muti (Italy) | Viraj Naik (India) | Robyn Nesbitt (South Africa) | Wolfgang Neumann (Germany) | Rainer Neumeier (Germany) | Tim Nolan (U.S.A.) | Nik Nowak (Germany) | Mario Nubauer (Austria) | Enda O`Donoghue (Ireland) | Jennifer Oellerich (Germany) | Beatrix Opolka (Germany) | Alex Ortiz (Canada) | Jurgen Ostarhild (Germany) | Justine Otto (Germany) | Adam Pape (U.S.A.) | Chris Pate (U.S.A.) | Max Presneill (U.S.A.) | Manfred Peckl (Austria) | Mick Peter (Germany) | Christian Pilz (Germany) | Carl Pomposelli (U.S.A.) | Mark Požlep (Slovenia) | Arjan Pregl (Slovenia) | Richard Priestley (United Kingdom) | Fernando Rascón (Mexico) | Eva Räder (Germany) | Clunie Reid (United Kingdom) | Alexandra Reiss (South Africa) | Lauren Rice (U.S.A.) | Nora Riggs (U.S.A.) | Rob Reynolds (U.S.A.) | Tanja Rochelmeyer (Germany) | Raul Rodriguez (Philippines) | Anke Röhrscheid (Germany) | Römer + Römer (Germany Russia) | Jenny Rosemeyer (Germany) | Dennis Rudolph (Germany) | Ruth Sacks (South Africa) | Jamisom Sarteschi (U.S.A.) | Maik Schierloh (Germany) | Andreas Schlaegel (Germany) | Sebastiaan Schlicher (The Netherlands) | Bettina Scholz (Germany) | Ann Schomburg (Germany) | María Jose Seañez (México) | Bettina Sellmann (Germany) | Marcus Sendlinger (Germany) | Natalija Šeruga (Slovenia) | Ayesha Seth (India) | Claudia Shneider (South Africa) | Heidi Sill (Germany) | Jessica Simmons (U.S.A.) | Diana Sirianni (Italy) | Alexander Skorobogatov (Russia) | Jen Smith (U.S.A.) | Katarina Sočan (Slovenia) | Cammie Staros (U.S.A.) | Jennifer Stefanisko (U.S.A.) | Miha Štrukelj (Slovenia) | Jay Stuckey (U.S.A.) | Linda Stupart (South Africa) | Simona Šuc (Slovenia) | Gayatri Subramanian (India) | Caro Suerkemper (Germany) | Nina Šulin (Slovenia) | Ernie Luley Superstar (Germany) | Maria Taniguchi (Philippines) | Karuna Tank (India) | Alex Tennigkeit (Germany) | Amalia Theodorakopoulos (Greece) | Peter Thol (Germany) | Žiga Tomori (Slovenia) | Klaus-Martin Treder (Germany) | Luka Uršič (Slovenia) | Simone van de Loo (Germany) | C. van Eeden (South Africa) | Jaco van Schalkwyk (South Africa) | Tamzyn Varney (South Africa) | Conrado Velasco (Philippines) | Alvaro Verduzco (México) | Urša Vidic (Slovenia) | Paulo Vinluan (Philippines) | Christoph von Löw (Germany) | Rachel von Morgenstern (Germany) | Grant Vetter (U.S.A.) | Sašo Vrabič (Slovenia) | Martin Westwood (United Kingdom) | Allison Wiese (U.S.A.) | Maik Wolf (Germany) | Renate Wolff (Germany) | Works of Tara Trust (India) | Ronald Wullems (The Netherlands) | Michael Wutz (Germany) | Jake Yaeger (U.S.A.) | Ed Young (South Africa) | Phillip Zaiser (Germany) | Frank Michael Zeidler (Germany) | Jody Zellon (U.S.A.) | Thomas Zipp (Germany)

Alptraum, Artspace Rhein-Main, City of Offenbach, Federal Republic of Germany, November 8th, 2013 - December 31st, 2013.

Alptraum, Blank projects, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, August 3rd, 2011 - August 27th, 2011.

Marcus Sendlinger with Simona Vidmar, curator of the UGM Maribor Art Gallery, Slovenia

Samples of Alptraum works

John Mac Allister

Alex Tennigkeit

Michael Wutz

Pablo Alonso

Thomas Zipp

Gayant Gupta Derek Boshier

Kedar DK

Andrew Gilbert

CONTACTAlptraum is privately organized by

Marcus Sendlinger Tel.: +49.(0)173.952.9899 Alte Schönhauser Str. 31

10119 Berlin info@marcussendlinger.de www.marcussendlinger.de

Further contact

Studio Marcus Sendlinger RAE Farm & Distillery Dorfstrasse 35 16833 Lentzke, Brandenburg, Germany www.realartestate.de, info@realartestate.de

RAE Farm and RAE Distillery are a private land and a Gesamtkunstwerk (synthesis of the arts).

MISSION of RAERAE (REAL ART ESTATE) is a members club. A group of artists, patrons, representants of public institutions and companies acknowledging the problematic of gentrification and knowledge transmission. We work together in redefining associations where artists could benefit from the value they contribute to create. Exchange Art for Land.

RAE Farm & DistilleryThe RAE farm is an experimental interdisciplinary private Art Land project. All our members contribute by bringing their knowledge, expertise and artisitc visions to the transformation of the RAE Farm & Distillery to reflect contemporary working and living situations. We extended the property with the RAE Distillery, a restoration project, to have more space to create. We invite artists around the world to experience RAE between May and October every year.

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