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NEWCOMER becomes a multiverse –
Gruppe Stumpf shows the exhibition SCREENPLAY

The artists Jan Neukirchen and Christian Lohre have been working together as Gruppe Stumpf since 2014 in the field of tension between sculpture, installation, sound art and performance.

The artists have developed a concept especially for NEWCOMER that separates the interior and exterior spaces of the gallery, but also connects them again. In this way, they allow the controversial features mentioned above to interact with each other. Visitors experience a very special spatial and sensory experience by means of projection machines that transport sound and image productions.

The exhibition can be seen until February 3, 2024 in the NEWCOMER KWS Art Lounge at Tiedexer Straße 20 in Einbeck.

Gruppe Stumpf (Jan Neukirchen, Christian Lohre) Credits: Gruppe Stumpf, 2022

Gruppe Stumpf (Jan Neukirchen, Christian Lohre) Credits: Gruppe Stumpf, 2022

Opening of the exhibition SCREENPLAY by the Gruppe Stumpf, Image author: Andre Germar

Opening of the exhibition SCREENPLAY by the Gruppe Stumpf, Image author: Andre Germar

Artist duo Gruppe Stumpf, Image author: Andre Germar

Artist duo Gruppe Stumpf, Image author: Andre Germar

Visitors to the exhibition should not come to the gallery with too much information, they should make their own experiences, advised Dr. Thomas Becker, cultural scientist at Humboldt-University in Berlin, at the vernissage. "Senses build on each other, and that is the topic here," said Becker. The so-called distance senses or intelligence senses of sight and hearing complement each other. What you hear is not what you see in the rooms. Likewise, you can see through the spyholes without hearing anything.

Look forward to the insights.
Dr. Felix Büchtling, CEO of KWS

About the artists

Jan Neukirchen and Christian Lohre are Gruppe Stumpf. Both studied at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig, the Facultad de Bellas Artes of the Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife), the Czech Technical University in Prague and Furtwangen University and graduated as master students.

They have been working together since 2014 and operate in the field of tension between sculpture, installation, sound art and performance. They currently live and work in Hanover and Paderborn. They have been exhibiting their work in solo and group exhibitions since 2016 and repeatedly present their skills in the fall exhibition of the Kunstverein Hannover, one of the most important exhibitions of artists from Lower Saxony in the federal state. Prizes and awards are not lacking, such as the Link Masters Planning Grant from the Lower Saxony Foundation in 2021.

Jan Neukirchen and Christian Lohre

Gruppe Stumpf (Christian Lohre, Jan Neukirchen) Photographer: Gabriele Undine Meyer, 2019

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