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| The Palace of Projects | |
More than 60 designs and models for a better world are presented by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov in their installation "The Palace of Projects" at the Kokerei Zollverein in Essen. In this spiral-shaped, walk-through sculpture, which reminds one of Tatlin's "Monument", the Kabakovs realize the ideas and dreams of fictitious people. They lend winds to fantasy and transport the imagination beyond the commonplace into a world in which everything is possible. Models and texts – at times humorous, at times lost in dreams, at times serious and sure of what the future will bring – play with the great utopias of the 20th century. Visitors make their way through this labyrinthine building which, like a Chinese lantern, illuminates the interior of the industrial building in which it stands. They sit down at tables, read, look about them and forget the time...
A building within a building
"The Palace of Projects" is installed in the former salt store of the now disused coking plant. The salt store was converted into an exhibition hall in 2001. This building within a building, with its objects and texts, is a "total installation" in the Kabakov sense: a room completely transformed into a fictitious museum. This is where the utopian projects of the late 20th century have been resumed, where the lives and dreams of the people of the former Soviet Union have been visualized and realized.
Ilya Kabakov
Ilya Kabakov, born in Dnjepropetrovsk/Ukraine in 1933, became the leading light of Moscow Conceptualism during the 1970s; his studio was the centre of the unofficial Russian art scene. In 1987, in the wake of perestroika, Kabakov moved to the West and acquired world fame in next to no time. His installations reflect the world of the Soviet past and the collective and individual memories associated with it. Today, Ilya Kabakov lives with his wife Emilia in New York. His installations are shown in significant exhibitions all over the world and can also be seen in the great art museums of the world.
Permanent exihibition
The Palace of Projects
Kokerei Zollverein, Salzlager
Arendahls Wiese
D-45141 Essen-Katernberg
Opening times
Friday - Sunday: 12.00 noon – 6.00 p.m.
Admission: 4 Euros, reduced 3 Euros
Information
Tel.: ++49(0)201-2798330
www.the-palace-of-projects.net
How to get there
Public transport:
Tram No. 107 from Essen Central Railway Station (Essen Hbf)
in the direction of Gelsenkirchen, get off at "Zollverein".
The walk across the grounds of the Zeche Zollverein is signposted and takes approx. seven minutes.
By car:
Motorway A40, Exit No. 26 Essen-Frillendorf
Motorway A42, Exit No. 15, Gelsenkirchen-Heßler
A project of the Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur in collaboration with Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
With the kind support of
Ministry for Urban Development, Housing, Culture and Sport of the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia
and
The Art Foundation of the Federal State of NRW
http://www.the-palace-of-projects.net/
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