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Jan Kiesswetter

©Daniel Sadrowski

In his work, Jan Kiesswetter produces publications and, increasingly, film documentaries. Recurring themes in his work are the representation of architectures and archives, the reading of images, and the processual. 
 

He collaborated with the artist Alina Schmuch for the book Script of Demolition and with Armin Linke for The Appearance of That Which Cannot Be Seen (2014/2017, both Spector Books). Further publications include Montage Collage (2016), Obstinacy of Things (2018), The Invention of the Neue Wilde (2019) and Project Without Form (2021).

From July to September 2022, Jan Kiesswetter is artist resident in the program Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr at Halfmannshof Gelsenkirchen.

Wesel

The Grand Snail Tour will be accompanied by literary, photographic and illustrative artists, who will collect impressions and reflections from the same city at the same time as the Trailer is there and put them into visual or literary form. The result is a paratext on the three-year tour, a travel chronicle in the form of a kaleidoscope of stories, connections and snapshots in the 53 cities of the region, revealing the simultaneities and non-simultaneities of the Grand Snail Tour.

Wesel von Amina Falah

A slender tree in the forest, with a white ribbon tied around its trunk. Sunlight filters through the leaves.

© Amina Falah

A large cylindrical industrial tank behind a chain-link fence. A red container stands in the foreground.

© Amina Falah

A turquoise telescope labeled "Galaxy" on a bridge in Wesel, overlooking the Rhine, surrounded by love locks.

© Amina Falah

An indoor courtyard with a koi pond, overshadowed by a large green plant. The water reflects the building's glass ceiling.

© Amina Falah

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Open Artsit

©Amina Falah

Amina Falah

Amina Falah is a designer and photographer. Her work sheds light on everyday life and the stories of the people around her, with a focus on social issues.

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