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Emscherkunstweg

The Emscherkunstweg is a public art collection along the Emscher. The cooperation project is implemented by Urbane Künste Ruhr (until 30.9.2025), the Emschergenossenschaft and the Regionalverband Ruhr and is under the patronage of Ina Brandes, Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. The public art collection emerged from the temporary exhibition format Emscherkunst, which has accompanied the Emscher conversion by the Emschergenossenschaft since 2010. Emscherkunst was initiated on the occasion of the RUHR.2010 Capital of Culture and subsequently continued as a triennial. Since 2019, the Emscherkunstweg has been a permanent sculpture trail and thus a sustainable exhibition format for the region. Five new works of art were added to the existing works. The extension was designed by Britta Peters, artistic director of Urbane Künste Ruhr, together with curator Marijke Lukowicz.

Open "Neustadt"
Artists Marta Dyachenko and Julius von Bismarck, together with artistic director Britta Peters, sit in front of Neustadt, a miniature city composed of models of demolished buildings from the Ruhr region.

© Daniel Sadrowski

Neustadt

Duisburg

A total of 23 sculptures form a fictitious city, on a scale of 1:25, made up of various real buildings that have been demolished in the Ruhr area since the turn of the millennium.

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Open "Königsgrube"

© Henning Rogge

Königsgrube

Herne

A former pumping station of a disused colliery on the Emscherkunstweg becomes an installation, the name remains and sounds promising: Königsgrube.

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Open "Pool Lines"
The sculpture Pool Lines by Sofía Táboas consists of two large triangular structures covered in shimmering green mosaic tiles, blending into the surrounding landscape.

© Henning Rogge

Pool Lines

Dortmund

Two large triangles together constitute a third triangular form. Their waist-high walls are about one metre thick; they both taper and flatten towards the ground.

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Open "Emscher Folly"
Emscher Folly, a bicycle sculpture by Nicole Wermers, consists of over 50 bicycles arranged in a triangular shape, symbolizing mobility and urban transformation in the Ruhr area.

© Henning Rogge

Emscher Folly

Duisburg

For the Emscherkunstweg, artist Nicole Wermers has created a sculpture from over 50 bicycles and a triangular bicycle stand she designed.

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Open "Public Hybrid"
The installation Public Hybrid by David Jablonowski features multiple sandstone and plastic sculptures, their vibrant colors and irregular shapes appearing like artificial rock formations.

© Heinrich Holtgreve

Public Hybrid

Dortmund

David Jablonowski’s hybrid sculpture is located directly next to the Emscher-Weg bike path in the Schüren district of Dortmund.

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Bergkamen

Begleitet wird die Grand Snail Tour von Künstler*innen aus dem Bereich Literatur, Fotografie und Zeichnung, die zeitgleich zum Aufenthalt des Tourmobils, Eindrücke und Reflexionen aus jeweils derselben Stadt sammeln und diese sie visuell oder literarisch ins Bild setzen. So entsteht ein Paratext zur 3-jährigen Tour, der in Form einer Reisechronik, ein Kaleidoskop an Geschichten, Verbindungen, Momentaufnahmen in den 53 Städten der Region als Gleichzeitigkeiten und Ungleichzeitigkeiten zur Grand Snail Tour sichtbar werden lässt.

Bergkamen von Jochen Lempert

Bergkamen 7. August 2025

1a Bergarbeitersiedlung hinter zeitgenössischem Sichtschutz
1b Zeitliche Abgrenzung im Wasserpark: vormittags badende Stockenten — nachmittags Menschen mit Hunden

2a Eine kleine Population Stadttauben: Indikator für geringe menschliche Aktivität im öffentlichen Raum. Wenige Menschen bedeuten wenig Nahrung für Stadttauben.
2b Stadttauben waren einst Felsentauben — und schätzen felsige Strukturen als Brutplatz.

3a Feinstrahl —  nordamerikanischer Neophyt, der sich sich in den letzten Jahren stark verbreitet hat.
3b Russischer Bär — eine südliche Art an der Nordgrenze seines Areals — die in großer Zahl auf der Halde Großes Holz fliegt.

4a Wuchsformen des Efeus: ein Profiteur des CO2 Anstiegs
4b Bananenstaude: Zeichen eines Klimawandels

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Open "Bergkamen"
Model of the former residential tower in Bergkamen, part of the artwork “Neustadt” by Julius von Bismarck and Marta Dyachenko.

© Henning Rogge

7.8.25, 17–21 h

Narrating in Bergkamen

Bergkamen
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Artist

Open Artsit

© Stiftung Sitterwerk

Jochen Lempert

Jochen Lempert (*1958) studied biology. Between 1979 and 1989, he was a member of the experimental film group Schmelzdahin, which explored the combination of chemical processes and celluloid film.

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