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Nesrin Tanç, Bergüzar, 2025 © Katja Illner

Nesrin Tanç, Bergüzar, 2025 © Katja Illner

Paula Pedraza, Headtrip, 2025 © Katja Illner

Stella Flatten, Die Halde/The Dump, 2025 © Katja Illner

Stella Flatten, Die Halde/The Dump, 2025 © Katja Illner

Ramona Schacht & Luca Bublik, Corporate Bodies - Die übersehene weibliche Arbeit im Ruhrgebiet, 2025 © Katja Illner

Marlin de Haan, Practising Apocalypse, 2025 © Katja Illner

Marlin de Haan, Practising Apocalypse, 2025 © Katja Illner

Cosima von Bonin, What If They Bark, 2022 © Katja Illner

Cosima von Bonin, What If They Bark, 2022 © Katja Illner

Alfredo Thiermann, Tote Erde / Das Brot der Welt, 2025 © Katja Illner

Iris Touliatou, LOKAL2G, 2025 © Katja Illner

Franziska Pierwoss & Jonas Leifert, soft smoke, 2025 © Katja Illner

John Smith, The Black Tower, 1987 © Katja Illner

Arhun Aksakal, EUROGATE, 2025 © Katja Illner

Arhun Aksakal, EUROGATE, 2025 © Katja Illner

Anna R. Winder, Manual, 2025 © Katja Illner

Anna R. Winder, Manual, 2025 © Katja Illner

22.8. – 5.10.25
Wed – Sun
12–19 h

Address

Duisburg Inner Harbour
Ludwigsturm
47051 Duisburg

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Exploring Duisburg’s Inner Harbour. 

With Arhun Aksakal, Cosima von Bonin, Stella Flatten, Marlin de Haan, Paula Pedraza, Franziska Pierwoss & Jonas Leifert, Ramona Schacht & Luca Bublik, John Smith, Nesrin Tanç, Alfredo Thiermann, Iris Touliatou, Anna R. Winder

Traces of the Middle Ages, remains of industrial history, postmodern architecture and recreation for local residents all come together in the collaged cityscape of the Duisburg Inner Harbour. That this little brother of Duisburg’s main inland harbour was once Europe’s largest terminal for storing and handling grain is hardly visible today. The harbour canal was redeveloped in the 1990s into a residential and recreation area according to a masterplan designed by the architect Sir Norman Foster in conjunction with the International Building Exhibition Emscher Park, or IBA Emscher Park for short. Also, many institutions focusing on history are located within this relatively small area, including the City Archive Duisburg, the Centre for Commemorative Culture, the State Archive of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Garden of Memories by artist Dani Karavan. 

This exhibition presents primarily new sculptural, conceptual, performative, and audio-visual works by international artists who provide a contemporary perspective on the inner harbour while exploring processes of creating, overlaying and failure. 

An exhibition by Urbane Künste Ruhr for the Ruhrtriennale 2025
Some projects were developed as part of the programme Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr.

Your Visit

The exhibition takes place at different locations within a radius of one kilometre by foot. If you have any questions, our team will be happy to help you at several locations and at the information stand at Schwanenstraße 44 A. Information material is also available on site for your orientation. Download map

By public transport
Tram 901 to the stop Rathaus or bus 933 and 929 to Schwanentor.

By car
Contipark Parkhaus City; 
entrance address: Unterstraße 19-21, 47051 Duisburg

Opening hours Kultur- und Stadthistorisches Museum
Wed–Sat 10–17 h
Sun 10–18 h

Performative works in the inner harbour are an essential part of the exhibition. There is also an extensive programme with workshops for children, young people and adults, guided tours and talks.

soft smoke
Performance
Thu–Sun 14–17 h

A candyfloss trolley in Duisburg's Inner Harbour: Passers-by can not only taste grey candy floss here, but also share some stories about the air in the Ruhr region. soft smoke is the result of research into air pollution by Franziska Pierwoss and Jonas Leifert.

Franziska Pierwoss & Jonas Leifert, soft smoke, 2025 © Katja Illner

Franziska Pierwoss & Jonas Leifert, soft smoke, 2025 © Katja Illner

Video

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Die Ausstellung Zwischen Erfinden und Erfassen. Suchbewegungen im Duisburger Innenhafen wirft mit größtenteils neu entstandenen skulpturalen, konzeptuellen, performativen sowie Sound- und Video-Arbeiten internationaler Künstler*innen einen gegenwärtigen Blick auf den Innenhafen und erforscht Prozesse des Erfindens, Überlagerns und Scheiterns. Eine Ausstellung von Urbane Künste Ruhr zur Ruhrtriennale 2025 Einige Projekte wurden im Rahmen des Programms Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr entwickelt. Mehr Informationen zur Ausstellung: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/ausstellung/erfinden
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Die Ausstellung Zwischen Erfinden und Erfassen. Suchbewegungen im Duisburger Innenhafen wirft mit größtenteils neu entstandenen skulpturalen, konzeptuellen, performativen sowie Sound- und Video-Arbeiten internationaler Künstler*innen einen gegenwärtigen Blick auf den Innenhafen und erforscht Prozesse des Erfindens, Überlagerns und Scheiterns. Eine Ausstellung von Urbane Künste Ruhr zur Ruhrtriennale 2025 Einige Projekte wurden im Rahmen des Programms Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr entwickelt. Mehr Informationen zur Ausstellung: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/ausstellung/erfinden
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Die Ausstellung Zwischen Erfinden und Erfassen. Suchbewegungen im Duisburger Innenhafen wirft mit größtenteils neu entstandenen skulpturalen, konzeptuellen, performativen sowie Sound- und Video-Arbeiten internationaler Künstler*innen einen gegenwärtigen Blick auf den Innenhafen und erforscht Prozesse des Erfindens, Überlagerns und Scheiterns. Im Interview spricht die Duisburger Künstlerin Nesrin Tanç über ihre Installation Bergüzar, die sie im Rahmen der Ausstellung von Urbane Künste Ruhr im Internationalen Zentrum zeigt. Mehr Informationen zur Ausstellung: https://www.urbanekuensteruhr.de/ausstellung/erfinden Eine Ausstellung von Urbane Künste Ruhr zur Ruhrtriennale 2025 Video: Siegersbusch

Booklet

Open Publication

Exhibition booklet

The exhibition Between Creating and Collecting. Exploring Duisburg’s Inner Harbour presents primarily new sculptural, conceptual, performative, and audio-visual works by international artists who provide a contemporary perspective on the inner harbour while exploring processes of creating, overlaying and failure.

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Artistic Director

Britta Peters

Curators

Alisha Raissa Danscher und Britta Peters

Programme

Bike Tours

  • Open Event
    So., 24.8.25, 13:30–16:30 hView

    Bike tour at Emscherkunstweg

  • Open Event
    So., 28.9.25, 14–17 hView

    Bike tour at Emscherkunstweg

Guided Tours

  • Open Event

    © Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of the High Line.

    Sa., 23.8.25, 15 hView

    Guided tour through the exhibition

  • Open Event
    So., 31.8.25, 15 hView

    Tour Water in old Duisburg

  • Open Event

    © Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of the High Line.

    Do., 4.9.25, 15 hView

    Guided tour through the exhibition Between Creating and Collecting

  • Open Event
    So., 7.9.25, 15 hView

    Tour The invention of pets

  • Open Event
    Do., 11.9.25, 17 hView

    Guided Tour through the Landesarchiv NRW

  • Open Event

    ©Heinrich Holtgreve

    Do., 18.9.25, 17 hView

    Guided tour through the Archiv für alternatives Schrifttum

  • Open Event

    © Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of the High Line.

    Fr., 26.9.25, 15 hView

    Guided tour through the exhibition

  • Open Event

    © Timothy Schenck. Courtesy of the High Line.

    Sa., 4.10.25, 13–14 hView

    Accessible guided tour through the exhibition

Opening

  • Open Event

    ©Heinrich Holtgreve

    Fr., 22.8.25, 16 hView

    Opening Between Creating and Collecting

Performances

  • Open Event
    Fr., 22.8.25, 14–15 hView

    Marlin de Haan: Practising Apocalypse

  • Open Event

    © Arhun Aksakal

    Fr., 22.8.25, 17:30–18 hView

    Arhun Aksakal: EUROGATE 

  • Open Event
    Sa., 23.8.25, 14–17 hView

    Marlin de Haan: Practising Apocalypse

  • Open Event

    © Arhun Aksakal

    Sa., 23.8.25, 17:30–18:30 hView

    Arhun Aksakal: EUROGATE 

  • Open Event
    So., 24.8.25, 14–17 hView

    Marlin de Haan: Practising Apocalypse

  • Open Event

    © Arhun Aksakal

    So., 24.8.25, 17:30–18:30 hView

    Arhun Aksakal: EUROGATE 

  • Open Event
    Fr., 3.10.25, 14–17 hView

    Marlin de Haan: Practising Apocalypse

  • Open Event
    Sa., 4.10.25, 14–17 hView

    Marlin de Haan: Practising Apocalypse

  • Open Event
    So., 5.10.25, 14–17 hView

    Marlin de Haan: Practising Apocalypse

Talks

  • Open Event
    Mi., 3.9.25, 17 hView

    In Conversation: Nesrin Tanç and Britta Peters 

  • Open Event
    Sa., 6.9.25, 12 hView

    Screening SMOG (1973)

  • Open Event
    Sa., 20.9.25, 15 hView

    The Forgotten Clothing Industry

  • Open Event
    Fr., 3.10.25, 15–16 hView

    Vernacular Living Archive: Three Generations of Women

  • Open Event
    Fr., 3.10.25, 16:30–18 hView

    In Conversation: Stella Flatten and Alfredo Thiermann

Workshops

  • Open Event
    Fr., 22.8.25, 13 hView

    Activation of the excavation with Stella Flatten

  • Open Event
    Fr., 29.8.25, 16–18 hView

    Parkour Workshop for children between the ages of 8 and 14  

  • Open Event
    Fr., 5.9.25, 16–18 hView

    Excavation Workshop with Stella Flatten for kids and adults

  • Open Event
    Sa., 6.9.25, 16–18 hView

    Excavation Workshop with Stella Flatten for Children aged 3 and over

  • Open Event
    Fr., 12.9.25, 16–18 hView

    Parkour Workshop for children aged between 8 and 18

  • Open Event
    Fr., 26.9.25, 16–18 hView

    Parkour Workshop for parents with children aged 8 and older

  • Open Event
    Sa., 4.10.25, 16–18 hView

    Workshop and burying action with Stella Flatten