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The Kingdom of Heaven Must Be Taken By Storm
Independent Music in Photographs, 1990 – 2025 / Chris Williams
For the first time, New York native Chris Williams publicly presents his concert photos, captured as a witness to more than 35 years of alternative and experimental music. In atmospheric black and white he captures the violent energy of “Sunday Hardcore Matinees” in the punk club CBGB, passionate performances by US legends like Guided By Voices, Mission of Burma, and Drive Like Jehu, and moments of concentrated tape flutter and knob twiddling from the present-day European avant-garde. Hardcore meets electronics, indie meets noise, and through photos of local heroes like Rocket Freudental and Levin Goes Lightly, the exhibition builds a bridge between the Bowery and Stuttgart. During the exhibition opening and a special listening session, hear hand-picked records from artists featured in the show and other protagonists in the international underground. Dive in — with eyes and ears!
Opening, Friday, May 15, 2026, 7 pm
Zukunftsagentur Nachhaltigkeit / Future Agency for Sustainability / Hochschule Karlsruhe / University of Applied Sciences / Lecture
Programm
ORTSTERMIN #9 / Cooperation with the KV Neuhausen
How much should sustainability cost—and how much waste does art require?
On Saturday, September 6, 2025, the kunst[ ]klima project space in Stuttgart will transform into a certification body for artistic practice.
Clair Bötschi, artist and cultural entrepreneur, invites you to the first public event by the “Agency for Sustainability and Waste.” His custom-developed CO₂ calculator for artworks calculates, questions, certifies—and sparks debate—about responsibility, impact, and the absurd logic of forms.
The initiative is open to anyone who wants to contribute a project, explore an idea, or simply join the discussion. Consulting, reporting, and certification—all free of charge.
Part of the anniversary program ORTSTERMINE.HOMESERVICE of the Kunstverein Neuhausen.
linienscharen – anderenorts
an event by Linienscharen in the art space kunst [ ] klima Stuttgart
Drawing Sound Performance with Heike Liss and Russudan Meipariani (musician)
on Wednesday, June 4, 2025 at 7pm, as a part of the exhibition Sound & Color
Heike Liss will present a Drawing Sound Performance with the musician Russudan Meipariani.Musician Russudan Meipariani will improvise using various instruments, such as an electric harmonium, and create a sound space to which the artist will react immediately. Directly on the window pane in the room, Heike Liss will create a drawing that can be described as a notation of the sounds or as a reaction to the tones produced by the musician.
Linienscharen – anderenorts
Earth Day 2025
For the second time, the AKA Earth Day took place at the ABK Stuttgart on April 22, 2025. On this occasion, students and faculty transformed the Weißenhof campus into a center for environmental awareness and sustainability, inspired by the global „Earth Day.“ The program included a wide range of student initiatives aimed at strengthening environmental consciousness at ABK.
A special innovation this year was the AKA Earth Day Prize, donated by the Friends of the Academy Stuttgart Association, which was awarded in the afternoon before the AKA Earth Day Tree in front of New Building 1 to three outstanding student initiatives. The jury consisted of Anja Necker, the state’s climate protection manager, Barbara Karsch-Chaïeb from the project space kunst [ ] klima, and OA Krimmel from the Friends of the Academy Stuttgart Association. The prize, worth 1,000 euros, was equally awarded to Jakob Mayer and Anne Kraft for the project „Springbrunnen“, to Meike Schmitz for „Berta, Family & Friends“, and to Florence Nitschmann for „One has to die: circular weaving Paulus“.
Photo Credits: Martin Lutz
The „AKA Earth Day“ was organized by the Climate and Energy Circle of ABK Stuttgart (abk_eco) under the leadership of Prof. Dr. h.c. Patrick Thomas, Communication Design, and Prof. Veronika Aumann, Textile Design.
„Earth Day“ has been celebrated annually on April 22 since 1970 to raise awareness for environmental protection. Over the years, this day has evolved into a global movement in which individuals and organizations advocate for environmental awareness, political change and sustainable practices.
Staub zu Staub (dust to dust)
From Dietrich Heißenbüttel / January 29, 2025 Kontext Wochenzeitung (Kontext – weekly newspaper)
Three years ago, Barbara Karsch-Chaïeb turned a part of her studio into the exhibition space “
kunst [ ] klima”. She does not want to prescribe solutions to climate change, but rather give impulses.
To the report Staub zu Staub (German)
Desertification / Opening and Filmscreening
This event was a part of the exhibition DESERTIFICATION in cooperation with the KV Neuhausen and the WUNDERKAMMER Bad Cannstatt.
On Sunday, October 20, 2024 we opened the exhibition of Border fruits #4 by Jan Nicola Angermann and showed the following films:
- Leila Hekmatnia MAGRAB, 2023
- Ramesh Holbole AAGASWADI, Village in the Sky, 2018
- Maan Barua Among the Bone Swallowers, 2024
- Ahmed Rasel Memories of Lost land, 2018-2023
Art space kunst [ ] klima, Breitscheidstraße 104A, Stuttgart-West.
Fotosommer / Photofestival Stuttgart 2024
This year we joined the FOTOSOMMER with VERMILLION from Tiago A. Cabrita.
Sunday July 21, 2024 from 5 to 8 p.m. Duration of the exhibition – July 19 to July 26, 2024
Trüffelsuche
01.07.2022 to 30.06.2023 / A project of the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg
Zwei plus x. Zwei bildnerische Setzungen plus x Gäste – an 5 plus x Tagen /
Two plus x. Two artistic positions plus x guests – on 5 plus x days
anima ona, Sabina Aurich, Ulrike Brennscheidt, Erwin Holl, Heidemarie von Wedel, Evangelia Ntouni
28.06. – 12.07.2023
Photo Credits: Sabina Aurich
Tuesday workshop Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
with Barbara Karsch-Chaieb and Caro Krebietke
24. Tuesday workshop on 13.06.2023 in the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
Tuesday workshop
The Künstlerhaus invites an artist or a collective—meaning any artists or cultural workers from any field or discipline—to talk about their working methods as well as their backgrounds and approaches. We want to establish a platform for a more in-depth interaction with regard to artistic practice, and in doing so to create a network, show solidarity, and mutually strengthen one other.
The series is aimed at all members of Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, artists either living in Stuttgart and the surrounding area or just traveling through, all cultural workers, art mediators, curators, etc., and is open to everyone!
Trüffelsuche
01.07.2022 bis 30.06.2023 / Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg
In the forest. Johanna Mangold
21.10. – 11.11.2022, verlängert bis 20.11.2022
MY ART DON’T COST A THING? – DER PODCAST FÜR EINE GERECHTE KUNST- UND KULTURARBEIT / Folge 2: Kunst, Nachhaltigkeit & Resilienz
Open Spotify:
Team:
Redaktion: Lisa Bergmann, Christine Koschel & Paula Kohlmann
Produktion: Sophia Sadzakov
Recording/Mastering: Lena Meinhardt & Eva Dörr
Fotos: Dominique Brewing
Grafik: Levin Stadler & Hans-Jörg Seidler
Social Media: Ida Lilliom
Jingle: Alexandra Haas