when I am not in this place, face the sunrise for me
Extract of: To Gahheya Ursula K. Le Guin (Always coming home, 1985)

The first quarter of the 21st century is almost over.
Crises, wars, and climate collapse are surrounding us. And make us feeling powerless.
How do we see our time and our future?
Marie Salcedo Horn is 30 years old and is wondering how people who are
10, 20, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, or 90 years old think about time and our future. Stones provide a point of reference for this. They were here long before us and will survive us who are alive today.

Our first meeting will be in the Travertinpark Stuttgart on Sunday, September 21, on 2 p.m.
Surrounded by rocks and their temporality, people of all ages can share their perspectives on time and the future and try to breathe with the stones. Together, we will experience various physical and listening exercises. Stones are representing permanence, immovability, and stillness, but they also move and change, just in a different temporality than we humans.
Can they give us stability?

Opening of the exhibition
old stone hold my soul
on Friday, October 10, 2025 on 7:30 p.m.,
in the art space kunst [ ] klima Stuttgart, Breitscheidstraße 104A, 70176 Stuttgart

Closing event on Friday, October 31, 7 p.m..

Interview Julia Wirth with Marie Salcedo Horn on FULLBEANSRADIO

Photo Credits: Sarah Schroth

In her performances and multimedia installations, Marie Salcedo Horn (*1995) explores the relationship between humans and nature. The possibility of touching her works plays a central role in this. What do humans need in order to connect with the more-than-human world? She studied fine arts in Buenos Aires and Berlin and graduated in 2023 as a master student at the Berlin University of the Arts. She is a recipient of the Eberhard Roters Scholarship for Young Art and the Bernhard Heiliger Prize for Sculpture. 

Impressions of the exhibition old stone hold my soul of Marie Salcedo Horn:

On September 21, 2025, more than 15 people between the ages of 7 and 88 were at Travertinpark in Stuttgart/Bad Cannstatt with the artist Marie Salcedo Horn. We explored the topic of temporality in the stones of the former quarry.
At the opening on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. we will see and hear what happened with the frottages created on site, the stones, and the numerous thoughts and words of the participants.

Impressions of the visit of the Travertinpark Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt on September 21, 2025:

Photo Credits: Ulrike Reichart