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DER FREIRAUM

The FREIRAUM, collaborative space for concept and work for the arts and science, has been perceived as an “artist run space” since 2020, as operated by the Ben J. Riepe team. The FREIRAUM consists of two ATELIERs, which can be reserved by artists free of charge. The Co-Working-Space is open from mon to fri, 10 am to 4 pm and does not require any special registration.

Opening hours
Co-Working-Space

Open mo to fr, 10 am to 4 pm
Düsseldorf, Engelbertstr. 13

FREIRAUM Salon #33
“Alive, alive, alive” – Workshop mit Michelle Moura
Thursday, 10 oct
5 pm, FREIRAUM

Optional: Vorstellungsbesuch “Lessons for Cadavers” am 12 okt 2024, 20 Uhr

After the successful start of the cooperation between the festival MOVE! (28 sep to 9 nov at the Fabrik Heeder in Krefeld) and the Düsseldorf FREIRAUM last year, “MOVE!_extended” is going into a second round and once again invites an artistic position from the festival program to an open workshop at the FREIRAUM. After the approximately two-and-a-half-hour workshop with Michelle Moura, the evening will end as usual with a communal dinner and will also include (optionally) a joint performance visit to the festival on the following Saturday, 12 oct, 8 pm, as a “Salon Spezial”.

Info on the workshop: In her workshop, Berlin choreographer and dancer Michelle Moura, who is a guest in this year’s edition of MOVE! with her work “Lessons for Cadavers”, explores together with the participants the relationships that everyone has with the living. The starting point is the idea that we are not alone in ourselves. In this way, the Brazilian-born artist invites those present to enter into reciprocal relationships between different types of being and existence. After a brief introduction and biographical context to Michelle’s work, which has been shown internationally in institutions and festivals such as Impulstanz Wien, La Biennale di Venezia or HAU-Hebbel am Ufer, participants are invited to move in groups, where physical contact may or may not take place. Playfully, imaginatively and rhythmically, they work together on principles of (re)connection and confluence.

The workshop is held in English; previous knowledge of dance is an advantage, but not necessary for participation. The joint performance of “Lessons for Cadavers” (optional) at a reduced admission price of 7.50€ will take place on Saturday, 12 oct, 8 pm, at the Fabrik Heeder in Krefeld.

The number of participants for the FREIRAUM Salon as part of “MOVE!_extended” with the workshop by Michelle Moura is limited. Please register informally by Monday, 7 oct, at: freiraum@benjriepe.com.

BREATH : WORK : HEALTH
Breathing session of the breathing academy atmen+ with Gerdi Schulte and Maria Faust

As part of the exhibition WANTH. WE ALL NEED TO HEAL (Kunst & Denker Contemporary)
Friday, 13 sep, 5 – 8 pm

Please bring your own mat, pillow and blanket.

A small contribution towards expenses is requested.

Please register informally by e-mail to freiraum@benjriepe.com.

 

Start the day Moving

The “Bewegte Start in den Tag” is our morning format that offers a free training session twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for professionals as well as beginners.

3 & 5 sep Hanna Maxi Schumacher – Kundalini Yoga
10 & 12 sep Lara Pilloni – Ballet Warm Up
17 & 19 sep Alfonso Bordi – Floor Barre
24 & 26 sep Hanna Maxi Schumacher – Kundalini Yoga

Info & Registration

APTK Lab: CORTEX
28 jun

CORTEX is a community gathering, organized by APTK Lab – Art laboratory for caring culture. After a very wholesome event in October, APTK Lab will be back at Freiraum this month with a day dedicated to thinking about the largest organ in our body, the Dermis.
More info regarding the program here!

©Philipp Alfons Heitmann

FILM ROOM
Wednesday, 26 jun
1 pm, FREIRAUM
Open Meeting

To all film actors from Düsseldorf and NRW!
Tired of doing the e-casting alone?
Tired of introducing yourself to your audition partner?
Fancy regular meetings?
Let`s connect – just drop by!

Opening “Digital Agora”

On March 1, 2023 at 6 p.m., the Ben J. Riepe Team opened the “Digital Agora” with works by:

Anno Bolender/Lukas Picard, Céline Bellut, Luise Flügge/Katharina Maister, MEMORY EMPYRE, Gulliver DeLarge, Naoto Hieda , Brigitte Huezo, Andrea Isa, Robin Junicke/Miriam Michel, Katharina Kemme, Danila Lipatov, merighi | mercy, Ying Xiao

Enter the digital agora >>

 

Critical Distance

We are absolutely delighted to be presenting the next two editions of our Project “Critical Distance“ with two pivotal figures of the South-East Asian Art scene: Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer, yoga practitioner, scholar, and social activist Navtej Johar and Mithu Sen, who performs conceptual and interactive multi-format byproducts which among others include drawing, performance, poetry, moving images, sculptures, installations, sound, to explore and subvert hierarchical codes and rules.

You can find the Videos here