Female. Black. Powerful. – In Layers of Meanings

These words can be used to describe Anys Reimann's artistic work.

In her collages, objects and installations, the artist directs the gaze sensitively and radically at the same time to themes such as identity, external attribution and corporeality. She combines contemporary issues with cultural-historical allusions and interweaves individual stories with collective experiences.

PUBLIC GUIDED TOURS

We offer public guided tours with our art mediators through the exhibition “Dark Star Backyard” with works by Anys Reimann.

The dates:

SAT September 21 from 3 to 4 pm
SUN October 20 from 3 to 4 pm
SUN November 24 from 3 to 4 pm
SAT December 14 from 3 to 4 pm

Participation in the guided tour costs €12 including admission, reduced €8, there are 15 places, duration approx. one hour. Remaining tickets will be sold at the box office on the day of the event until 2:45 pm.

If you are interested in a private guided tour of the exhibition and the Bilker Bunker, please contact info@bilkerbunker.de.

Image detail: Anys Reimann, BLACK ELEGY, 2022, courtesy VAN HORN, Düsseldorf | AGLAIA Collection, Photo: Johannes Bendzulla

ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM

Guided tours for children aged 8 and over with collage making

The exhibition of collages and objects focuses on themes such as identity and physicality. In the works of art there are always references to stories and mythologies that can be discovered.
After a dialogical guided tour through the exhibition, we will get active ourselves and make collages together to match the exhibited works of art.
Dates: Sat. 12.10., Sat. 16.11. and Sat. 7.12. each from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Further information and tickets

Midissage as part of the MTV Music Week on Wednesday, 6.11.

From 5 to 9 pm there will be drinks and music in the exhibition space. Schleuse Zwei will be open from 7 pm, where we will round off the Midissage with a set by DJane Mauzmon. You can expect a mix of global groove, tropical house and folklorica.

Get your free pay-what-you-want tickets here!

Artist Talk & Reading on Wednesday, 20.11.

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Media workshop for girls aged 13 and over with two WDR journalists

In this workshop we combine digital media with art. Together we will explore the “Dark Star Backyard” exhibition in the Bilker Bunker. Based on the works of art, we will deal with the following topics in an appreciative setting: 
- Critical examination of image and film material
- Self-representation on social media 
- Body norms and ideals of beauty
- Visualization of facets of one's own identity
- Deepening digital skills 
Dates: Sat. 23.11. and Sat. 30.11. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day

Further information and tickets

Readings

From October 10 to 24, the Literaturtage Düsseldorf will be taking over the city with an extensive program revolving around the written, spoken and designed word. Readings, performances, discussions and workshops will explore collective work, life and experience. The following readings will take place at Schleuse Zwei and Bilker Bunker as part of the Literature Days.

Tue. 15.10. 
Reading in the Schleuse Zwei
Liquid Center: “We are coming”
Start 7 pm
End 9 pm

Thu. 17.10.
Reading in the exhibition space of the Bilker Bunker
Luise Meier: “Hyphen”
Start 7 pm
End 10 pm

THE »BILKER BUNKER« IN THE COURSE OF TIME

As »air-raid shelter No. 25« the »Bilker Hochbunker« was built in 1942 at the corner of Aachener Strasse and Karolingerstrasse. Responsible for the planning was the architect Carl Krieger (1875-1957). With the conversion into an art and cultural space by Bilker Bunker gGmbH and in the context of the opening year, the history of the building can be experienced in a special way: digitally and emotionally.

Reports by contemporary witnesses, historical documents and video installations invite visitors to follow the eventful history and learn more about what being in the bunker actually meant and what the situation was like for those seeking protection. During this process, values such as freedom, democracy, pluralism and tolerance are to be consolidated in the consciousness of the visitors.

HARALD NAEGELI IN DÜSSELDORF BILK

They have always adorned the Düsseldorf city centre: running stick figures, strutting flamingos, triangular double eyes. Unfortunately, many of Harald Naegeli's famous spray drawings have been removed. However, they can still be found in the Bilk district, where Naegeli lived for almost thirty years. They can now be rediscovered here as well as in the »Bilker Bunker«: through an audio tour, on the concrete walls of the bunker, as a new edition in dialogue with sprayer "Magic" from Düsseldorf and in two exclusive editions.

The work "Magic vs. Naegeli '96", which is complemented by two selected screen prints and photo editions with Naegeli's motifs, can be seen from the 30th of November as part of the exhibition »From shelter to free space«.

Further works by Naegeli can be discovered at any time on your own and with your own ears: through the digital map and in the audio tour through the Düsseldorf district of Bilk.

Archive

Past exhibitions and events in the Bilker Bunker

»BILKER BUNKER« SHOP

SHOPPING FOR A GOOD CAUSE

In our small but nice shop at the main entrance you can buy artists' catalogues, architecture books, limited art prints, editions and our »Bilker Bunker« merchandise consisting of posters, shoppers, T-shirts and sweaters. And best of all: the generated funds go to charitable causes and support our art and cultural formats! 
The shop is open during the exhibition hours (Wed & Fri 5:00 pm–9:00 pm and Sat & Sun 12:00 pm–6:00 pm).