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Exhibitions

Exhibition rooms at »Bilker Bunker«

FORTRESS FOR INNOVATIVE ART AND CULTURAL FORMATS

Changing contemporary art formats and an experimental cultural program are launched on two floors of the bunker. Here, disciplines, positions and cultural actors are linked with each other in innovative ways. A lively, open exchange can arise, which emotionalizes, opens spaces and releases thoughts.

Artistic positions, questions and answers form a dialogue with the architecture and history of the site, which is special in every respect.

Information

Opening hours and information

Exhibition opening hours 
Wed & Fri: 17:00-21:00
Sat: 14:00-21:00
Sun: 14:00-18:00

Admission prices exhibition
Regular: 4.00 EUR / Reduced: 3.00 EUR (students and holder of social pass) / Disabled persons incl. accompanying person: free / Children and young people up to 14 years: free

Address:

Bilker Bunker
Aachener Straße 39
40223 Düsseldorf
Location on GoogleMaps

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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.

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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

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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

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Bilker Bunker Ausstellung

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.

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Naegeli in Bilk

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.

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Archive

Past exhibitions and events in the Bilker Bunker

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Bilker Bunker Shop

»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).

Press

All press releases

An overview of all past press releases including the corresponding downloads can be found on the overview page:

FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS

Together with our friends and supporters, we have made it our goal to establish the »Bilker Bunker« as a relevant place and enrichment of the art and culture scene. Special thanks go to:

Kunststiftung NRW

kunststiftungnrw.de

Kulturförderung des Landes NRW

mkw.nrw

City of Düsseldorf

duesseldorf.de

Creative.NRW

creative.nrw.de

National urban development projects

nationale-staedtebauprojekte.de

Harald Naegeli Stiftung

haraldnaegelistiftung.ch

BECOME A SUPPORTER!

Anyone who would like to support the »Bilker Bunker« is welcome to contact:
Christina von Plate
info@bilkerbunker.de

The »Bilker Bunker« stands for high quality and innovative cultural formats. It is a model for progressive urban development, retells history and promotes social cohesion.

Whether through donations, sponsorship in the »Freundeskreis« or as a network partner: support the »Bilker Bunker« and be part of the change! Contribute to the realization of high-quality, innovative art formats, to the reinterpretation of cultural work and enable an open access to art for all.

Simply donate here via PayPal and receive a donation receipt on request. Thank you very much for your support!