The Giersch Museum at Goethe University is located in a house with a history: built in 1910 as a residential villa, later the seat of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, it has been a museum since 2000. The original function of the house can still be felt today in the atmosphere of the rooms, which is the starting point for the exhibition "OUR HOUSE. Artistic positions on living". Nothing is as private and public, as personal and political at the same time as living. How do we live? How much living space can we afford and how do we design it? The participating artists explore these questions in their works. The exhibition is to be understood as a residential community: The artists 'move into' individual exhibition spaces with their works.

On the first floor and staircase, Zilla Leutenegger's site-specific works deal with the residential past of the museum villa. On the first and second floors there are nine 'shared rooms', each with a different perspective on the theme of living. Matthias Weischer treats the living space as an aesthetic stage, while Susanne Kutter deconstructs it in a brute manner. Frankfurt photographer Inge Werth documents the bedrooms of people from different social classes. Robert Haas, also a photographer, used his camera to record the abandoned apartments of Jewish citizens who had fled Vienna in 1938 on their behalf. Current socio-political issues are also reflected upon: Francisca Gómez deals with the precarious housing situation of refugees, Karolina Horner and Elizabeth Ravn deal with the challenges of the corona lockdown. Jana Sophia Nolle and Jakob Sturm take a site-specific look at the housing situation in Frankfurt am Main. Marcus Morgenstern and his team have developed their own exhibition design for the temporary museum flat share, which includes a kitchen on the first floor and a living room on the second floor, inviting visitors to linger and exchange ideas.

Exhibition duration: until February 16, 2025

Museum Giersch of the Goethe University
Schaumainkai 83 (Museumsufer), 60596 Frankfurt am Main

www.mggu.de/ausstellungen/our-house/