Drei Menschen voller Öl bewegen sich auf einer weißen Plane
  • Fri 02.06.23 20 h
  • Sat 03.06.23 20 h

Performance Music

Michael Turinsky
SOILED

Parkplatz-Flohmarkt in Essen Katernberg
  • Sun 11.06.23 11 h – 17 h
  • Free admission
  • WerkStadt

WerkStadt Workshop Music Assembly For children

Flea Market

Personen
  • Fri 16.06.23 20 h
  • Sat 17.06.23 20 h

Performance

Jozef Wouters
A Day is a Hundred Years

Foto von einer Skateanlage im Grünen über die ein Regenbogen scheint
  • Sat 17.06.23 15 h – 19 h
  • Free admission

Performance Lecture Workshop Assembly Installation

Plants & Walks
Artistic encounters with Deter / Müller / Martini and PACT resident artists

Eine tanzende Person auf der Bühne
  • Sat 24.06.23 16 h

Dance Music

Pottporus e.V.
International Summer Battle

Ansicht eines Urwaldes
  • Fri 01.09.23 20 h
  • Sat 02.09.23 20 h
  • Sun 03.09.23 20 h

Performance

Amanda Piña
Exótica

Person in ein gelbes Gewand gehüllt
  • Fri 15.09.23 20 h
  • Sat 16.09.23 20 h

Dance Performance

Eszter Salamon / Carte Blanche
The Living Monument

Public Programme
Zwei Personen unterhalten sich über eine Installation.
Photo: Dirk Rose

Throwback: ATELIER No. 68 - Under Way

ATELIER (German for »the artist’s studio«) is an open format and combines various artistic works in its 68th edition – showcasing a versatile program until the late hours. Visitors experienced a mix of performances, contemporary art, installations, music and media art between 7 pm and 1 am.
Der Schriftzug VOICES IRAN mit einem unscharfen Bild einer Frau im Hintergrund

::: V O I C E S ::: IRAN

As the seven institutions that make up the Alliance of International Production Houses, we would like to express our grief and horror at the brutal and inhuman behaviour exhibited by Iranian authorities against protesters fighting for human rights and gender equality in Iran. Under the title ::: VOICES ::: IRAN, the Alliance of International Production Houses has launched an online gallery designed to provide a forum for submissions from Iran-based artists. In doing so, we hope to call greater attention to the struggles and dangers these individuals face. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that the protest maintains its visibility and continues to form a key part of the public discourse. The focus is initially on artists in Iran who do not have easy access to platforms. In order not to endanger any individuals, some of the contributions are published anonymously.

Artists' Centre

Residenzen: Cyril Baldy
Jana Mila Lippitz

Residencies

Running all year round since 2002, the residency programme is open to professional artists from home and abroad who work in the areas of dance, performance, media arts or music, closely linking PACT’s core strands of activity in presenting work and facilitating research and development.
Collage mit verschiedenen Assoziationen und Schriftzug HOMES
Collage: Fayo Said

Association for Black Art_ists - Fellowship of 2022

In 2022, the PACT Fellowship goes to three transdisciplinary artists, Princela Biyaa, Marny Garcia Mommertz and Fayo Said. Through their individual and collective practices, they explore the possibilities of mutual support and of networking and amplifying marginalised voices.
A person holds a set of headphones like a baby
Photo: Underskin Photography

Medienkunstfellow Marco Donnarumma

Marco Donnarumma is a Medienkunstfellow of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia 22/23.

Platforms

Poster

Spot on Economies – 1/2/8 Research Forum (01.-17.10.2021)

Spot on Economies focuses on economies as crucial cross-roads between social, ecological, and political futures. Over the course of two weeks, PACT opens its whole house for a collaborative residential research phase framed by a public programme of notable lectures and workshops. Diverse research groups are invited to share and develop their ideas, questions, and proposals transdisciplinarily with other scholars, artists, practitioners, and activists.
IMPACT22 - Motiv mit bunt gemusterten Schlangen, die sich ineinander verknoten
Filmstill: Selvagem

IMPACT22 – LOCAL FABRICS On Practices of Emergence Symposium, tours and workshops with Boris Sieverts, Selvagem and Social Pleasure Center | 9. — 13. November 2022

The four-day symposium IMPACT22 encourages possibilities for action in and invites proposals from a wide range of artistic, social, bodily, scientific, ecological and other relational practices. Apply until October 8!
Blue Skies Bodies in trouble Körper in Aufruhr
Gestaltung: labor b designbüro

Blue Skies - Bodies in trouble // Lectures and talks available online

The growing impact of technology on life as we know it brings changes to our bodies, our communities and the environment – what can we do? How can we understand and shape these changes collectively? Over the course of five days, PACT and medienwerk.nrw shine an investigative light on active interdisciplinary perspectives on new narratives, speculative visions of the future and alternative practices in the company of international artists, scientists, activists, publicists, students and audience members. All lectures and talks are available to see online.
All formats

Urban Space

Kinder im Foyer bei PACT Zollverein
Photo: Dirk Rose

PACT Café

Made possible with the support of the children's and family center BLAUER ELEFANT Zollverein, the ›PACT Café‹ is a friendly informal community space for conversation and exchange as well as a wonderful free playground for families and children of all ages. There’s complementary tea and coffee for the grown-ups and a play corner generously equipped with wooden toys, books, board games and handicraft materials for children of all ages.
WerkStadt
Photo ©: Dirk Rose

WerkStadt

Initiated by PACT in close collaboration with the ›Arbeitskreis Kunst und Soziales‹ (Art and Social Engagement Working Group), the WerkStadt is a new local hub for open and ongoing communal discourse, activities and knowledge transfer.
All formats