ALL NATURAL — Kesselhaus Linden, Hannover
ALL NATURAL — Kesselhaus Linden, Hannover
ALL NATURAL is a transatlantic media art project realised by the Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover (Germany) and the Currents New Media Festival, Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA). Twenty regional, American and international artistic positions take up one question: what is still “natural” today, and what does the word mean in a digital, technological age? The project looks at the relations between nature and technology, human and machine, reality and virtual reality. It is conceived as an interdisciplinary exhibition in which art, science and society enter into dialogue.
The first part of the exhibition takes place at the Kesselhaus Linden and in the public space of the Faust grounds in Hannover, from 25 September to 18 October 2026. It brings together contemporary media artworks, installations, performances and documentary formats. Florencia S.M. Brück takes part as an international guest artist from Italy.
Visit
Kesselhaus Linden and public space of the Faust grounds
Zur Bettfedernfabrik 3, 30451 Hannover
Open Thursday to Sunday, 7 to 10 pm. Guided tours every Thursday and Sunday at 7 pm. Admission €5, reduced €3. Special openings on 25 September, 9 and 10 October, 3:30 pm to midnight, as part of the Kiez Kultur Festival.
Opening and performances
The opening took place on 24 September 2026, 7 to 10 pm, with a welcome by Anne Prenzler and Harro Schmidt, words of greeting by Frank Ragano (Executive Director, Currents New Media Festival) and an introduction by Michaela McGill and Harro Schmidt.
- 24 and 25 September, 8:30 pm: performance Echo / Location, Maya McCollum
- 3 October, 8 pm: performance STRŒME, Silke Rokitta and Markus Hutter
Organisation
- Harro Schmidt, curation and administration, Kunstverein Kunsthalle Hannover
- Michaela McGill, independent curator, Kunstwolkenagentur gUG
- Mariannah Amster, Creative Director, Currents New Media Festival, USA
- Frank Ragano, Executive Director, Currents New Media Festival, USA
- Gu Zhenqing, co-curator, Li-Space, Beijing
Artists
Antoinette LaFarge, Wendy Li, Vivian Li, Maya McCollum, Alex Olwal and Morgan Woolverton (USA); André Alder, Ole Blank, Zhou Fei, Michaela Hanemann, Helmut Hennig, Anne Nissen and Steffen König, Ben Petersen and Jean Robert Valentin (Germany). International guests: Mario Alvarado (Mexico), Florencia Brück (Italy), Alex Long Yuan (China), Yumi Saegusa (Japan), Nadja Verena Marcin (Germany/USA), Kacper Mutke (Poland) and Alexis Wong (China). Special events: performances by Vera Frese and by Silke Rokitta and Markus Hutter. Special guest within the Kiez Kultur Festival: Katharina Raab.
The project continues in 2027 with a return visit to Santa Fe.