It’s back! After an inaugural show in 2009, designer and architect Tina Roeder’s interdisciplinary art/design format Conceptual Substance is returning. It focuses on conceptual and hybrid objects whose structures and typologies are examined and redefined. Mystical, clear and playful – this is where boundaries blur. On display are 16 signature projects by international architects, designers and artists. The exhibitors include Bless, Formafantasma, Something Fantastic, Gonzalez Haase AAS, Valerie Stahl Stromberg and more. The venue for the program is the Eternithaus by architect Paul Baumgarten. Hidden in the dense vegetation of Tiergarten as part of Berlin’s Hansa Quarter, the complex was built for the International Building Exhibition in 1957 as a fresh start in urban development after the Second World War. The open, flexible layout of the area is reflected in the design of the listed building. The two upper floors were designed as maisonettes – the first floor as exhibition space. Conceptual Substance will see Roeder occupy the building for three days, placing it in a contemporary context. The exhibitions open up a dialog that addresses the man-made issues of today: architecture, feminism, the housing crisis, nature and research, flora and fauna. For a brief moment, everything comes together in the urban context of the city.
Text: Milena Kalojanov / Photos: Tina Roeder & Studio Manuel Raeder
Conceptual Substance at Eternithaus, Altonaer Str.1, Berlin–Tiergarten; map
28.04–30.04.2023. Opening Fri 28.04. 18–22h, Sat & Sun 11–20h
