16. Juni bis 16. September 2018
We offer guided tours through the “Wunsiedel Water Games” exhibits and the city up until and on September 16th.
We also offer these tours by appointment – Tel.: 0177 77 47 824
Admission is free – donations are welcome!
Bořivoj Hořínek was born in 1948 in Vilemov in the Czech Republic. After his studies in Graphics in Prague in 1968, he went to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, where he earned his Master’s Degree in Photography in 1977.
His artistic competence stretches from Photography to Video Art, to Installations and to Performance. Bořivoj Hořínek lives and works in Ostrov nad Ohři.
In his work with photography, Hořínek experiments with the manipulation of space, with perception and perspective. The artist works with the the principle of randomness and uses digital technology to record light trails and camera movements used in creating his art. He describes his photographic works with the word “recording” (creating an account) to describe the constructive dillemma when one observes the same thing several times, yet has a different perceptual experience every time.
Hořínek concentrates on installations as well as on photographic works.
As part of Urban Development Day, a cultural festival with a rich, diverse program took place in Wunsiedel’s Old Town on Saturday, May 12th at 6pm.
With concerts, readings, exhibits, tours, lectures and much more, the kick-off event for the 2018 Wunsiedel Water Games brought life into empty buildings.
Works from 20 selected artists will be on display from Saturday, June 16th, until Sunday, September 19th.
With works from 20 participating artists, the exhibit opened on the weekend of June 15th – 17th in Wunsiedel’s Old Town and in Wunsiedel’s Partner City Ostrov nad Ohrí.
Download the complete program here >> Opening Weekend Program
Snapshots of the kick-off event for the 2018 Wunsiedel Water Games for Urban Development Day on May 12, 2018, as photographed by Lena Wenz.
The program for the kick-off event for the 2018 Wunsiedel Water Games for Urban Development Day is out!
Program for May 12th – Urban Development Day
March 3rd, 2018 was the big day: the jury met to select 15 to 20 participant artists from the almost 200 submissions to the Wunsiedler Water Games. The jury members were:
Zdenka Bilkova, Curator (Gallery Carlsbad – Ostrov)
Raimund Böhringer, Landscaping Architect (Wunsiedel Citizens’ Forum)
Stefan Frank, Film Producer (Wunsiedel Citizens’ Forum)
Dr. Robert Grötschel, Independent Curator, Art Historian
German Schlaug, Art Instructor (Wunsiedel Citizens’ Forum)
Eberhard Tröger, Lecturer, ZHdK & ZHAW
The element of Water as art motif and theme
Works from all artistic directions were accepted under this motto. The deadline for submissions was Wednesday, January 31, 2018.
200 artists from all over Germany, as well as from the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Hungary, Poland and South Korea submitted entries.
The submissions represent a wide spectrum of contemporary art: photography, painting, sculpture, installations, poetry, sound installations, performances, video projects, textiles, compositions, kinetic sculptures, street art, glass art…
We are overwhelmed by the variety, the creativity, the sheer amount of submitted entries. A big “Thank you!” to all applicants!
During the kick-off to the Wunsiedel Water Games we stood in the pouring rain while the sun shone…
For more than two hours you could see a double rainbow over our bright little town.
As soon as the sun went down, the rain stopped…
Thank you to all who made this evening possible!
A special “Thank you!” to Alexander Stöhr, Nine Riedel, Christine Wunsiedler and Ulrike Schelter-Baudach for the rainbow pictures!
