The decentralized memorial (Path of Liberation) today commemo- rates the local resistance against Nazi-Germany and the liberation of the city of Düsseldorf in April 1945 via six stations in form of information ste- les. In the former apartment of master baker Josef Lauxtermann – today Station 1 at Fürstenwall 74 – members of the resistance group met from the beginning of the Second World War to discuss politics and plan how the city could be handed over to the Allies. This is where the „Aktion Rheinland“ was organised. (Source: Federal Agency for Civic Education, NS memorials)

The exhibition and residency project WOHNUNG LAUXTERMANN, conceived and curated by Aileen Treusch, enables artists to use the premises at Fürstenwall 74 for their work to bring this historic address back into the active life of the city. Since the beginning in February 2023, various program strands have focused on the social role of art and design and their potential for participation. Thematically, the exhibited positions deal with various questions of orientation, cohesion, democracy and domesticity. The tour begins on the first floor at the staircase and leads through office space, storage and work rooms on the upper floors of Fürstenwall 74. „In order to experience democracy, the feeling of selfefficacy and agency must be activated.“ Participating artists therefore site-specifically deal with participation and physicality. The boundaries of different artistic design practices are opened wide. Young and deceased artists from different and not only geographical backgrounds come together. For the first time, loans from artists‘ studios and private collections will be on display. Together they form a fictitious apartment: rooms that are timeless, filled with all time. What dimensions does a work need to attract attention? What does it actually mean to have „format“, to deal „confidently“ with free spaces? The works largely take up figurative or architectural moments and deal with the role of artists, curators and collectors in their environment and network.

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„Together they form a fictitious apartment: rooms that are timeless, filled with all time.“