Gefördert durch:
Europäische Union
Investition in unsere Zukunft
Europäischer Fonds für regionale Entwicklung
Der Ministerpräsident des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Energie des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen
Stadt Bochum
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen
und Halbach-Stiftung
Sparkasse Bochum
Kunststiftung NRW
Kubus is a project of the European Cultural Capital RUHR.2010.
The Foundation Situation Kunst initiated the building of a multifunctional annex into the ruins of an existing building. The result, called Kubus was erected by the architects Pfeiffer, Ellermann and Preckel from Münster, rising from the ruins of the Weitmar House, which was destroyed in the Second World War.
Kubus provides 1,200 square meters of space on four floors and houses a room for temporary exhibitions as well as space for cultural and academic events. In addition Kubus contains offices, a warehouse for frames, a restoration workshop, and apartments for artists and art historians from all over the world and a bar.
Subsidies from the European Union (through the Ministry of Science of the state NRW), the government of NRW and the City of Bochum contributed to the project in addition to funding provided by the foundation itself. Part of the park, which was formerly family property, was generously donated to Situation Kunst, and thus to the public. The Foundation Situation Kunst is supported by Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and the Halbach Foundation.
As part of the opening ceremonies of the Kubus building, the Foundation Situation Kunst is hosting the exhibition Weltsichten: Countryside in art from the 17th century until now into November 2010. The exhibition will then begin a regional tour, showing in the Kunsthalle in Kiel, the Museum Wiesbaden, in art collections in Chemnitz and in the Bonnefantenmuseum in Maastricht. Launching the exhibit in Bochum was realized by the financial support of the “Kunststiftung NRW” and the “Sparkasse Bochum”.
In May 2010 the video-sound-installation “Overground” by Marcellvs L. was implemented to further enrich the already existing ensembles of Situation Kunst. The installation was subsidized by the Ministerium für Wirtschaftm Mittelstand und Energie des Landes NRW.
During 2010, the City of Bochum will also renovate the parks of the neighboring Weitmar House and the Sylvester Chapel. There have been grand pieces of art in the park for a long time, by artists Erich Reusch, Ulrich Rückriem and Richard Serra. In addition, Lee Ufan donated three sculptures that are installed in the park and internally related to the park’s concept. François Morellet donated his Concrete Erection (La Plate-bande n 2), a huge concrete sculpture, which will be erected in May 2010. During the renovation a multipart ground sculpture by David Rabinowitch as well as the forged Blocco by Giuseppe Spagnulo will be permanently installed.