"Screenplay" by Gruppe Stumpf transforms the NEWCOMER KWS Art Lounge into a multiverse

Jan Neukirchen and Christian Lohre are Gruppe Stumpf. Since 2014, they have been operating in the field of tension between sculpture, installation, sound art and performance.

Especially for NEWCOMER, the artists have developed a concept that separates the interior and exterior spaces of the gallery, but also connects them again. In this way, they allow the controversial features mentioned above to interact with each other.

Using projection machines that transport sound and image productions, visitors experience different spatial and sensory impressions.

On November 30 at 6.30 pm, the artist duo invites visitors to the opening in the NEWCOMER KWS Art Lounge. Dr. Felix Büchting, Spokesman of the Executive Board of KWS, will be welcoming guests to the exhibition opening. Dr. habil. Thomas Becker, Cultural Studies at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, will explain the works.

Exhibition duration November 30, 2023 to February 3, 2024

About KWS

KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. More than 5,500 employees in 70 countries generated net sales of €1.1 billion in fiscal 2018/2019, with earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of €150 million. KWS has been run independently as a family-owned company for more than 160 years. The company focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of corn, sugarbeet, cereals, rapeseed, sunflower and vegetable seed. KWS uses state-of-the-art plant breeding methods to increase farmers' yields and further improve plants' resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To realize this goal, the company invested around 200 million euros in research and development in the past fiscal year.
*All figures exclude the shares of the companies AGRELIANT GENETICS LLC, AGRELIANT GENETICS INC. and KENFENG - KWS SEEDS CO., LTD. accounted for using the equity method.

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Bettina Alex
Public Affairs & Arts
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