Design: Olivia Völlnagel, Newroz Agnes Ayalp, Marie-Luise Fichtner

24.07.2025 – 27.07.2025

Rundgang of the Kunsthochschule Kassel 2025 - eXtase

The Kunsthochschule Kassel invites you to the Rundgang 2025 (July 24 to 27) - open days. Workshops, studios and studios of the Fine Arts, Product Design, Art Education, Art Science and Visual Communication degree programs as well as the exhibition hall will open their doors at the end of the academic year.

After the detox Rundgang in summer 2024, the next tour in summer 2025 will be all about ecstasy. The word originally comes from the ancient Greek ékstasis and means going out of one's mind or rapture. Ecstasies include various exceptional mental states such as intoxication, trance or transcendental experiences. Ecstasies are often perceived as extreme changes of state of consciousness, spiritual, collective and transgressive. The theme of the tour is a non-binding invitation to explore the possibilities of the artistic and social potential of ecstatic states as a response to current debates on fear. Whether as an ecstatic protest in the form of a large, colorful and absurd carnival that scares away the evil spirits of the present, or taking up collective ecstasy practices that open up inner transcendental spaces, or creating real spaces that invite ecstatic experiences. Everything is possible! We look forward to your visit.

The Rundgang 2025 is conceived and realized by an interdisciplinary team of students under the direction of Prof. Bjørn Melhus (Class for Virtual Realities).

The Rundgang is free of charge and can be visited during the above-mentioned opening hours without prior registration. The program flyer for the Rundgang 2025 is available for download here.

Rundgang 2025 - eXtase (July 24 to 27)

Opening/greetings:
Thu, 24.07.25, 6 p.m.

Prof. Dr. Martin Schmidl, Rector, Kunsthochschule Kassel
Timon Gremmels, Hessian Minister for Science and Research, Art and Culture
Prof. Bjørn Melhus (Class for Virtual Realities) with the student team

Location
Mensawiese (Kunsthochschule, Nordbau)

The award ceremony for the tour will take place on July 26 at 1 pm (Mensawiese, Nordbau).

Opening hours:
Thu, 24.07.25, 6 pm to 10 pm
Fri, 25.07.25, 12 pm to 10 pm
Sat, 26.07.25, 12 pm to midnight
Sun, 27.07.25, 12 pm to 6 pm

Location:
Kunsthochschule Kassel
Menzelstraße 13-15
34121 Kassel

Design of the visual identity of the Rundgang 2025:
Olivia Völlnagel, Newroz Agnes Ayalp, Marie-Luise Fichtner

We would like to thank our sponsors:
Birgitt-Bolsmann-Preis, Kasseler Sparkasse, SV SparkassenVersicherung Holding AG




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