effort + flow – Mathematics and Art in Exchange
With the exhibition “effort + flow – Mathematics and Art in Exchange”, the CRC in cooperation with the Kunsthalle Barmen shows from January 16 to March 29, 2026, how artistic and scientific research processes can encounter and inspire each other in complex ways.
The focus is on works that reflect the principles of mathematical modelling: Energy that circulates in objects and environments; forces that couple and feed back; fields that organise themselves, oscillate or seek equilibrium; interfaces where systems meet. On show are installations, objects, videos and interactive experiments by Katja Davar, Sabrina Fritsch, Theo Jansen, Fischli/Weiss and Thomas Rentmeister, among others. They range from algorithmic and kinetic processes to works that visualise ecological or social systems.
- Place: Barmer Kunsthalle, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 4-6, 42269 Wuppertal
- Duration: January 16 till March 29, 2026
- Opening hours: Thursday till Sunday: 14:00 till 18:00 (closed on February 12 and 15)
- Public guided tour: each Sunday at 15:00
- Family & Friends: January 17, February 7 and March 3, 2026 from 14:00 till 18:00
- Special opening hours for events and by appointment: kontakt[at]kunsthallebarmen.de
Special Events
- January 16, 2026, 19:00-22:00: Vernissage
- January 24, 2026 at 16:00: Performance "Funken" of Victoria di Bello
- January 29, 2026 at 19:00: Vortrag von Achim Ilchmann: „Das Oval - Mathematik und Ästhetik"
- February 19, 2026 at 19:00: Vortrag Demian Nahuel Goos: „Wozu brauchen wir mathematische Kunst? - Fragen auf Antworten, die ich mir nie gestellt habe“
- March 12, 2026 at 17:00: Exibition "Women in Port-Hamiltonian Systems" (at Campus Grifflenberg, Foyer building K)
- March 19, 2026 at 18:00: Abschlusspräsentation "In Touch", Kunstmentorat
- March 29, 2029 at 16:00: Performance "Auf dem Grund" von Tanja Kodlin
- March 29, 2029, 14:00-18:00: Finissage
Impressions from the art exhibition Effort + Flow
