TRIENNALE

The selection of around 53 artistic positions was made by an independent, high-caliber jury. More than 500 applications were reviewed and evaluated.

In addition to existing works, site-specific new productions were also selected, developed in close dialogue with the curatorial committee. This resulted in a diverse and innovative cross-section of contemporary art from Rhineland-Palatinate, recognizing individual artistic signatures while making shared discourses visible.

Ulla von Brandenburg is considered one of the most significant contemporary artists in Europe. Her works – ranging from films and installations to performances, watercolors, and wall works – are characterized by site-specific spatial concepts, theatrical staging, and a subtle engagement with reality, illusion, transience, and social issues. Through her multidimensional holistic concepts, she creates immersive, stage-like spaces that actively involve viewers in the narrative and visual structure of the works. Her complex works have been exhibited worldwide in renowned museums and institutions, including Palais de Tokyo in Paris, Whitechapel Gallery in London, and Kunstmuseum Bonn. Her works are also part of major collections, such as Tate Modern in London, Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, and the Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island (NY). With her extensive knowledge and artistic experience, recently enriched by a residency in Japan, she is a tremendous asset to our jury. We are delighted that she will accompany us in selecting artists from Rhineland-Palatinate.

Moira Zoitl has a research-based artistic practice encompassing video works, installations, photography, participatory, and curatorial projects. Her interests focus on the ethnic and gendered dimensions of migration in a global context. She addresses questions of the (auto)biographical and the circulation and politics of images that shape identity, with a central focus on the process of learning and the narration of “life stories.” She is interested in language learning, self-directed learning, and the “undisciplined,” multi-voiced production of knowledge, practicing resistance against the powerful, often violent effects of epistemes. Since 2006, Zoitl has worked in various artist-research collectives and teams, realizing exhibitions, conferences, and event series with national and international contributors. As part of her political work on the board of the IGBK (International Association of Visual Arts), she initiated workshops and conferences within international cultural exchange programs, including onAIRISM (2021 & 2022), Art Space Connect (2020), inEXCHANGE. Foreign Cultural Policy and Intercultural Exchange (2016), Are Artists Rich? (2012), Dreams of Art Spaces Collected (2007–2019). She also participated in various research projects, including MAKING ART – TAKING PART!, a one-year project at the University of Salzburg.

Norina Quinte and Dr. des. Carolin Heel, who provide the curatorial leadership of the RPT, brought their expertise at the intersection of art, science, and society to the jury work. Together, they voted as one of the three jury voices.