Ombres Portées:
The Gaze in the Shadow

Actual exhibition:

Exhibition: 29.8. – 7.11.2026
Opening: 29. August 2026 | 19:00
Guide Tour: 1. November 2026 | 15:00

Ombres Portées: The Gaze in the Shadow explores how light and shadow structure the way we see. Six artistic positions work between photography, sculpture, painting, and LiDAR technology to ask: what becomes visible in shadow, and what does bright light make us unable to see?

© wach Kunstraum, © Nicolas Pelzer, © Jochen Lempert/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026

Exhibition

Shadow Now. Gray As Intermediary Space

SWAB Barcelona: 8–11.10 2026

Thursday, October 8th
17:00H–21:00H: Official Opening
Friday, October 9th
16:00–21:00
Saturday, October 10th
12:00–21:00
Sunday, October 11th
12:00–21:00

SWAB Barcelona Art Fair
wach Kunstraum
Booth: G2

David Hepp
(Germany / Bremen)

Peter Holzhauer
(USA / Berlin)

Harumi Miyato
(Japan / Bremen)

Hsu Che-Yu & Chen Wan-Yin
(Taiwan / Amsterdam, Taipei)

Curated by Kuo-Wei Lin

*Hsu Che-Yu’s Blank Photograph (2022), produced by Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, was selected for the SWAB Video Box program.
Ombres Portées: The Gaze in the Shadow

Exhibition: 29.8. – 7.11.2026
Opening:
29. August 2026 | 7 pm
Guide Tour:
1. November 2026 | 15:00
Florian Bong-Kil Grosse
Hsu Che-Yu & Chen Wan-Yin
Youki Hirakawa
Jochen Lempert
Nicolas Pelzer
Eulàlia Rovira

Curated by Kuo-Wei Lin
Anti-Ghost: Zusammen bauen, gemeinsam schauen.

Exhibition: 7.7 – 22.8.2026

Open AIR Workshop I: July 7–9, 2026 | 3 PM – 7 PM
Open AIR Workshop II: August 5–7, 2026 | 3 PM – 7 PM
We will be building wooden seating furniture based on the designs of Enzo Mari. Your own designs are also welcome!
Cinema Program: July 11 & August 8, 2026 | 7:00 PM
We will be using this furniture to watch several films together!
July 11 | Harun Farocki / Antje Ehmann: Labour in a Single Shot & Oliver Walker: One Euro
August 8 | Harun Farocki: Images of the World and the Inscription of War
Free admission
Special thanks to Harun Farocki GbR / Antje Ehmann and Oliver Walker for their kind support and wonderful collaboration in making this film program possible.
Node and Edge: View, Review, Preview

Exhibition: 9.5 – 4.7.2026

Opening Reception: Saturday 9 May, 6 pm

Artists:
Anne Bourse
Kim Coleman
Felix Dreesen
Anna Gestering
Florian Bong-Kil Grosse
Peter Holzhauer
Su Yu Hsin
Christin Kaiser
Bas Ketelaars
Kuo-Wei Lin
Nicolas Pelzer
Max Santo
Arne Schmitt
Caspar Sessler
Rebecco Ann Tess
Hsu Che-Yu and Chen Wan-Yin

Half-Year Anniversary Celebration: Saturday 23 May, 6 pm

Sommerfest Wachmannstrasse:
Saturday 27 June, 12 pm – 11 pm

Artist Talk & Book Presentation: Supercharged Landscapes
Caspar Sessler.
Saturday 23 May, 5 pm

Artist Talk & Book Presentation:
Alpha ++ Models / rendered lives in global cities
Rebecco Ann Tess.
Saturday 27 June, 3 pm
Participatory action: Walking Distance. Overnight: 20–21 June
Walking together through the shortest night of the year, from wach Kunstraum Bremen, to Künstler*innenhäuser Worpswede.
RSVP: walking-distance@felixdreesen.de
Eleni Mouzourou Drawing Time

Opening: 7.3.2026 (Sat) at 7pm
Exhibition: 7.3.2026 - 25.4.2026
Public Program:
Collective drawing workshop:
Growing a Gesture
1ˢᵗ session: 21.3.2026 (Sat) at 11am
2ⁿᵈ session: 11.4.2026 (Sat) at 11am
RSVP: Hello@wach-Kunstraum.de
(Email Subject: Workshop + Date).
PlayTime - Narrative Operative Images

Exhibition: 17.1.2026 - 27.2.2026

Opening: 17.1.2026 (Sat) at 7pm

Guided Tour: 8.2.2026 (Sun) at 3pm
Kim Coleman
Sarah Duby
Peter Holzhauer
Kuo-Wei Lin
Arne Schmitt
Michael Schmid
Rebecco Ann Tess
Curated by Kuo-Wei Lin

This exhibition is kindly supported by the Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Anna Gestering - Treibgut

Opening: 28.11.2025 (Fri) at 7pm
28.11-30.12.2025

Program

Editions

wach Edition / Jahresgaben

Participating artists:

Anne Bourse
Kim Coleman
Felix Dreesen
Sarah Duby
Anna Gestering
Florian Bong-Kil Grosse
Youki Hirakawa
Peter Holzhauer
Su Yu Hsin
Christin Kaiser
Bas Ketelaars
Eleni Mouzourou
Kuo-Wei Lin
Eleni Mouzourou
Nicolas Pelzer
Max Santo
Arne Schmitt
Caspar Sessler
Rebecco Ann Tess
Hsu Che-Yu and Chen Wan-Yin
and more.

Publications

wach Books is a program highlighting the artist book community.
It presents a selection of artist books that resonate with the concept of the current exhibition and extend its ideas through various forms of publication.

The program focuses on conceptual, pictorial, architectural and ecological concerns within the field of publishing.

We are delighted to invite einBuch.haus Berlin as our first curatorial partner, presents artist publications that reflect wach’s current exhibition program.

A curatorial project by einBuch.Haus at wach Kunstraum in Bremen. Display shelves filled with art books and catalogs, with a colorful abstract news paper collage artwork above.

Workshops

wach Workshop aims to actively engage with the local community in Bremen, supporting artistic practices that question issues ranging from individual to collective concerns. The program invites collective participation and dialogue through shared activities and open discussions.

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About

Funding

Exhibition: PlayTime - Narrative Operative Images
is supported by the Senator for Culture of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Cooperation partner

einBuch.haus Berlin

Artistic Director

Kuo-Wei Lin

Curator

Felix Dreesen

Location

Wachmannstraße 44
28209 Bremen
Germany

Opening

Wednesday–Friday:
10:00–13:00,
16:00–18:00

Saturday:
10:00–13:00
& by appointment

0421 16118756

Focus

Exhibition
Edition / Jahregaben
Publication
Workshop

Ombres Portées:The Gaze in the Shadow

Exhibition

Shadow Now. Gray As Intermediary Space