Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany


Utopia. Recht auf Hoffnung
27.09.2025 – 11.01.2026

Opening, Friday, 26. Sep, at 7 PM

In a time of global crises, more than 60 international artists and collectives invite visitors to discover new perspectives for a more just, solidaric, and sustainable way of living together. With Utopia. Recht auf Hoffnung // Utopia. The Right to Hope, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg makes a statement: it is not about presenting a grand blueprint for a new world, but about many micro-utopias which, in their entirety, can bring about something positive. The exhibition unites artistic works, architectural concepts, and design projects that explore new forms of community, solidarity, and sustainability—thus outlining a foundation for a hopeful future.

We are delighted that one of our latest acquisitions, Andreas Greiner, 1713 (Eternal Line), 2025 will be on view for the very first time, alongside the large-scale installation Wildwoods, 2025 by Violeta Burckhardt & Andreas Greiner.

The accompanying images document the genesis of both works: on the one hand, the intricate hand-crafted composition of 1713 seeds, arranged in a planting pattern conceived outside conventional norms—utopian in its conception; on the other hand, a 3D rendering of the site-specific installation Wildwoods, 2025. This planting project grants discarded trees a second life and an alternative future—trees whose trunks lacked the requisite straightness, whose stems were too slender, whose branches too irregular, or whose roots too exposed to meet the demands of commercial forestry. Liberated from such utilitarian criteria, these trees regain their significance as living organisms and reassert their primordial role as indispensable agents within our ecological system. – Kollektion888, Sep 2025

image 1
Violeta Burckhardt & Andreas Greiner
Wildwoods — rendering
2025
Discarded trees, big bags, plastic trash
600 x 800 x 400 cm
Site specific installation

image 2
Andreas Greiner
1713 (Eternal Line) — work in progress
2025
1713 seeds, burnt ash wood frame
140 x 140 x 8 cm
Unique in series

Idea / Conception
Andreas Beitin

Curatorial Team
Andreas Beitin
Sebastian Mühl
Dino Steinhof

Curatorial Assistance
Veronika Mehlhart

Artists and collectives featured in the exhibition
Aerocene Foundation, AES+F, Pablo Albarenga, aLifveForms (fed and cared for by JP Raether), Kader Attia, Yael Bartana, Martin Beck, Ursula Biemann, Nuotama Frances Bodomo, melanie bonajo, Eglė Budvytytė, Violeta Burckhardt und Andreas Greiner, Cao Fei, Anetta Mona Chişa und Lucia Tkáčová, Chto Delat International, Jasmina Cibic, Jordi Colomer, Thomas Demand, Margret Eicher, Olafur Eliasson, Philipp Fürhofer, Robert Gabris, Chitra Ganesh, Stephan Huber und Raimund Kummer, institut für zukünfte, IRWIN, Sven Johne, Keiken, Folke Köbberling, Mischa Kuball, Mischa Leinkauf, Haley Mellin, Achim Mohné, Muoto architectes und Georgi Stanishev + Clémence La Sagna, Marina Naprushkina, Otobong Nkanga, OX2architekten, Cornelia Parker, Rosana Paulino, Rory Pilgrim, Oliver Ressler, Lin May Saeed, Jaanus Samma, Khvay Samnang, Tomás Saraceno, Yinka Shonibare CBE RA, Cauleen Smith, Maja Smrekar, Société Réaliste, Uýra Sodoma, Sputniko!, Team Mycel der Ostfalia Hochschule, Terreform ONE, Rhoda Ting und Mikkel Bojesen, Nasan Tur, Hermann Weber, Pınar Yoldaş, Liam Young, ZK/U und KUNSTrePUBLIK