Bundeskunsthalle invites you to an interactive art experience

Until November 1, 2026, the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn invites visitors to interact with artworks in the museum's outdoor and public interior spaces with "Interactions".

While the theme year 2025 was dedicated to ecological sustainability, the Bundeskunsthalle this year the social sustainability, the Cohesion as the attentiveness.

In the course of "interactions"The museum offers its guests works of art that are both suitable for..." Reflection as well as for interactive game They are intended to stimulate thought. Furthermore, the works engage with images, language, or music/sound as... cross-border and universal forms of communication. The Admission is free.

From Braille to water pavilion

The 'Bonn Slide' made of stainless steel and polycarbonate by Carsten Höller. Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Laurin Schmid/BILDKRAFTWERK

The works include, among others, the water pavilion "Circular Appearing Rooms" from Jeppe Hein and the "Bonn slide" by Carsten Höller, which were already present in previous years. Equally popular and returning again: the organic climbing frame from Temitayo Ogunbiyi "You will follow the Rhine and compose play (playground)" and the three "Camouflage" football goal walls by Olaf Nicolai.

"All works or projects include a own narrative or vision"…which are waiting to be discovered alongside the interaction," according to the Bundeskunsthalle. "They make it clear that Openness It serves both individual and shared experiences and is a Together, tolerance and sensitivity promotes, freely according to the Motto "What unites us". This allows behaviors and thought patterns to be questioned – sometimes playfully.

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As part of the "Interactions" exhibition, the Bundeskunsthalle presents artworks designed to encourage both reflection and interactive play. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

The water pavilion "Circular Appearing Rooms" by Jeppe Hein. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Laurin Schmid/BILDKRAFTWERK)

The playful obstacle course is once again enriched by the three football goal walls Camouflage/Torwand 1–3 [Croy, Kleff, Maier] by Olaf Nicolai. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/David Ertl)

"Illusionary Silence" by Aletheia Kí Zoeÿs: three large marshmallow treats with words in Braille. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Marc Philip Seidel)

"Find Face": Thomas Mader and Christine Sun Kim explore methods of communication and visualize ASL sign language. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

What sounds or noises would a protosaurus have made? Constantin Luser's "Protosaurus" provides the answers. (Photo: © Carreon Lopez, kunst-dokumentation.com)

"Trust People" by the artist duo Famed – alternately visible: sometimes 'Trust' ... (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

... times 'People'. The work explores the tension between trust, control, and social perception. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

Gerrit Frohne-Brinkmann's "Dirty Parrots" generate sounds and words according to a random principle. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

Non-functional traffic sign: "Camouflage, Fig. 8" by the artist duo Elmgreen & Dragset. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

"Do you want us here or not (KAH)": Finnegan Shannon's handwritten and capital-letter benches invite passersby to linger. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

"The Collectivity Project" by Ólafur Elíasson: Here, different pictures are built from white Lego bricks. (Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser)

Telephone booth by Juergen Staack: Who is on the other end of the line? Photo: © Bundeskunsthalle/Sarah Larissa Heuser

For example, it loads Juergen Staack with his phone booth "Communication Model 01–Calling" to a Dialogue with unknown outcome "You can call London, Cairns, Shanghai, Lisbon, or São Paulo and try to reach someone there. If you're lucky, someone will hear the ringing and answer the call—a chance exchange with a stranger can begin if you overcome the language barrier," the museum explains. "But calls can also be received here, meaning you might be standing nearby and have the chance to answer the call. This page or Change of perspective promotes our openness, us to embrace the new, the unfamiliar, the unknown."

And while Aletheia Kí Zoeÿ with "Illusionary Silence" – three large, colored marshmallow treats – Words in Braille Thomas Mader and [unclear] offer [unclear] Christine Sun Kim using "Find Face" methods of communication and visualizing the ASL Sign LanguageThe artists' shared goal is to encourage visitors to think about Perception and Communication to reflect.

Further information about the artists and their works, as well as projects within the framework of "Interactions", can be found on the Website of the Bundeskunsthalle.

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