When does the exhibition take place?

The exhibition starts on September 26, 2026, at 7 PM with the opening and runs until January 10, 2027.

Where can the exhibition be seen?

At Studio West of the Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Steubenplatz 1, 64293 Darmstadt.

What is the entry fee?

The regular admission fee is €12, reduced €7.

Is the exhibition accessible?

The Kunsthalle points out that the sanitary facilities and studios are not accessible.

What are the opening hours?

During the exhibition, the Kunsthalle is open from Wednesday to Sunday from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM.

Is there good public transport access?

Yes, the Kunsthalle is accessible by tram lines 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 as well as by buses F and H to Rhein-/Neckarstraße.

Signal, Silence, and Light: Darmstadt's Most Sensual Exhibition at Studio West

Name: Heide Nord & Anna Vovan - We Hear Something and Can't Find It
Start: 2026-09-26T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2027-01-10T18:00:00+01:00
Location: Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Studio West

Between Signal and Silence: An Exhibition that Rearranges Perception

At Studio West of the Kunsthalle Darmstadt, We Hear Something and Can't Find It unfolds a concentrated artistic experience about what makes itself known without being pinned down. Heide Nord and Anna Vovan develop a site-specific installation where satellite signals, heart rhythm recordings, language, light, and material traces merge into a dense aesthetic experience.

When Images Sound and Sounds Become Visible

Heide Nord works with data from atmospheric phenomena and weather satellites. From measurement, mapping, and recording arise image objects, painting, and sound that oscillate between scientific precision and speculative form. Her works open a space for thought where the line between observation and imagination remains deliberately blurred.

Anna Vovan and the Language of Things

Anna Vovan starts with household objects from her parents' home and understands them as material counterparts of language. In her photographic processes, objects dissolve into lines, shadows, and traces. What remains resembles a whisper, a memory, an unfinished sentence. Thus, the everyday gains a poetic, almost choreographic presence.

Space, Light, and Disturbance as an Artistic Principle

The interplay of both positions creates an installation that closely relates image, sound, light, and material. It is not the unequivocal that is central, but the fragile in-between: transmission and storage, noise and interruption, visibility and loss. The exhibition invites visitors to consider perception itself as an artistic theme.

An Artistic Experience for Attentive Eyes and Open Ears

This exhibition is aimed at art enthusiasts who understand contemporary art as an intellectual and sensual discovery. Those who engage with the subtle shifts between signal, trace, and memory will experience in Darmstadt a precisely curated show with great atmospheric power. A visit is definitely worthwhile, as here the uncertain, quiet, and fragmentary becomes the actual visual language.