Thing Frankfurt

Frankfurt Art Events related to Homeless Places 1991 - 2005

1991

Group "Muttertag" (Mothers day, after a famous horror movie) is formed, empty gas station is squatted and transformed in an event space.

1993

Muttertag moves to an other location, a former underwear-clothes shop: "Gartners". First employment of real life objects in gallery space: Postoffice, Golf course, Saloon.

1994

Group "Arosa2000" from Offenbach openes 13sqm space in the center of Frankfurt. Art exhibitions and events every fortnight.

1995

In neighbortown Offenbach space "Fahrradhalle" (bicycle hall) is installed with weekly exhibitions and house music club
Gartners is closed, group splits up. Member Annette Gloser pioneers east harbour area and opens Gallery Fruchtig. Member Dirk Paschke opens "Hafenbar" (Harbour bar), a replication of a car wash center of a Brooklyn street corner, in the same area.
First major street parade of people against the city's policy of suppressing illegal parties. (Nachttanzdemo)

1996

Dirk Paschke and other people open installation "Hafenbad" (harbour bath), an outdoor swimming pool.
A former parking lot, Parkhaus, is rented by Thomas Erdelmeier. Exhibitions and parties are held.
"Peak Club" is regular at Fahrradhalle (bicycle hall). City of Offenbach is suddenly regarded as art worthy.
Arosa is closed

1997

Dirk Paschke and others form group "Phantombureau" and move into the parking lot of Thomas Erdelmeier.
Gutleut15 opens.
Third street parade is clubbed down by police.
Artspace multi.trudi opens.

1998

Gallery Fruchtig is closed.
Fahrradhalle opens another space called "c/o"
First Offenbach "Kunstansichten"

1999

"c/o" is closed.
Parkhaus (parking lot) is closed.
Phantombureau moves into fromer Pakistan restaurant.
Galerie Morgen opens.

2000

Phantombureau moves out of the venue.
Galerie Fruchtig temporarily located at Kaiserstr. 74
Oskar von Millerstr.16 - artist collective

2001

Lola Montez, a mixture between art space and club opens. Irregular events.
multi.trudi Franziusstr. is closed.

2002

Pony, a temporary space by SaasFee (former Arosa2002)
Licht, a temporary space by Unfriendly Takeover and friends

2003

trudi.sozial. new space Oppenheimer and later Allerheiligen Strasse
Pavillon am Main

2004

Wildwechsel
Atelier Frankfurt
multi.trudi new space Hohenstaufenstr. 13-25

2005

Curmbox - space for electronic music (April - September)
Osakar von Millerstr.16 closed

Von Stefan Beck am 09. Jul. 2009, 16:30

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