https://dominiquehurth.com dominiquehurth.com Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:28:46 +0000 https://dominiquehurth.com en https://dominiquehurth.com/in-unseen-caves-La-Halle Thu, 08 Oct 2026 10:28:46 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/in-unseen-caves-La-Halle Dominique Hurth is re-staging at La Halle a work originally presented at L’appartement 22 following several months of exploring the Rif’s coastline and mountains alongside the communities that still live there. The artist addresses the themes of war and struggle, land and poison, illness and resilience. in unseen caves is a rich visual ecosystem: it brings together a film—told as a two-voice travel narrative through landscapes and archives—along with a publication and sculptures in ceramic or terracotta. To create the sculptures, the artist worked closely with the Rouadi women’s pottery cooperative, digging clay directly from the mountain and firing it in an open-air kiln. The sculptures depict the leaves of the prickly pear cactus. This cactus, widespread in the region, stands as an emblem of a system of power as well as of decay. Indeed, today the plant is suffering from a disease spreading throughout the Mediterranean basin due to a parasite native to Latin America. In this work, nature and landscapes are not settings for contemplation, but rather reflect past and recent dynamics of domination. dans des caves inacessibles (in unseen caves) 2024Installation with ceramics, terracotta sculptures, a 19:44-minute video in Arabic and French (voices: Omar Nicolas and Dominique Hurth), and artisanal plant-based dyes made from prickly pear pads and flowers, stinging nettles, birch, and iron. The dyes were produced in 2026. Terracota sculptures produced in collaboration with Farida Elazzouzi and Khaddouj Ichouikhen of the Rouadi Women's Cooperative, Maison de l'artisanat de Rouadi, August 2024. Installation shots: D’un massif à l’autre, La Halle, Pont-en-Royans (FR), Blaise Adilon 29.09-19.12.2026 <img width="3064" height="2160" width_o="3064" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a711d57f218c9864a40884a42879a1a879f6ac25059328eb7b27f9377db7bcd9/DSC_6435-1.jpg" data-mid="253038376" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a711d57f218c9864a40884a42879a1a879f6ac25059328eb7b27f9377db7bcd9/DSC_6435-1.jpg" /> <img width="3248" height="2165" width_o="3248" height_o="2165" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30787a1cb6242ce86bf1f0a66a9603714182ea48acc292dc67a0b3e45e69b7dc/DSC_6471.jpg" data-mid="253038378" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30787a1cb6242ce86bf1f0a66a9603714182ea48acc292dc67a0b3e45e69b7dc/DSC_6471.jpg" /> <img width="3248" height="2165" width_o="3248" height_o="2165" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c47dbf9b2ade6b40f3ee7ff91b5218bf4bdd867cb66970b27637baa0cee001b/DSC_6478.jpg" data-mid="253038384" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c47dbf9b2ade6b40f3ee7ff91b5218bf4bdd867cb66970b27637baa0cee001b/DSC_6478.jpg" /> <img width="3248" height="2165" width_o="3248" height_o="2165" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/367e98abc728c903503871892ff8b85474779fab8bee8cf7caa08f8e2aebb1ef/DSC_6487.jpg" data-mid="253038385" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/367e98abc728c903503871892ff8b85474779fab8bee8cf7caa08f8e2aebb1ef/DSC_6487.jpg" /> <img width="3248" height="2165" width_o="3248" height_o="2165" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aadbc6cb879aad840017b316615262e651df9c282931563ce364a22480420282/DSC_6493.jpg" data-mid="253038743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aadbc6cb879aad840017b316615262e651df9c282931563ce364a22480420282/DSC_6493.jpg" /> <img width="3248" height="2165" width_o="3248" height_o="2165" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7674eec6f763342e99b603b84f29bd647728b5e988b9af75fc40806a88f4647/DSC_6502.jpg" data-mid="253038744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7674eec6f763342e99b603b84f29bd647728b5e988b9af75fc40806a88f4647/DSC_6502.jpg" /> <img width="3302" height="2202" width_o="3302" height_o="2202" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eceae27762566fe6969442fbd30be673cf700fcb22e676d7fe7e61a7ffcc4fd9/DSC_6509.jpg" data-mid="253038745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eceae27762566fe6969442fbd30be673cf700fcb22e676d7fe7e61a7ffcc4fd9/DSC_6509.jpg" /> <img width="3302" height="2202" width_o="3302" height_o="2202" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1b349cff960ceadd7070a7ebdc3b961ba340d4c6696c77d02c755751dbecc21d/DSC_6517.jpg" data-mid="253038746" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1b349cff960ceadd7070a7ebdc3b961ba340d4c6696c77d02c755751dbecc21d/DSC_6517.jpg" /> <img width="3302" height="2202" width_o="3302" height_o="2202" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/889d0f9efc5927f2a88bd910a2aa4c7218d91d2a5b35bcd0d95f3e4f589c6d23/DSC_6528.jpg" data-mid="253038747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/889d0f9efc5927f2a88bd910a2aa4c7218d91d2a5b35bcd0d95f3e4f589c6d23/DSC_6528.jpg" /> https://dominiquehurth.com/such-curtains-copy Fri, 03 Jul 2026 16:31:43 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/such-curtains-copy In her three-part intervention in the house of the female guards, Dominique Hurth addresses the brutal ‚cosiness‘ of the accommodation for the female concentration camp personnel. The point of departure for her investigation are private photographs of the apartments, which provide insights into details of the domestic furnishings. Curtains, upholstered corner benches, tablecloths, drawers with glass figures, cushions, carpets, and other objects suggesting a comfortable living situation were examined more closely by the artist and, together with research in women‘s and interior decoration magazines of the 1930s and early 1940s, placed in an expanded socio- historical context. Together with a textile designer, several curtains were woven anew with intentional weaving faults and running stitches, which frame (or block) the view to the outside, which respectively discloses the idyllic settlement of the warden‘s houses, the Lagerstraße and the entrance gate of the concentration camp. Furthermore, collages in the bathroom deal with the everyday life and hygiene culture of women informed by the motif of the bathtub. Not far from there is an installation masquerading as a visitors‘ bench that combines the traditional female craft of embroidery with fragments from Irma Grese‘s court transcripts from the Bergen-Belsen trial (1945). Two of those curtains were temporarily taken out of the house for the exhibition at Kunstverein Graftschaft Bentheim in 2026. „Scheibengardinen, keine Übergardinen.Nur Scheibengardinen, so. So, solche Gardinen.“ 2020 Series of 8 handwoven curtains (cotton, linen and merino wool), each 260 × 80cm Weaver: Christina Klessmann (Berlin)Series of 6 C-prints, mounted on alu-dibound, each 40 × 50cmEmbroideries on pillows, each 50 × 50cm A production of the Memorial of Ravensbrück funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.Installation views: how do walls feel about the decision being made inside within the comfort they provide?Kunstverein Graftschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, DEMarch 8th - May 10th 2026 Photo Credits: Fred Dott, 2026 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<img width="4077" height="3058" width_o="4077" height_o="3058" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fc28212bfb5ca4746e2c20a1c6ed1d3af655a91800013f9cc891e01a0498dc3/_DSF2397_LR.jpg" data-mid="250050963" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fc28212bfb5ca4746e2c20a1c6ed1d3af655a91800013f9cc891e01a0498dc3/_DSF2397_LR.jpg" /> <img width="3058" height="4077" width_o="3058" height_o="4077" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10cfdabb31557d62c1e247afe919e92797f32e0f1dae7421210d0abc55d50b78/_DSF2604_LR.jpg" data-mid="250050979" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10cfdabb31557d62c1e247afe919e92797f32e0f1dae7421210d0abc55d50b78/_DSF2604_LR.jpg" /> <img width="3058" height="4077" width_o="3058" height_o="4077" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7739c85f755140ca37a3b43147a0140b2bb5fe45bc2d7cec1d191bb33ae65ba/_DSF2611_LR.jpg" data-mid="250050975" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7739c85f755140ca37a3b43147a0140b2bb5fe45bc2d7cec1d191bb33ae65ba/_DSF2611_LR.jpg" /> <img width="4077" height="3058" width_o="4077" height_o="3058" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/031d21f0f33dcbaece42a946998e89ee2aa272260fe7b3bb754aa87449ca97b7/_DSF2601_LR.jpg" data-mid="250050977" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/031d21f0f33dcbaece42a946998e89ee2aa272260fe7b3bb754aa87449ca97b7/_DSF2601_LR.jpg" /> https://dominiquehurth.com/Double-Exposure-s-Stutters-copy Wed, 06 May 2026 11:48:16 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/Double-Exposure-s-Stutters-copy “Double Exposure(s) – (Stutters)” (2024) is an installation that expands from Dominique’s research and the material that created her artists’ book&nbsp;Stutters (Printed Matter Inc.; NYC, 2021). It was shown again in 2026 at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin. The title refers to the photographic process of superimposition of two or more exposures on one image, and serves as a metaphor for the artist: as a way of looking at the history of the institution through the subjects of the photographs, and at the same time at the institution historicising its own history through the infrastructure of the archives. In a series of colorful prints of various scales, techniques and surfaces and a limited edition of silkscreens, she looks at the technological aspect of the cyanotypes and its connection to photographical and printing history. Thinking of the cyanotypes as holders and carriers of information, she wonders in those prints how to talk about photography without showing any photographs and how to think through image making within the printing technologies and photographic processes that were developing fastly when the Smithsonian photography collection was being built. Some prints serve as backdrops for some others, enhancing moments of zooming out or in the image, looking at the image as a whole or at what is to be seen on it, and serving as an environment for the installation. Image-making and image reproduction are thus at the core of the wallpapers that translate microscopic images of “autochrome” and “dufay” color photographic process into large-scale patterns. The silkscreens on the other hand enhance the notion of image reproduction: Hurth’s images of the cyanotypes she looked at in the archives and worked anew through photography, photocopy, scanning and offset printing, are here disappearing one more time in the reproduction technology itself of the silkscreen and through eight different hues of black pigments. The raster of the screen meets the raster of the image, while actually showing or rather exposing in the images themselves apparatuses for photographic reproduction from the late 1880s. In a set of sculptural settings, she focuses on dynamics and hierarchies of archiving (and gaps) in the framework of a so-called “national” collection, focusing on the infrastructures of display. Central to the installation is a replica of a vitrine from the 1880s that Hurth looked for and chased in the storage of the Smithsonian Institution after seeing it represented on a cyanotype in the archives. The replica of the vitrine (used in the first Photography Exhibition at the Smithsonian in 1913) is both object and subject of attention: while it used to be the site to hold and exhibit artefacts, it becomes in the installation the object on display, reversing and thus questioning the systemics of exhibiting. Double-Exposure(s) – (Stutters) List of works Also Known As 8 high pigmented Silkscreen prints on Bank Creams 300g/m” paper, each 76 x 112 cm, in MDF frames 90 x 124cm, edition of 4, 2024. Produced with Handsiebdruckerei, Berlin. Pigment list: Bone Black (created by grinding and sieving bone charcoal, which is produced by the dry distillation of animal bones); Aniline Black (the oldest black synthetic pigment in the chemical industry); Peach Black (made by charring peach kernels); Cherry Black (made by charring cherry kernels); Iron Oxide Black; Grape Seed Black (made by charring grape seeds);&nbsp; Carbon/Industry Black; Spinel Black (only “true” black in the pigment industry) Digital print on wall-paper, dimension variable and reflection digital print on textile (woven cotton 50g/m2), each 140 x 250cm, 2024 (Production assistance: Jakob Urban) Empty Exhibit Case MDF (dimension 160 x 130 x 50cm), moving blanket, 2024 (Production assistance: Sina Ahmadi) Installation views: Group exhibition “Vessel and Voyager”, March 10th - May 10th 2026 at Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE). 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In addition to the court records and their linguistic figures and tropes, Hurth draws on photographs by Friedhelm Zingler, in particular a series of remarkable images of female defendants who, in the corridors of the regional court, visibly strive to escape the gaze of those present and the cameras by holding up umbrellas. Das Ob der Tat(whether or not the act was committed) 10 aquarelles on paper, 7 digital prints, photo wallpaper; photographs by Friedhelm Zingler Co-produced with the support of: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart 2026 Exhibition funded by: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg; Kulturamt der Stadt Stuttgart; Wüstenrot Stiftung; Büro für Bildende Kunst des Institut français Deutschland; Kulturstiftung der LBBW; Pro Lab, Stuttgart Loaners: Bundesarchiv Berlin Imperial War Museum Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück, Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Staatstheater Stuttgart Stiftung Kai Dikhas, Sammlung Kai DikhasTheater Kunst Berlin Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Installation Views: CHROMA, André Carvalho, 2026 and Hans D. Christ, WKV, 2026 (last three images) <img width="11220" height="8415" width_o="11220" height_o="8415" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b71f38c074a43dac4f20cc361b90f3ea95f2f22101d4245db59b3049903684f/DSCF8712-copy.jpeg" data-mid="250051143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b71f38c074a43dac4f20cc361b90f3ea95f2f22101d4245db59b3049903684f/DSCF8712-copy.jpeg" /><img width="11406" height="8554" width_o="11406" height_o="8554" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9520ebc90ebdf131822801f6abff99e331ffa97b2d26b5d2e23e46ccfc6a5316/DSCF8716-copy.jpeg" data-mid="250051148" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9520ebc90ebdf131822801f6abff99e331ffa97b2d26b5d2e23e46ccfc6a5316/DSCF8716-copy.jpeg" /><img width="11061" height="8296" width_o="11061" height_o="8296" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/894eaa83fcd6e1c42a4d03f707cfd7e5502065b74fdb184acaf167167bf97689/DSCF8776-copy.jpeg" data-mid="250051149" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/894eaa83fcd6e1c42a4d03f707cfd7e5502065b74fdb184acaf167167bf97689/DSCF8776-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="3185" height="2126" width_o="3185" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb1c6d74508c1eaf3485552ecddf7071bd6a05535d3d54af63c12d75e00b7684/01_section_entrance_DSC_1529.jpg" data-mid="250051070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb1c6d74508c1eaf3485552ecddf7071bd6a05535d3d54af63c12d75e00b7684/01_section_entrance_DSC_1529.jpg" /> <img width="3185" height="2126" width_o="3185" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee7e21939905eabd633955f0f454c888eb6f7d9657c450ff2a3ade8a32dce14f/01_section_entrance_DSC_1510.jpg" data-mid="250051065" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee7e21939905eabd633955f0f454c888eb6f7d9657c450ff2a3ade8a32dce14f/01_section_entrance_DSC_1510.jpg" /> <img width="3185" height="2126" width_o="3185" height_o="2126" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/250d7bbec67a7e0bb54914c594cebaf59ba3a25d0387d80e885339d695433456/01_section_entrance_DSC_1286_20_mm.jpg" data-mid="250051151" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/250d7bbec67a7e0bb54914c594cebaf59ba3a25d0387d80e885339d695433456/01_section_entrance_DSC_1286_20_mm.jpg" /> https://dominiquehurth.com/Private-Handbags-may-not-be-carried-when-on-duty-WKV Fri, 07 Nov 2025 13:49:32 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/Private-Handbags-may-not-be-carried-when-on-duty-WKV Artist Dominique Hurth has developed her long-term artistic research project on female perpetrators of Nazi crimes into a new presentation for the Württembergischer Kunstverein. The starting point is the figure of the female guard at the Ravensbrück Women’s Concentration Camp. The title refers to an order issued by camp commandant Max Koegel in 1942.Between 1939 and 1945, around 3.340 mostly young women worked as guards at Ravensbrück, which also served as the central training site for female camp guards for all concentration camps. They were contractually subordinate to the SS and received privileges and a certain degree of independence in return for their often violent work.In the exhibition, Hurth focuses on three central aspects: the uniforms of the female concentration camp guards, textile production in Ravensbrück, and the Nazi war crimes trials in Lüneburg (Belsen Trial, 1945), Hamburg (Ravensbrück Trials, 1947–1948), and Düsseldorf (Majdanek Trial, 1976-1981).The uniforms are examined in terms of their representation of gender and status, as well as their interrelationships with contemporary fashion and the fashion industry. These, along with prisoner clothing and frontline uniforms, were produced in Ravensbrück under conditions of forced labor, which Hurth explores in terms of their economic, logistical, and violent dimensions. Finally, the Nazi trials immediately after the Second World War and again in the early 1980s provide insights into both society’s treatment of and the self-representation of female Nazi perpetrators—a topic that remains largely taboo to this day. Hurth approaches the court proceedings through language, architecture, and photographic documentation.Designed as an overall installation, the exhibition presents both existing elements and new works. It includes textile and architectural installations that reference, among other things, a loom or courtroom, drawings, texts, slide and video projections, and historical documents. It also displays a selection of drawings and paintings by Violette Lecoq and Ceija Stojka, who were prisoners in Ravensbrück. Together, these elements form a multi-layered narrative about female perpetrators, enabling an empathic yet critical engagement with the subject. Private Handbags May Not Be Carried When On Duty. (“Privathandtaschen dürfen zum Außendienst nicht mitgetragen werden”)Solo Exhibition at Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart October 18th 2025 - March 22nd 2026 Funded by: Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg; Kulturamt der Stadt Stuttgart; Wüstenrot Stiftung; Büro für Bildende Kunst des Institut français Deutschland; Kulturstiftung der LBBW; Pro Lab, Stuttgart Loaners: Bundesarchiv Berlin Imperial War Museum Mahn- und Gedenkstätte Ravensbrück, Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Staatstheater Stuttgart Stiftung Kai Dikhas, Sammlung Kai DikhasTheater Kunst Berlin Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart Installation Views: Hans D. 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two and stabs” (Ravensbrück Memorial Museum) is the essay film “Privathandtaschen dürfen zum Außendienst nicht mitgetragen werden” (Private Handbags May Not be Carried When On Duty), which summarizes Dominique Hurth’s long-standing research on the history of textiles at the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. The film’s title comes from an order issued in 1942 by the camp commandant, Max Koegel, outlining instructions for the female guards on the proper way to wear their uniforms — and underscoring how the uniform serves to identify a person with the role assigned to them. From one such guard’s uniform, held within the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum’s collection, Hurth developed a multi-year artistic research project into textile production in the Women’s Concentration Camp. Since 2017 she has spent several years conducting archival work at the Ravensbrück and Dachau memorial sites; undertaking visits and extended research stays at the Federal Archives, whereTexled’s company reports are kept; and engaging with the collections of the Military History Museum in Dresden, theatre costume depots, international fashion archives, and military museums in Paris and London. Hurth examined Texled’s company reports, pored over testimonies and witness protocols from post-war trials, and explored objects within the collections of memorial sites and other museums. Integral to her artistic research, too, have been her hands-on experiments with weaving practices and fabric-dyeing, leading subsequently to an intensive engagement with the materiality of textiles. Her research into the uniforms of the female guards and their production led the artist to become increasingly occupied with female perpetration under National Socialism, particularly within the figure of the female concentration camp guard. She investigated there presentation of the female Nazi perpetrator, pursuing questions of their portrayal, stereotyping, and trivialization from the post-war period to the present day. This opened up further areas for research, such as the omnipresence of uniforms within Nazi Germany; how the arms industry and the clothing industry, war and fashion, intersect; and economic continuities within textile production after 1945. In the film, the artist interweaves thematic constellations to shed light on textile history in relation to the economics of production, work processes, tools of labour,and mechanisms of violence, as well as its entanglement with both civilian and military clothing industries up to the present day. (Text: Anne Fäser) Private Handbags May Not Be Carried When On Duty. (“Privathandtaschen dürfen zum Außendienst nicht mitgetragen werden”) 96 minutesGerman and English with subtitles2025 Text, concept, editing: Dominique HurthVoice-over: Omar Nicolas, Dominique Hurth English text editor: Aslan German translation: Norbert Witzgall Sound mastering: Titus Maderlechner Color grading: Alexander Beyer Media installation: vision b (Bert Günther &amp; Björn Matzen) Coordination: leo Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, in the weaving mill of the former industrial yard (August 24th - October 31st, 2025). A project by the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by the Fondation Tour du Monde.The research behind the film was commissioned by the Berliner Programm Künstlerische Forschung (Fellow 2022/23). The long version of the script was written during the Villa Serpentera Stipend in Olevano (2024, Akademie der Künste, Berlin / Villa Massimo, Rome).&nbsp; &nbsp;Installation photographs: André Carvalho CHROMA&nbsp; <img width="8425" height="5616" width_o="8425" height_o="5616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e56a55c17d8409caa0349c158850993366d3c785deeb351646021bf3718c981a/CHR_8047V2-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859508" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e56a55c17d8409caa0349c158850993366d3c785deeb351646021bf3718c981a/CHR_8047V2-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8429" height="5619" width_o="8429" height_o="5619" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f3eb8d9544c9aa76ef909e8c493308ef3289014a56bc7466dea15ed7ba66a25e/CHR_8059-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859517" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f3eb8d9544c9aa76ef909e8c493308ef3289014a56bc7466dea15ed7ba66a25e/CHR_8059-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8214" height="5476" width_o="8214" height_o="5476" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1567a6e74d1615d425cf448670c18a43cb7ff8f5cb2c809858feed0b86e6c4a5/CHR_8060-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859534" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1567a6e74d1615d425cf448670c18a43cb7ff8f5cb2c809858feed0b86e6c4a5/CHR_8060-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8688" height="5792" width_o="8688" height_o="5792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8bca83dfc76dec534fb86c9a3059b4783e58dbed198af4e0d2e566fc6e4543d2/CHR_8064V2-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859535" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8bca83dfc76dec534fb86c9a3059b4783e58dbed198af4e0d2e566fc6e4543d2/CHR_8064V2-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="1800" height="1200" width_o="1800" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d292430b80e0c00cc833c47fe1592067a062afcd22caedc5fd546d5dbf8732bb/CHR_8056V2_corrected_web.jpg" data-mid="237865788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d292430b80e0c00cc833c47fe1592067a062afcd22caedc5fd546d5dbf8732bb/CHR_8056V2_corrected_web.jpg" /> <img width="8535" height="5690" width_o="8535" height_o="5690" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/023275e7fbce2210fb8e009484a83dbcbbfe7e55dca180b597e99da1c72abcba/CHR_8171-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/023275e7fbce2210fb8e009484a83dbcbbfe7e55dca180b597e99da1c72abcba/CHR_8171-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="7837" height="5225" width_o="7837" height_o="5225" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88f4cfb44008531848239924a2a126063f3cccf3b0b97627a2dbf869302e8894/CHR_8175-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859541" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88f4cfb44008531848239924a2a126063f3cccf3b0b97627a2dbf869302e8894/CHR_8175-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="7947" height="5298" width_o="7947" height_o="5298" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2546071257aa5140ca617cf135849e667fadcfb9fa6d3e84a7daf24b8064677b/CHR_8174-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859542" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2546071257aa5140ca617cf135849e667fadcfb9fa6d3e84a7daf24b8064677b/CHR_8174-copy.jpeg" /><img width="8460" height="5640" width_o="8460" height_o="5640" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d726a87fa844ca4b3afbef4c55763925cd40742dde06eb616ce7d6aa7820b339/CHR_8070V4-copy.jpg" data-mid="237859621" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d726a87fa844ca4b3afbef4c55763925cd40742dde06eb616ce7d6aa7820b339/CHR_8070V4-copy.jpg" /><img width="8403" height="5602" width_o="8403" height_o="5602" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee4889dad19d0915bd90ba0131b7eacc84f7a3eb18bbc30e9e2058fbf2f58fc1/CHR_8176-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237859612" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee4889dad19d0915bd90ba0131b7eacc84f7a3eb18bbc30e9e2058fbf2f58fc1/CHR_8176-copy.jpeg" /> https://dominiquehurth.com/Machines-roar-needles-drags-the-thread-main-copy Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:34:35 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/Machines-roar-needles-drags-the-thread-main-copy Textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp began as early as 1939. With the establishment of Texled, an SS-owned company, and its relocation from Dachau to Ravensbrück in 1941, the textile workshops on site became a leading center of production for&nbsp;weaving, cutting, sewing, and repairing. Prisoner clothing for all concentration camps was produced there, together with Wehrmacht and SS uniforms and the uniforms of the female guards of the concentration camp. Although the production of prisoner clothing was discontinued by 1943, the production of uniforms for the ongoing war increased. Testimonies and company reports document the increasingly&nbsp;violent working conditions&nbsp;in the workshops. Dominique Hurth has been researching the history of the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp for many years. Through encounters in archives, collections, historical sites, and in dialogue with experts, objects, and documents, she has developed an artistic research practice that lays bare the traces of this history of forced labor and its wider social legacy. In 2025, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum presents a new installation by the artist about the textile history of the concentration camp, a subject previously seldom researched. Accompanied by textiles, text, and images, Dominique Hurth's site-specific installation addresses not only forced labor and the violent history of uniform production, but also the economy behind these structures and their consequences for the present day. Objects from the memorial's collection, which have never been exhibited before are embedded in the exhibition. The weaving mill in the former “Industriehof” (“industrial yard”), one of the few remaining buildings on the former camp site, will become an exhibition space; the history of forced labor will be addressed directly at the very place where it occurred.From May 2nd until August 17th 2025, this space was activated in the form of a preamble to the&nbsp; main installation from August 24th until October 31st 2025. The project is accompanied by a series of events&nbsp;scheduled in the fall 2025. "Maschinen dröhnen, Nadel schleppt den Faden, scharfes Messer glänzt, schneidet entzwei und sticht."&nbsp;(‘Machines roar, needle drags the thread, sharp knife shines, cuts in two and stabs.’) Hand-dyed drill (each 75 x 425cm), dyed a.o. with birch, pomegranate, nettle; Inkjet Prints (100 x 130cm and 84 x 119cm); Aluminium, Print on Plexiglas, Mirrors, Sewing Machines and Buttonhole Machine from the collection of the memorial of Ravensbrück; MDF, Steel, Glass, Hand-dyed drill, Inkjet Prints, Text on Vinyl and Riso prints (2 tables each 118 x 124 x 75cm); silkscreen on glass and textile (pigments: Prussian blue and black), each 118 x 124cm; Text on Vinyl and Glass (each 118 x 124cm); Digital jacquard weaving, wool (produced by Innvik), 1500 x 150cm on platform 268 x 407cm; Film, 96 min 2025 Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, in the weaving mill of the former industrial yard (August 24th - October 31st, 2025). Project coordination: leo Production assistance: Jakob Urban, Madeleine Duflot A project by the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. Fundedby the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by the Fondation Tour du Monde. &nbsp;Installation photographs: André Carvalho CHROMA&nbsp; <img width="8481" height="5654" width_o="8481" height_o="5654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e411604a562753f6fd148e6b6a80e378f28ba8849ff1fe2aa6bdfb9eb25639af/CHR_8037-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858954" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e411604a562753f6fd148e6b6a80e378f28ba8849ff1fe2aa6bdfb9eb25639af/CHR_8037-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8372" height="5581" width_o="8372" height_o="5581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bfd8000f7d506f8daa4869fbdcf865a115ab2e8c9d2c7a5766089b5fe063ef8/CHR_8053-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858961" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1bfd8000f7d506f8daa4869fbdcf865a115ab2e8c9d2c7a5766089b5fe063ef8/CHR_8053-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8363" height="5575" width_o="8363" height_o="5575" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b9545ee400c92b492a14612d43a82344a34598a037e7ca3cf8c0627e8301f7a4/CHR_8052-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858958" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b9545ee400c92b492a14612d43a82344a34598a037e7ca3cf8c0627e8301f7a4/CHR_8052-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8493" height="5662" width_o="8493" height_o="5662" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe624d077080b1a5f2458f03222f4797543cba30f5de744c3fd6bbe2a2faf40a/CHR_8049-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858957" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe624d077080b1a5f2458f03222f4797543cba30f5de744c3fd6bbe2a2faf40a/CHR_8049-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8585" height="5723" width_o="8585" height_o="5723" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cd7b133998a48ee8e8695ae4e9debc0cc8982574d57ed25fc2f08ae755c10a32/CHR_8109-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858966" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cd7b133998a48ee8e8695ae4e9debc0cc8982574d57ed25fc2f08ae755c10a32/CHR_8109-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8493" height="5662" width_o="8493" height_o="5662" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8eff9eab0a4de731aef79e2bbc3f025066c5f08bfe7bea9cd84e489ae8cd774/CHR_8110-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858982" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8eff9eab0a4de731aef79e2bbc3f025066c5f08bfe7bea9cd84e489ae8cd774/CHR_8110-copy.jpeg" /> https://dominiquehurth.com/Machines-roar-needles-drags-the-thread-main Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:01:00 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/Machines-roar-needles-drags-the-thread-main Textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp began as early as 1939. With the establishment of Texled, an SS-owned company, and its relocation from Dachau to Ravensbrück in 1941, the textile workshops on site became a leading center of production for&nbsp;weaving, cutting, sewing, and repairing. Prisoner clothing for all concentration camps was produced there, together with Wehrmacht and SS uniforms and the uniforms of the female guards of the concentration camp. Although the production of prisoner clothing was discontinued by 1943, the production of uniforms for the ongoing war increased. Testimonies and company reports document the increasingly&nbsp;violent working conditions&nbsp;in the workshops. Dominique Hurth has been researching the history of the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp for many years. Through encounters in archives, collections, historical sites, and in dialogue with experts, objects, and documents, she has developed an artistic research practice that lays bare the traces of this history of forced labor and its wider social legacy. In 2025, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum presents a new installation by the artist about the textile history of the concentration camp, a subject previously seldom researched. Accompanied by textiles, text, and images, Dominique Hurth's site-specific installation addresses not only forced labor and the violent history of uniform production, but also the economy behind these structures and their consequences for the present day. Objects from the memorial's collection, which have never been exhibited before are embedded in the exhibition. The weaving mill in the former “Industriehof” (“industrial yard”), one of the few remaining buildings on the former camp site, will become an exhibition space; the history of forced labor will be addressed directly at the very place where it occurred.From May 2nd until August 17th 2025, this space was activated in the form of a preamble to the&nbsp; main installation from August 24th until October 31st 2025. The project is accompanied by a series of events&nbsp;scheduled in the fall 2025.&nbsp; "Maschinen dröhnen, Nadel schleppt den Faden, scharfes Messer glänzt, schneidet entzwei und sticht."&nbsp;(‘Machines roar, needle drags the thread, sharp knife shines, cuts in two and stabs.’) Hand-dyed drill (each 75 x 425cm), dyed a.o. with birch, pomegranate, nettle; Inkjet Prints (100 x 130cm and 84 x 119cm); Aluminium, Print on Plexiglas, Mirrors, Sewing Machines and Buttonhole Machine from the collection of the memorial of Ravensbrück; MDF, Steel, Glass, Hand-dyed drill, Inkjet Prints, Text on Vinyl and Riso prints (2 tables each 118 x 124 x 75cm); silkscreen on glass and textile (pigments: Prussian blue and black), each 118 x 124cm; Text on Vinyl and Glass (each 118 x 124cm); Digital jacquard weaving, wool (produced by Innvik), 1500 x 150cm on platform 268 x 407cm; Film, 96 min 2025 Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, in the weaving mill of the former industrial yard (August 24th - October 31st, 2025). Project coordination: leo Production assistance: Jakob Urban, Madeleine Duflot A project by the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. Fundedby the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Supported by the Fondation Tour du Monde. &nbsp;Installation photographs: André Carvalho CHROMA <img width="8156" height="5439" width_o="8156" height_o="5439" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/321b1c1b37206c0e03bee51f2f56ec4ec24734570aa966d749765e346b1e3442/CHR_8081-copy.jpg" data-mid="237858044" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/321b1c1b37206c0e03bee51f2f56ec4ec24734570aa966d749765e346b1e3442/CHR_8081-copy.jpg" /> <img width="8501" height="5668" width_o="8501" height_o="5668" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/944db46f7ae79e8b0c7342040b0e2daf2b4ca47887d842dae18b42a1fc8ed4c7/CHR_8092-copy.jpg" data-mid="237858047" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/944db46f7ae79e8b0c7342040b0e2daf2b4ca47887d842dae18b42a1fc8ed4c7/CHR_8092-copy.jpg" /> <img width="8076" height="5383" width_o="8076" height_o="5383" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2224fb58229a168ac3189f6b390a5e665ec4a94568545d94fc307ba7b997fe8c/CHR_8088-copy.jpg" data-mid="237858045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2224fb58229a168ac3189f6b390a5e665ec4a94568545d94fc307ba7b997fe8c/CHR_8088-copy.jpg" /> <img width="8688" height="5792" width_o="8688" height_o="5792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9f3f5dbd56a463bb52ab122967fd9523330451204f3c355b71567420b1d76630/CHR_8162-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858157" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9f3f5dbd56a463bb52ab122967fd9523330451204f3c355b71567420b1d76630/CHR_8162-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8405" height="5603" width_o="8405" height_o="5603" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee5bcd093cbdd04027e2add98f26c324b8728df054e8182d988aa6efe3375c2a/CHR_8095-copy.jpg" data-mid="237858268" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ee5bcd093cbdd04027e2add98f26c324b8728df054e8182d988aa6efe3375c2a/CHR_8095-copy.jpg" /> <img width="8420" height="5614" width_o="8420" height_o="5614" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9b0a8b4644a33a2311888bdda04fa3d53aeaec10d463033624743b8d54263a98/CHR_8149-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858361" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9b0a8b4644a33a2311888bdda04fa3d53aeaec10d463033624743b8d54263a98/CHR_8149-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8616" height="5744" width_o="8616" height_o="5744" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffc601d1be27ce54494765f1b160fe1fabcb01c8f69fcb04909e989a58658ced/CHR_8159-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858353" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffc601d1be27ce54494765f1b160fe1fabcb01c8f69fcb04909e989a58658ced/CHR_8159-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8379" height="5586" width_o="8379" height_o="5586" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8eb306594a24a7224f42e451c484fbea19e022cb818afb2cf4d3013619843e09/CHR_8077-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858362" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8eb306594a24a7224f42e451c484fbea19e022cb818afb2cf4d3013619843e09/CHR_8077-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="8550" height="5700" width_o="8550" height_o="5700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dd8b930bec9722bfba281850b1f4ab6a673949d2b4fe65e225dc087d09f2b9d6/CHR_8079-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858363" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/dd8b930bec9722bfba281850b1f4ab6a673949d2b4fe65e225dc087d09f2b9d6/CHR_8079-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="5648" height="8471" width_o="5648" height_o="8471" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e96ac7f52c605c0f41f4e23fbb04b4b38fa9b53c7010914bdafdcf80ffebe72/CHR_8101-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858368" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e96ac7f52c605c0f41f4e23fbb04b4b38fa9b53c7010914bdafdcf80ffebe72/CHR_8101-copy.jpeg" /> <img width="5178" height="7766" width_o="5178" height_o="7766" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c32cedf57e77ed0d22825b6c53ca810126ab739c6f00c15c82093e51d2b571d/CHR_8105-copy.jpeg" data-mid="237858369" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c32cedf57e77ed0d22825b6c53ca810126ab739c6f00c15c82093e51d2b571d/CHR_8105-copy.jpeg" /> https://dominiquehurth.com/Machines-roar-needles-drags-the-thread Wed, 14 May 2025 00:21:03 +0000 dominiquehurth.com https://dominiquehurth.com/Machines-roar-needles-drags-the-thread Textile production at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp began as early as 1939. With the establishment of Texled, an SS-owned company, and its relocation from Dachau to Ravensbrück in 1941, the textile workshops on site became a leading center of production for&nbsp;weaving, cutting, sewing, and repairing. Prisoner clothing for all concentration camps was produced there, together with Wehrmacht and SS uniforms and the uniforms of the female guards of the concentration camp. Although the production of prisoner clothing was discontinued by 1943, the production of uniforms for the ongoing war increased. Testimonies and company reports document the increasingly&nbsp;violent working conditions&nbsp;in the workshops. Dominique Hurth has been researching the history of the Ravensbrück Women's Concentration Camp for many years. Through encounters in archives, collections, historical sites, and in dialogue with experts, objects, and documents, she has developed an artistic research practice that lays bare the traces of this history of forced labor and its wider social legacy. In 2025, the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum presents a new installation by the artist about the textile history of the concentration camp, a subject previously seldom researched. Accompanied by textiles, text, and images, Dominique Hurth's site-specific installation&nbsp;addresses not only forced labor and the violent history of uniform production, but also the economy behind these structures and their consequences for the present day. Objects from the memorial's collection, which have never been exhibited before, will be embedded in the exhibition. The weaving mill in the former “Industriehof” (“industrial yard”), one of the few remaining buildings on the former camp site, will become an exhibition space; the history of forced labor will be addressed directly at the very place where it occurred.From May 2nd until August 17th 2025, this space will be reactivated in the form of a preamble to the forthcoming main installation (24.08.-31.10.2025), with a focus on the observation of artifacts from the memorial's collection and reports on forced labor that deal with textile production. The project will be accompanied by a series of events&nbsp;scheduled for the fall. "Maschinen dröhnen, Nadel schleppt den Faden, scharfes Messer glänzt, schneidet entzwei und sticht." (Präambel)(‘Machines roar, needle drags the thread, sharp knife shines, cuts in two and stabs.’ Preamble) Hand-dyed drill (each 75 x 425cm), dyed a.o. with birch, pomegranate, nettle; Inkjet Prints (100 x 130cm and 84 x 119cm); Aluminium, Print on Plexiglas, Mirrors, Sewing Machines and Buttonhole Machine from the collection of the memorial of Ravensbrück; MDF, Steel, Glass, Hand-dyed drill, Inkjet Prints, Text on Vinyl and Riso prints (8 tables each 118 x 124 x 75cm) 2025 Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, in the weaving mill of the former industrial yard (May 2nd - August 17th, 2025). Project coordination: leo Production assistance: Jakob Urban, Madeleine Duflot A project by the Ravensbrück Memorial Museum, Brandenburg Memorials Foundation. Fundedby the German Federal Cultural Foundation. Funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. 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The starting point is the kiosk's natural stone façade and the building's date of origin: built in 1937, one year after the publication of Ernst Neufert's Bauentwurfslehre (a manual on architecture that is still considered an international standard work). In a 19-metre-long architectural drawing on fabric, a light installation and a publication, the artist questions the problematic history of standardisation and rationalisation of architectural buildings, and sharpens the eye for details that don't quite fit when it comes to architecture. In doing so, she makes it possible to cast new perspectives on what deviates from the expected norm. Accurate to Standards,Well-proportioned,Finely structured 2021 Digital print on fabric1931 x 205 cm (in 7 sections) 2021 Originally exhibited and produced for Neuer Kunstverein Gießen, 2021 (Solo Exhibition). Installation shots: To want the world in a glass hat. 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