WeGetCloser 3
With its third edition, WeGetCloser continues its exploration of spatial dialogue and collective presence. This time, the exhibition series moves to Frankfurt am Main, taking over the former premises of 1100:Architekten and transforming them into a temporary space for artistic encounters and interventions.
Once again, artistic practices engage with the architectural conditions of their surroundings, becoming part of a broader dialogue. Bringing together works by Anna Grath, Florian Meisenberg, Noa Pardo, Philipp Valenta and Selma Gültoprak, the exhibition unfolds through the movement of visitors through the space.
As part of an ongoing series, WeGetCloser 3 marks a further evolution of the curatorial concept initiated at Fahrbereitschaft Berlin (2024) and continued at the listed Stoff-Pavillon Köln (2025). Each edition responds to its particular architectural and social context, expanding the possibilities of participatory, site-specific and interdisciplinary artistic practices.
Rather than following a fixed exhibition structure, WeGetCloser operates as an evolving space of possibility, foregrounding collective proximity, processual synergy and situational presence. Building on the previous edition’s exploration of in situ, in vitro, in planta and in tuto, the third edition continues to question how artistic practices can exist not only within a space, but with it, through it and in relation to one another.
WeGetCloser 3 thus becomes a temporary constellation of artistic positions and shared experiences within the spatial conditions - an invitation to discover new perspectives.
Biographies
b. 1983 in Immenstadt, Germany, lives and works in Hamburg, Germany
Anna Grath graduated from the University of Fine Arts Hamburg (HFBK), where she studied under Andreas Slominski, Michael Diers and Thomas Pletzinger. She has received several awards and grants, including the Hiscox Art Prize, the Hamburg Visual Arts Grant and a working grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds. Her works have been shown at the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), Palais für aktuelle Kunst (Glückstadt), Kunstverein Schwerin, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof (Hamburg), Produzentengalerie (Hamburg), Haverkampf Leistenschneider (Berlin), Galerie Karin Günther (Hamburg) and other venues.
b. 1980 in Berlin, Germany, lives and works in New York, USA
Florian Meisenberg studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. His work has been showcased at the Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt), Kunstmuseum Bonn, Deichtorhallen (Hamburg), Kölnischer Kunstverein (Cologne), Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, ICA (Philadelphia), Anton Kern Gallery (New York), Kate MacGarry Gallery (London), Henie Onstad Artsenter (Oslo), Boros Collection (Berlin), Berthold Pott Gallery (Cologne) and elsewhere.
b. 1970 in Tangiers, Morocco, lives and works in Paris, France
Mounir Fatmi studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Casablanca and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome. His works have been exhibited internationally at institutions including the Centre Pompidou (Paris), Brooklyn Museum (New York), Mori Art Museum (Tokyo), and MAXXI (Rome). He has also participated in major international exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale, the Sharjah Biennial, and the Dakar Biennale.
b. 1997 in Tel Aviv, Israel, lives and works in Jerusalem, Israel
Noa Pardo graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem and studied under Leonid Balaklav. She has participated in the Zion Square artist residency programme in Jerusalem. Her works have been shown at the Slovak Institute (Jerusalem), Klore Gallery (Jerusalem), Beit Naima Gallery (Jerusalem), Hansen House (Jerusalem), Bezalel Pavilion (Jerusalem), and The Social Space A’had Ha’am (Tel Aviv), among other venues. She is also co-founder of Positif, a collective and platform for urban culture in Jerusalem.
b. 1987 in Hattingen, Germany, lives and works in Gelsenkirchen and Oberhausen, Germany
Philipp Valenta studied Fine Arts at the Bauhaus University Weimar and Metal Design at HAWK Hildesheim. He was a master student of Thomas Rentmeister at the Braunschweig University of Art. He has received several awards and grants, including the Hans Purrmann Award, the DEW21 Art Prize and a grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds. His works have been shown at the Kunstpalast (Düsseldorf), Museum Ostwall (Dortmund), Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth, Kunstmuseen Erfurt, Haus am Lützowplatz (Berlin), Mönchehaus Museum (Goslar), Skaftfell Center for Visual Art (Iceland) and other venues.
b. in Gummersbach, Germany, lives and works in Cologne, Germany
Selma Gültoprak graduated from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), where she studied under Stefanie Stallschus, Phil Collins and Johannes Wohnseifer. She has received several awards and grants, including the Zonta Cologne Art Award, the Friedrich Vordemberge Grant and a working grant from the Stiftung Kunstfonds. Her works have been shown at the Bundeskunsthalle (Bonn), K21 (Düsseldorf), Kunstmuseum Bochum, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster (Aachen), Kunsthalle Barmen (Wuppertal), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein (Aachen), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter (Cologne), Galerie Martinetz (Cologne) and other venues.
Free admission
21.11.2026, 6pm
Culinary intervention by Akshita Garud
Participatory performance by Florian Meisenberg
