Hattingen is located at the interface between urban and rural areas as well as the Ruhr as an identity-forming element. The city occupation project takes up this dynamic and sets artistic impulses at three symbolic locations in Hattingen with the changeable sculpture "living room" by the Bochum sculptor Dorothee Bielfeld. It invites you to experience landscape and water anew. The central question is: How do we perceive places, and how do they change through art and interaction?

From May 3 to July 8, the sculpture "living room" will be on display in Hattingen. At each location, there will also be an artistic event. It starts on Saturday, May 3 at 5 PM at the Untermarkt. Mayor Dirk Glaser will open the art event together with the dancer Marcela Ruiz Quintero, who will perform a dance performance.

Locations

May 3–22, 2025 Old Town Hall / Untermarkt

May 24–June 12, 2025 Blankenstein Marketplace

June 14–July 8, 2025 Ruhrwiesen

More info about the city occupation