Hidden History – Facetten der Subkultur in Frankfurt Rhein Main

Lectureperformance mit Rushy Diamond

Raised in the surroundings of Hauptwache and Zeil, the artist and activist Rushy Diamond became known for his interventions in public space.

Rushy Diamond’s site-specific tape work (Tape Modern) extends throughout the entire building. His practice emerges from the urban environment and makes use of coloured adhesive tape. Its aesthetic draws on the functional guidance systems of road markings, which are artistically appropriated and reinterpreted.

For decades, Rushy Diamond’s work has developed as a creative act of resistance. In exchange with people from diverse communities, he activates public spaces and, through his artistic interventions, creates conditions for reclaiming urban areas as collectively used environments.

Rushy Diamond’s lecture performance delves into questions of personal visibility and invisibility, and reflects on the conditions of artistic autonomy, as well as on the legitimisation of the artist.

Admission: €5, including entry to the exhibition. No registration is required.

Please note that the event will take place in German.

The Frankfurter Kunstverein is an interdisciplinary exhibition space for contemporary art and culture. Here, an inquisitive public encounters exhibitions that engage the senses and discovers new perspectives on our present.

The project partner is the Diamant Museum for Urban Culture, Offenbach, which engages with historical and contemporary positions of subversive and subcultural activity in the Frankfurt RheinMain region.