critical ceramics

‘critical ceramics’ is launching a festival along Braubachstraße in Frankfurt am Main, bringing contemporary ceramics to life as a material, a cultural practice and a contemporary form of expression.

Exhibitions and projects offer diverse perspectives on ceramics and showcase the diversity of a medium that is redefining its position at the intersection of art, design, craftsmanship and social discourse.

A particular focus is on the connection between artistic production and outreach. Guided tours, workshops and city walks offer in-depth insights into ceramic processes and historical contexts, linking the festival venues with the city and its history.

The programme is complemented by the ‘Familienstücke’ project, which brings to light personal porcelain stories from people involved in Braubachstraße. Objects installed in shop windows are transformed, through interviews and QR codes, into narrated spaces of memory that link individual biographies with the history of the place.

critical ceramics strengthens Braubachstraße as a cultural axis in the heart of Frankfurt and makes a lasting contribution to the revitalisation and visibility of the cultural mile.

Guided tours
During the festival, guided tours will be held at the exhibition venues along Braubachstraße and at the Höchster Porzellan-Manufaktur.

Full details on booking and meeting points can be found on the Heussenstamm Foundation website.

An initiative of the Heussenstamm Foundation.

Cooperation partners:
komet k, Ceramic Art Lab (CAL) HfG Offenbach, fffriedrich, Kunst- und Auktionshaus Döbritz, Evangelische St. Paulsgemeinde, Keramik Kiosk Kollektiv, Japan Art Galerie Friedrich Müller, Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Galerie Anita Beckers, DOMstudio, Historisches Museum Frankfurt