Arbeit Nervt! / Work Sucks!

Nov 04, 2011 - Dec 04, 2011
Whoever, when reading this title, only thinks of beer cans, squatting and sun burns is off the mark: ARBEIT NERVT! shows the work of 13 artists from Germany, Austria, England and the Netherlands and focuses on a really annoying phenomenon: WORK.

Plenty of search engine results seem to provide a clear picture of the title’s direction of impact: When googling "Arbeit nervt", one obtains Deichkind (a German electronic hip-hop band). Their song, with the same title, rose to a pop-slogan in 2008 and has ever since maintained its clout.

While Deichkind in their punk-attitude sing of an everyday holiday, in neurobiology a small protein is in the limelight. Named NGF (Nerve Growth Factor) it provides the basis for our nerves to grow. A look through the microscope proves that work – physical and mental activity – raises the NGF production and hence, increases the growth of our nerve fibres.

Here, where science collides with pop culture and social criticism meets science fiction, where stories about foam spitting metal cubes are told, ARBEIT NERVT! focuses on work in a different way and shows quite divers / unexpected approaches to the topic / positions relating to the topic in an unexpected way. So come over and let yourself be surprised by an after work group exhibition!


Whoever, when reading this title, only thinks of beer cans, squatting and sun burns is off the mark: ARBEIT NERVT! shows the work of 13 artists from Germany, Austria, England and the Netherlands and focuses on a really annoying phenomenon: WORK.

Plenty of search engine results seem to provide a clear picture of the title’s direction of impact: When googling "Arbeit nervt", one obtains Deichkind (a German electronic hip-hop band). Their song, with the same title, rose to a pop-slogan in 2008 and has ever since maintained its clout.

While Deichkind in their punk-attitude sing of an everyday holiday, in neurobiology a small protein is in the limelight. Named NGF (Nerve Growth Factor) it provides the basis for our nerves to grow. A look through the microscope proves that work – physical and mental activity – raises the NGF production and hence, increases the growth of our nerve fibres.

Here, where science collides with pop culture and social criticism meets science fiction, where stories about foam spitting metal cubes are told, ARBEIT NERVT! focuses on work in a different way and shows quite divers / unexpected approaches to the topic / positions relating to the topic in an unexpected way. So come over and let yourself be surprised by an after work group exhibition!


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Sunderweg 1 Dortmund, Germany D-44147

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