RKP projects 2025

Where are the geographical and personal centres in the municipalities of Münsterland? How are cartographic and emotional centres connected? The Atlas of Centres project by Alexander Edisherov and Katerina Kuznetcowa addresses these questions by creating a digital map to document geographical and subjective centres. In addition, there are participatory events that promote a direct dialogue with citizens and allow local identities to flow into the project.

"Die Baronesse" (AT) is a fictional short film (approx. 15 minutes) in the genre of the horror tale with a black humour touch. The short film takes a critical look at male chauvinism and toxic masculinity.
The story is based on an old Münsterland fairy tale, according to which the castle in Rhede is haunted by a ghost in the form of a beautiful young woman - "the white lady".

After the festival "Karibuni - World Music for Children" was a great success in Münster in the last two years, it will also take to the stage in communities in Münsterland in 2024. "Toni Geiling und das Wolkenorchester" from Halle an der Saale with rock music and poetic sounds for children, "Ich und Herr Meyer" from Berlin with pop music for children and "Karibuni" from Münster with world music for children will take to the stage as bands with solo concerts in ten different locations. The children's music festival takes place from 4 to 10 November.

The Klangwelt Kreis Steinfurt project is developing an "acoustic DNA" of the communities in the district of Steinfurt. To this end, the sounds of different places in the region are recorded using a mobile recording device. This could be the sound of buildings, nature, technology or language, for example. The different sounds are then to be moulded into a sound experience, the acoustic footprint. The project is accompanied by a specially created website for communication, information and co-design.

Applicant: Association for the Promotion of Art and Culture in the City of Dülmen

What can art and culture achieve in rural areas? What effects do major challenges such as distribution, mobility, supply and climate change have here? Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature (CfL), Stiftung Künstlerdorf Schöppingen and AG Kultur Havixbeck are organising a laboratory on rural life in the 21st century. Other partners from the region and the country are involved, artists are exploring the Münsterland in residencies and international experts are providing support.

Every two years, the Münsterland Festival brings music and art from a guest country in Europe to the region - in 2025, it will be Spain. Visitors can once again look forward to a mix of jazz, pop, classical and country-specific sounds.

In the heart of the Euregio Twente-Münsterland, the "Neighbourhood Concerts 4.0" will unfold their splendour in 2024. These concerts are a celebration of cultural diversity and the courage to cross musical and literary borders. Artists from both regions weave a diverse programme that embraces both traditional and avant-garde themes, creating a space for encounters and inspiration. A living testament to socio-cultural richness that brings communities together and celebrates the power of art.

First-class students from the Münster University of Music fan out into the region. Together with local partners and organisers, the students plan unique musical events especially for the locations, where concerts are complemented by workshops and student and audience talks. The artistic spectrum ranges from percussion to cello ensemble to singer/songwriters.

The international festival for neoclassical music will break down the stylistic boundaries between pop, classical, jazz, ambient and electronic music for the fourth time in 2025. After several "Pre-Aneo" forerunners in 2024, the core festival will take place in Münsterland from 31 January to 16 February 2025. You can look forward to elaborately staged concerts and an exciting range of styles with well-known names as well as strong newcomer acts.

On 1 January 1975, a reform of the century comes into force in Münsterland. Numerous local authority and district boundaries are shifted, place-name signs are replaced and areas of life change from one day to the next. The territorial reform digs deep into the region's cultural identity. To mark its 50th anniversary, the Kulturbüro Münsterland is looking for artistic projects from various disciplines that deal with the effects of the reorganisation. The projects will be prepared in 2024 and realised in early 2025. The highlight and conclusion will be the joint presentation week from 7-11 May 2025.

What significance do the elements of water, earth and air have for the Schöppingen area? What artistic inspiration comes from these elements? These are some of the questions that the Schöppingen artists' village is exploring with the Interwoven Landscapes project. The special features and artistic potential of the various materials are to be explored through research. A two-day seminar with excursion and artistic workshop will be organised for each of the three elements.

The project does outreach, artistic youth work in cooperation with youth centres in Münsterland. It travels to locations in the region with its own stage lorry. Based on the principle of "by those affected for those affected" by intersectional discrimination such as sexism, racism, ableism and homophobia, the project is aimed in particular at young BIPoC-FINTA*. Impulse workshops are offered in the disciplines of rap, dance and graffiti with the aim of creating the evening show on the lorry stage.

In the medium term, Stadt.Land.Bühne is building a network that links the specific cultural needs of the municipalities in Münsterland with Münster's independent cultural scene and identifies and utilises the resulting opportunities. Niches and gaps in the cultural offering are discovered and utilised artistically. New and unusual venues are explored and opened up.

Mats on the floor - let's go! Due to the high demand in the last two years, the project will also offer children's theatre performances directly on site in 2024, both indoors and outdoors. The performances offered by the Don Kidschote theatre from Münster, the Hille Puppille puppet theatre from Dülmen and the Krokodil theatre from Tecklenburg are aimed at nurseries, primary and special schools, initiatives and leisure centres, as well as with a new focus on the smallest institutions in rural Münsterland.

The concert series once again opens the gates of gardens and parks of various sizes, histories and designs. From June to mid-September, ten concerts - from classical to rock/pop - invite you to a Sunday excursion in the region. From the region for the region.