Kolvenburg

From the series "Nature and Design

Finnish artist Saara Ekström creates multi-layered experiences for the viewer in her photographs, video works, sculptures and drawings. Her works are characterised by associative narratives that move in interplay between reality and fiction, growth and disappearance or the seductive and the repulsive. Various chronotopias - i.e. connections between time and space in a narrative - are placed in dialogue in her works. In the process, time is sometimes the breeding ground, sometimes the undermining of actions and thoughts, so that the ambivalent desire for memory on the one hand and forgetting on the other is reflected. Again and again, motifs from nature appear in the exhibition curated by Dominik Olbrisch, which enter into a relationship of tension with motifs from industry, human actions or supernatural phenomena.

Made possible by Frame Contemporary Art Finland.

Admission: Ticket available on site. Please note the opening hours of the Kolvenburg.

Vernissage: 20 August | 5 pm

Guided tours (in the run-up to the Münsterland Festival concerts at the Kolvenburg):

8 October | 2:30 pm

27 October | 6.30 pm

Costs in addition to the event ticket: 4 €

The event is part of the Münsterland Festival part 12.

Münsterland Festival Quartet
It's almost a tradition at the Münsterland Festival: the Münsterland Festival Quartet, where musicians from the guest country meet those from Münsterland. In 2023, the Finnish duo Hana will meet the Münster art collective EAT THE FROG. They will perform together in the Kolvenburg.
Hana are the Finnish musicians Karin Mäkiranta and Selma Savolainen. Together they create in-the-moment, magical synthesiser soundscapes and soulful, melancholic vocal melodies. They meet the EAT THE FROG collective, consisting of the multi-instrumentalists Stefan Schneider and Tobias Link, who are currently focusing on atmospheric-improvised music.
The result is a Münsterland Festival quartet in which improvisation takes centre stage.

Line-up
Karin Mäkiranta vocals, guitar, electronics | Selma Savolainen vocals, electronics | Stefan Schneider drums, electronics | Tobias Link trombone, electronics

Genre
Jazz/Pop

A guided tour of the exhibition "Designing with Nature. can be booked at an extra charge. Start: 6:30 pm.

The concert is part of the Münsterland Festival part 12.

This public guided tour is especially for families with children. Experience the world of fairy tales and legends in Billerbeck with our town guide Stefanie Stockmann.

Immerse yourself in the magic of Billerbeck at nightfall. Children are invited to bring their lanterns.

The guided tour, which lasts about 1.5 hours, starts at 4 pm. The meeting point is at the market fountain.

Registration in advance is required for this guided tour. You can register online via our portal eTermin, by email to touristik@billerbeck.de or by phone (02543-7373).

The participation fee (5 € p. adult, 3 € p. child) must be paid in cash on site.

The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 25 persons.

It's Christmas at Kolvenburg Castle when the Advent market, which is popular far beyond the borders of the district, starts in mid-November. For the 42nd time, craftspeople from the region offer their self-made products and works of art. In the historical ambience, visitors can admire the craftsmanship and inventiveness of the exhibitors, browse to their heart's content and, of course, buy the goods. Lovingly designed Christmas cards, handmade candles, bascetta stars, Christmas floristry and culinary delights are just as much a part of the offer as stone, wood, concrete and textile work and much more. The handmade jams and marmalades are as popular as they are sought after. A range of hot drinks and small snacks invites you to round off your visit to the market in a cosy atmosphere.

Every year, the Billerbeck Christmas Market takes place on the first weekend in Advent. Numerous exhibitors are happy to present their wide range of goods and entice guests with fragrant mulled wine and beautiful handicrafts.

All the shops in Billerbeck's city centre are open on both Christmas market days.