DA, Gravenhorst Monastery Art Centre

As part of a two-part workshop, she invites anyone who’s curious to join her in exploring the Gravenhorst Forest, collecting finds and turning them into moulds. In the second part of the workshop, these moulds are used to create your own reliefs and sculptures from soap you’ve made yourself. In the process, the chemical reaction becomes a sensory, almost alchemical experience. Participants work with their hands, paying close attention to the material and to what nature has to offer. No prior experience is necessary. What matters is the desire to experiment, to feel and to let things take shape.

The workshop is suitable for those aged 14 and over. Participation is free of charge. Due to limited places, registration is required by 20 August via email to da-kunsthaus@kreis-steinfurt.de or by telephone on 02551 6942-15.

In this workshop, fellow Alla Zhyvotova transforms the everyday act of washing into a shared, mindful sound experience. The bars of soap are fitted with tiny microphones that transform every touch, every rub and every splash into sound. In this way, through the conscious awareness of oneself and others, a collective soundscape involving all participants emerges in real time.

The workshop is suitable for anyone who fancies connecting with themselves and others without words for a change. No prior musical or artistic experience is required. Curiosity and openness are what matter most.

Participation is free of charge. As places are limited, registration is required by 20 August via email to da-kunsthaus@kreis-steinfurt.de or by telephone on 02551 6942-15.

As part of a two-part workshop, she invites anyone who’s curious to join her in exploring the Gravenhorst Forest, collecting finds and turning them into moulds. In the second part of the workshop, these moulds are used to create your own reliefs and sculptures from soap you’ve made yourself. In the process, the chemical reaction becomes a sensory, almost alchemical experience. Participants work with their hands, paying close attention to the material and to what nature has to offer. No prior experience is necessary. What matters is the desire to experiment, to feel and to let things take shape.

The workshop is suitable for those aged 14 and over. Participation is free of charge. Due to limited places, registration is required by 20 August via email to da-kunsthaus@kreis-steinfurt.de or by telephone on 02551 6942-15.

In a soundscape of talking and singing pebbles in the vaulted ceiling of the DA, Kunsthaus, five fairy tales – written by the artist Alisa Tretau as part of her exploration of the district’s waterways – can be experienced through the senses. The stories explore the theme of nature transformed by human activity and offer poetic, sensory and thought-provoking perspectives on our environment. The recordings were made with the help of narrators from the region.

Across Germany, numerous historic sites open their doors on Open Monuments Day and delight visitors with exclusive programme highlights. To mark the closing event of the historical exhibition ‘WALD. The Age of Wood in Gravenhorst’, historian and curator Dr Uta C. Schmidt will, as is tradition, deliver a talk providing a closer look at individual aspects of the exhibition.