When does the tour take place?

On July 22, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM.

Where is the meeting point?

At the Bochum Art Museum on Kortumstraße 147 in Bochum.

How much is the admission?

The tour is included in the museum admission; regular museum prices apply for the special exhibition.

Is the museum accessible?

Yes, the entrance is on ground level, many areas are accessible, and an elevator is available if needed.

Are there tours and mediation offers?

Yes, the Bochum Art Museum offers art-mediating formats and tours; participation in this tour is included in the admission.

Can you park on-site?

Yes, the museum provides information about visitor parking and disabled parking near the building.

Fluxus comes to life: How We Meet at the Bochum Art Museum

Name: GUIDED TOUR Yuko Mohri & Ei Arakawa-Nash - How we meet
Start: 2026-07-22T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-22T20:00:00+02:00
Location: Kunstmuseum Bochum

An evening for Fluxus, sound and surprising encounters at the Bochum Art Museum

The tour of Yuko Mohri & Ei Arakawa-Nash – How We Meet offers a precise look at an exhibition that, emerging from the Fluxus tradition, forges new connections between installation, performance, and sculpture. At the Bochum Art Museum, water, electricity, everyday objects, and performative situations come together for an art experience that sharpens perception and makes the space itself a participant.

Fluxus as a vibrant present

The exhibition’s starting point is the museum's Fluxus collection, which creates a art-historically significant resonance space with works by Alison Knowles, Daniel Spoerri, Wolf Vostell, Mauricio Kagel, and Geoffrey Hendricks. Mohri and Arakawa-Nash translate this collection into a contemporary language where idea, process, and encounter are more important than the finished object. This is exactly where the strength of this exhibition lies: it makes a historical art movement newly readable as an open experience.

Yuko Mohri: Sound sculptures in the flow of conditions

Yuko Mohri works with sound, readymades, and site-specific installations. Umbrellas, rolls of paper, light bulbs, food, or fans become finely balanced image and sound spaces that respond to temperature, humidity, light, and the movement of the audience. Her works unfold an aesthetic experience between control and randomness, between machine and miniature ecosystem. The version of Moré Moré (Leaky) shown in Bochum condenses this poetic logic into an art of circulating energy.

Ei Arakawa-Nash: Performance as an open system

Ei Arakawa-Nash connects installation, performance, sound, and poetry into an art where people, things, and images appear as equals. His works also examine systems such as money, the art market, carbon footprint, and the value of labor. The exhibition thus becomes not only sensual but also reflective: it poses questions about the production, exchange, and social impact of art. For art-interested visitors, this creates an exhibition experience with intellectual depth and high contemporary relevance.

A playful journey through spaces and meanings

How We Meet is designed as a playful journey. Water, money, and salad serve as thought figures that seemingly connect distant work contexts. The result is an exhibition with a clear spatial effect, fine material contrasts, and an atmosphere in which the audience attentively navigates through moving sound and object constellations. Here, curation itself becomes a narrative instrument.

Guided tour with direct added value for the exhibition visit

The tour takes place as part of the museum visit; participation is included in the admission fee. Those who want to not only observe contemporary art, Fluxus, installation, and performance but truly understand it experience a well-founded mediation with high-level cultural education. The guided tour opens access to art processes, art history, and the conceptual levels of the exhibition.

Conclusion

This tour showcases the Bochum Art Museum from its experimental side: focused, vibrant, and art-historically precise. Visitors can expect an exhibition that transforms the space with sound, movement, and idea and revitalizes the perspective on Fluxus. A visit is absolutely worthwhile live, as only on-site can one experience the full exhibition atmosphere and the fragile beauty of the installed works.