Nile Koetting | powerhouse

powerhouse is an energetic intervention by Nile Koetting. He charges the exhibition rooms of the former power station, which is now a cultural center, with new energy. Inspired by Freiburg's nickname ‘solar city’, the artist addresses our relationship to sustainable energy, encouraging a critical appraisal of technical visions of unlimited growth and efficiency.

The intervention unfolds as a poetic interplay between energy, creativity and power. In the process, the human being is viewed anew like a power plant and the idea of optimization serves as a choreographic notation.

Nile Koetting, born in Kanagawa (Japan), lives and works in Berlin and Tokyo. In his installations, he works in a variety of media, including video, performance and sound. Koetting's works have been exhibited at the Gulbenkian Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon, 2024; Kunstraum Wedding, Berlin, 2023; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2020; Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2019; West Bund Museum, Shanghai and Kunstverein Göttingen, among others.

With the kind support of Rolf Disch SolarArchitektur