ifa Collection Exhibition 'Action Bodies' Explores Movement and Collective Action

The ifa art collection's exhibition Action Bodies examines how bodies and spaces are perceived and shaped through movement and collective action. Works drawn from the ifa collection are shown alongside contemporary positions, highlighting social orders and opening possibilities for resistance. Textile objects, hybrid bodies and social choreographies gradually unfold within this space of co-existence. Franz Erhard Walther, who has produced interactive textile sculptures since the early 1960s, declared action an art form in itself and transformed viewers into key participants. His "action bodies" serve as a central inspiration for the show, intertwining object and process, individuals and groups, and elements of separation and connection. The exhibition continues the artistic-curatorial exploration of the ifa collection. Its guiding proposition is that the hand thinks and the body responds.