ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS WE RECONCILE
During her residency at SBYD.SPACE, Yuri Nakai explored how repair can function as an architectural and social principle in a post-industrial region such as the Ruhr area.
Yuri Nakai
Artist / Designer in Residence project
Photos: Yuri Nakai / Konstantin Pütz
Performance participants:
Betsy Paola Contreras Lara, Chloe Challal, Camillo Guthmann, Flora Barreteau, Klara Günther, Merle Pütz
Filming: Nils-Lasse Nowak
Together with artist Konstantin Pütz, she developed the performance »ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS WE RECONCILE«, which brings together the insights from her research. The video features excerpts from the performance, which took place on 21 June on the Rungenberghalde in Gelsenkirchen.
The work was presented at the Gutes Klima Festival 2025 in cooperation with Bonnekamp-Stiftung and the Museum Folkwang at Zeche Carl.
This residency was part of SBYD.SPACE, through which Folkwang University awards grants to international artists and designers invited to Essen to realise their own projects on site. In 2025, the programme’s second round was announced in Japan. In collaboration with Museum Folkwang and the Goethe-Institut Kyoto Villa Kamogawa, the thematic focus was developed and the grant recipients selected.