The new hanging of the collection exhibition The Way We Are is now being presented for the fifth time at the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst. There are many discoveries waiting to be made this time as well, with more than 120 works from 100 artists and artist groups from different times and contexts. Thematic areas extending over 2,500 square meters formulate a multiplicity of different statements from the 1960s to today.

In various languages and with different emphases, Michaela Mélian’s (*1956, lives near Munich) acoustic work lays out the diverse, in some cases contradictory meanings of the German verb aufheben which serves as its title. The multiple meanings of the single verb aufheben indicate the possibility of revealing various delimitations and contradictory standpoints and of transcending them in such a way as to open up new perspectives in thought and action.

Yael Bartana (*1970 in Israel; lives in Amsterdam and Berlin) is considered to be one of the most important international artists of her generation. Her films, photographs, objects, neon works and performances attempt to connect the past and the present in order to develop speculative futures. Bartana describes her manner of working as “Pre-enactment” – not a reproduction of what has been, but rather, an anticipation of what is to come. The artworks selected for "Utopia Now!" includes film installations, photographs and neon works from the last ten years as well as the world premiere of Bartana's latest film.

How versatile is monochromy? How colorful is a single tone? Whether in red, blue, green, white or black: Monochrome works exist in all colors and non-colors. Monochromy. On the Aesthetics of Published Art presents various expressions of the contemporary artistic investigations of color.

For the third time, the Centre for Artists’ Publications is hosting "Artists As Independent Publishers" — a collaboration of international universities that this year presents contemporary artist books by students from Antwerp, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Halle, and Vienna. The works explore a variety of print media and content. The exhibition in the Library of the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst reflects on the artist book as a medium for critical inquiry, a platform for communication between various artistic approaches, and as an independent form of artistic expression.