State of the city

Preparation for the exhibition “State of the City” took the form of three-month residencies, with two artists chosen from each of Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Frankfurt am Main working creatively on site in one of the other cities. The basis e. V. production and exhibition platform showed the results of these artist residencies in a theme-based group exhibition. The exhibition is marked by the artists’ multifaceted approaches and presents their artistic handling of the different social and societal as well as economic and geographical aspects of the three cities. The publication examines the artworks of the exhibition and the preceded artist residencies in Antwerp, Frankfurt am Main and Rotterdam, as well as the creative developments and states of the three cities.