*.sculptr - zwischen Screen und Material
6 June – 4 October 2026
Opening event: Friday, 5 June 2026, 6-8pm
Atelier Hermann Haller
(Höschgasse 8a, 8008 Zürich)
Following the restoration of the historic studio of sculptor Hermann Haller (1880–1950), this year’s exhibition, curated by Sabine Rusterholz Petko, explores contemporary shifts in sculptural practice brought about by the possibilities of digitalization. While Haller was still working with clay, plaster, English cement, and bronze, artists have long since been experimenting with computer-generated animations, scans, and 3D printing.
Drawing on recent acquisitions for the city of Zurich’s art collection, this exhibition presents several current examples of this evolving artistic practice. The artist duo Fürer Nielsen, Thomas Julier, Lithic Alliance, and Mélodie Mousset each explore, in their own way, the current transitions between physical and digital space, materialization, and dematerialization.
The exhibition is accompanied by “volumes bookshelf: *.sculptr, from the archive.” It features publications from our archive, which engage in a dialogue with the artistic positions presented in the exhibition and the Hermann Haller studio.
Ozeane fliessen aufwärts
8 May – 14 June 2026
EWZ Unterwerk Selnau
(Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zürich)
We are excited to be part of this collaborative exhibition project, serving as a temporary platform for contemporary art at the EWZ Unterwerk Selnau!
volumes archive on display
For the exhibition "Ozeane fliessen aufwärts", volumes presents a selection from its archive of independent publications, launched in 2013 and continuously expanding through donations. What began as a growing library was deliberately framed as an “archive,” establishing a way of working with the material as an active and evolving field rather than a neutral accumulation.
The display brings together three sections from the volumes archive: the Zurich Archive (with interventions by Decolonize Zurich), On Publishing (by volumes), and Maritime Poetics (with TETI group). Together, they form a curated excerpt from a much larger and evolving collection. The selection does not follow a fixed scientific or art-historical system, but emerges through conceptual relations between publications, where books, zines, and printed matter are brought into dialogue through shared questions, motifs, and tensions.
Within this framework, “Ozeane fliessen aufwärts” suggests a reversal of dominant ideas of circulation and history, opening readings based on return and reappearance. The archive remains open-ended and continues to grow. We warmly welcome new additions - if you would like to contribute a publication, you can leave it in the donation box in this room.
Please join us for our. workshops:
“Water Fragments” - Collage and Leporello Workshop hosted by MATERIAL and volumes
Date: 14 May 2026, 5 - 8pm
“Water Fragments” is an open workshop by volumes exploring water and rivers as defining elements. Drawing on personal connections, found materials, and fragmentary memories, participants will create leporello zines that bring individual and collective perspectives to light.
Participants are invited to bring their own materials or collect, cut, and recombine materials on-site.
«Zürich Fragments» Zine- and Collage-Workshop
Date: 22 May 2026, 5 - 8pm
Open workshop focusing on Zurich. Drawing on the Zurich Archive, participants will create their own zines using personal connections, found materials, and fragmented memories.
Please bring your own materials: photographs related to Zurich, images, texts, notes, newspaper clippings, magazines, flyers, maps, and everyday items such as tickets or receipts. We will be creating collages, drawing, and writing.
No prior experience necessary