Fellow Travellers. Art as a Tool to Change the World

This travel guide through the world of the Fellow Travellers offers a playful approach to the exhibition concept.

Fellow Travellers shows projects in which art is understood as a process of changing the everyday. All projects were developed interlocally, i. e. on site with the people living there. This is the only way for art to emerge from its traditional representation into genuine future action. The individualization of technological progress helps here. 

The book is the first in a series of publications that will accompany our Fellow Travellers exhibition project throughout its duration (2024–26). Each volume will be dedicated to a specific theme that reflects our exhibition format. The content of each volume is intended to inform, to inspire, to question old thought patterns, and to encourage action.

This first volume of the series is an introduction to the first part of Fellow Travellers, which has been on show at the ZKM since September 2024. An introductory essay explains the intention and focus of the exhibition, while an extensive work section presents its various segments and projects. The “Fellow Travellers ABC” introduces you in a playful way to the terms that are relevant to us for this project and outlines connections in our thinking that we would like to share with you. The ABC is a tool for understanding our curatorial approach.