CARE

2024 Installation

Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden

Various materials

Size variable

The participatory installation ‘CARE’ by Max Brück transforms parts of the Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden into a packaging line. From here, carefully assembled parcels containing everyday items are passed on to people in difficult circumstances via social organisations.
What belongs in such a parcel? Hygiene articles, warm clothing, bicycle tools, a mobile phone battery - the specific needs were determined in advance in cooperation with social institutions. This approach ensures that the parcels are not only well-intentioned, but also specifically tailored to the individual needs of the recipients.
A central idea of the installation is to consider recipients not only as recipients of help, but to actively involve them in the process.
The packages are designed in such a way that they can be passed on - for example to friends, relatives or other people who need support. Recipients also become active senders and decide for themselves what to do with the items.
‘CARE’ is a co-operative, regional project that questions the role of cultural institutions as places where social challenges become visible and negotiable. The installation calls for a critical examination of the relationships between art, its recipients and social realities.