Workshop: Storied [Art] Matter – Methodological Approaches across Material Engagement and Aesthetics

The Lechner Museum Ingolstadt is proud to host the upcoming workshop, “Storied [Art] Matter: Methodological Approaches across Material Engagement and Aesthetics,” taking place from 25 to 27 March 2026.

This event emerges from the Art | Material Ecology working group and is organized by Kaja Ninnis and Ursula Ströbele. The workshop explores methodological experiments and alternative approaches to narrating material culture, focusing specifically on three-dimensional objects and the dialogue between material agency and aesthetic interpretation.

Keynote Speaker

We are honored to welcome Serpil Oppermann (Cappadocia University) for the virtual keynote:

“Artistic Encounters with Storied Matter in the Blue Humanities”

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Workshop Schedule

Wednesday, 25 March 2026

• 18:00 – 19:30: Keynote by Serpil Oppermann: Artistic Encounters with Storied Matter in the Blue Humanities.

Thursday, 26 March 2026

• 10:00 – 10:30: Welcome and Introduction (Kaja Ninnis & Ursula Ströbele).
• 10:30 – 11:30: Olga Smith (Newcastle University) – Undermining Extractivism as Method.
• 11:30 – 12:30: Dominik Bais (Lechner Museum) – Between Material Agency and Industry: On the Material Aesthetics of Alf Lechner.
• 12:30 – 14:00: Lunch Break.
• 14:00 – 15:00: Alice Iacobone (University of St Gallen) – Synthetic Becomings: Material Plasticity and the Polyurethanic Plasticene.
• 15:00 – 16:00: Marjolijn Bol (Utrecht University).
• 16:30 – 17:30: Carolin Bohlmann & Ina Jessen (Dieter Roth Museum, Hamburg) (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna) – Constantly Expanding: The “Materiality(/ies)” Working Group with a Close-Up on Conservation.
• 17:30 – 18:30: Alexandra Lipińska (University of Cologne) – Forgotten Origins of Alabaster Sculpture? Looking at Art through a Geological Lens.

Friday, 27 March 2026

• 08:30 – 13:30: Field trip to the Lechner Sculpture Park in Obereichstätt.
  • Reading session with Olga Smith.
  • Tour of the historic iron foundry and former quarry.
  • Note: Separate registration is required for the field trip (limited to 20 participants).

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Registration & Practical Information

• Admission: Free.
• Language: English.
• Deadline: Register by 15 March 2026.
• Email: [email protected].

Location: Lechner Museum Esplanade 9 85049 Ingolstadt, Germany