Statement on the delayed end of a student action on the occasion of documenta fifteen (3/2023)
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On the occasion of documenta fifteen, students of the then acting General Student Committee of the University of Kassel (AStA) had a Korean "peace statue" erected in front of the student house. The permission of the University of Kassel, which had already been extended by several months and was temporary from the beginning, has now finally expired.
The loan from the Korea Association e.V., which had also financed the installation, was professionally dismantled today (March 9, 2023) and carefully protected in storage until the association collects it as owner.
Works of art are implemented permanently at the University of Kassel when they are continuously accompanied by teaching and scientific projects, they have a content-related connection to the location and the senate and presidium decide on them together. This was the case, for example, with the student-initiated "Weg der Erinnerung," but not with the statue.
Delayed end of a student action on the occasion of documenta fifteen
On the occasion of documenta fifteen, students erected a Korean "peace statue" in front of the student house on university ground. The students were members of the 2022 acting General Students' Committee of the University of Kassel (AStA). The permission of the University of Kassel was concluded for a limited period of time and already extended by several months. Now it finally expired. The loan of the Korea Association e.V, which had also financed the installation, was professionally removed today (March 9, 2023) and carefully protected in storage until the association takes it back as owner.
Works of art are implemented permanently at the University of Kassel when they are continuously accompanied by teaching and scientific projects, they have a content-related connection to the location, and the senate and presidium decide on them together. This was the case, for example, with the student-initiated "Path of Remembrance". That was not the case here.