Mercedes Azpilicueta: CacchHo CucchhA

This adaptable installation by Mercedes Azpilicueta (b. 1981 in La Plata, Argentina) invites children and adults to explore, play and invent together.

CaccHho CucchhA unfolds into a space for resonance in which motion, touch and interaction give rise to quiet sounds and rhythms. 'Cacho' is a fragment of time that is immeasurable or leftover. 'Cucha' is a shelter or safe place. In the manner of an illustrated open book, a large-format tapestry weaves together aspects of time and geography with various themes. Playground platforms and spatial structures invite visitors to join in. Costumes that make sounds alter the way they move. Stepping into the role of rattling roots, jumping barnacles, scraping cicadas and rainy slugs, together children and adults compose stories, gestures and sounds.

The exhibition was initiated and curated by de Appel in Amsterdam and realised as a co-production. It was further developed for Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein for children aged 0 to 4 and extended to include two works by Ferdinand Nigg (1865–1949). The existing project kollabor. art+space for small children (aged 0 to 4) is thus expanded to include opportunities for 4- to 12-year-olds and a new artistic approach.

Admission to the exhibition is free of charge.

Regular playshops with sessions involving movement, sound making, free play, invention and storytelling.

The exhibition will then travel to the Temporary Gallery in Cologne and the KinderKunstLabor for Contemporary Art in St. Pölten.

Supported by the Hans Groeber Foundation and other sponsors.