Margaret Raspé In A Silent Way with Katja Mater and Bernhard Schreiner SCHIRN Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Opening: Wednesday, 24 June 2026, 6pm

Artworks enter into dialogue with their surroundings and with the forces of nature — with sun, rain, and wind, with animals, and with the rhythms of day and night. The group exhibition In A Silent Way. Sculptures around the SCHIRN explores the transience and fragility of environmental phenomena, transforming them into aesthetic experiences. Presented as a multi-episode exhibition across the outdoor grounds of SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt, the project unfolds gradually over time.

With restraint and sensitivity, the artists intervene in existing structures and extend them through their works, creating new ways of experiencing the environment. The site-specific installations become artistic resonating bodies that question their place in the world while addressing their dependence on natural processes.

The first episode of In A Silent Way presents three installations, each engaging with nature in a different way. The newly created and existing works by Katja Mater, Margaret Raspé, and Bernhard Schreiner make processes audible and visible that often go unnoticed in everyday life. They amplify the sound of rain, capture the movement of the sun, or transform the electrical vibrations generated by plant growth into sound.

Beginning in June, the artists will activate various locations throughout the outdoor area — with rain drums suspended from trees, a sundial that marks time across the entire site, and a sound installation that gives voice to the inner life of plants.