Jana Kerima Stolzer & Lex Rütten – We grow, grow and grow, we‘re gonna be alright and this is our show

“Scene by scene, a strange musical comes into being, the exhibition develops its own soundtrack. [...] High tech and smart surfaces behind which hides a depth, since the colourful show pleads a serious matter. It‘s about nothing less than the relationship between humankind and nature.” Nordstadtblogger, 07 July 2023

“One thing is already for sure: the bacteria and ferns will probably outlive mankind.” ZDF Aspekte, 23 July 2023

“With your works, you question biosocial hierarchies and attempt to put past and future in dialogue with the present. In my choice of words, this sounds very clunky, but in your artworks it happens very playfully.” Thomas Venker interviewed Stolzer & Rütter for kaput, 07 June 2023

“What the artists managed to do here is to put the Ruhr are into a much bigger context.” Inke Arns in the Podcast Hömma KI, 9 May 2023

“If humanity is destroying their foundation of life, maybe the real stars are plants and microorganisms, that are surviving regardless. [...] [The works are] poetically playful, turning plants, microbes and super organisms into seven fictional characters.” taz, 21 April 2023

“The installations really hit a nerve on current issues; fantasy, science, criticism, narrative joy and wit melt into a very unique form of art. One leaves the exhibition not only smarter than when you entered it, but the mood is lifted as well.” WAZ, 06 April 2023

“[Stolzer and Rütten] hit a nerve: in essence, all works revolve around the topics of the future: ecology and climate change [...]You could spend days in the reading room alone, which is exceptionally well stacked with books such as Bruno Latour‘s “Face à Gaïa” “ Kulturwest Kunst Special, 29 March 2023

“Tower is coloUrful - larger than life and colorfully bright plants take the stage as superheroes in the exhibition We grow at the U.” Stadtanzeiger Dortmund, Cover, 18 March 2023

“The exhibition is supposed to show us as well that life will go on after we are gone. [...] I meet this character in the exhibition, go out on the street, see an orchid in the window and remember the story that the character has just told me. So in this sense it is to focus the attention, not an accusation.” Jana Kerima Stolzer on Deutschlandfunk Corso, 13 March 2023

“Human beings have inscribed themselves into nature for many centuries and the stories we tell in our work talk about this without directly calling out humans. [...] These are so-called eternal burdens that are dominant here in the Ruhr area.” Lex Rütten on Deutschlandfunk Kompressor, 10 March 2023

“The installations combine fiction and science, problem awareness and narration-rich humour into a very special art form.” - TZ Hamm, 13 March 2023

“We grow is an exhibition about the wonders of nature. But it does not show the thousandth roaring lion, but revolves around current questions. If we don't find answers, we are heading for a world without us.” - Ruhrnachrichten, 10 March 2023

“Because the dialogues of the artist duo Jana Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten result in works that cause a sensation. [...] Under the title We grow [...], visitors can expect multimedia installations that will be quite a sensational experience.” bodo-magazine, 01 March 2023

“However, the exhibition is not a science show. Rather, it is speculative narratives that we can listen to there.“ trailer-ruhr.de - Interview with curator Inke Arns, 28 February 2023

"It will be an extraordinary experience: to approach the world from the point of view of non-human organisms. That's what Jana Kerima Stolzer and Lex Rütten are planning for their multimedia show at the Hartware MedienKunstVerein in the Dortmunder U" - kultur.west Magazin, 24 February 2023