Earth of healing

Exhibition funding
Funded artists: Claudia Mann, Carmen Scheich, Julian Westermann, Unen Enkh
Participating artists from Ulaanbaatar: OCHIRBOLD Ayurzana, MUNKHTSEETSEG Batmunkh, OTGONBAYAR Dashdorj, JAVKHLAN Ariunbold, GAN-ERDENE Tsend, "Letter to Tenger – Artist Collective"

The prospects for healing our homeland, the Earth, can hardly be adequately discussed. Climate change, as the greatest global challenge, along with its associated consequences such as migration, water supply, and more, represents the most pressing economic, political, and social issues worldwide. Renewable energies and more careful exploitation of our planet, as well as new technologies, offer only insufficient countermeasures. Nomadism, its culture and way of life—whose traditions survive primarily in Mongolia—allow for remarkable retrospection and open up new paths toward a potentially livable future.
Nomadism is closely linked to themes such as shamanism, spirituality, animism, and above all, a deeply respectful and responsible relationship with all elements of the Earth. The widespread loss of shamanistic practices and natural healing methods since the Enlightenment, along with the relentless dictates of modernity and its progress, have profoundly changed both the Earth and humanity. The displacement of certain spiritual or artisanal-economic practices is both a curse and a blessing of postmodernity. Perhaps this is why they are now attracting renewed interest—because they may offer old-new solutions for a livable future.

In 2024, German artists were given the opportunity to participate in a residency in Mongolia to deeply engage with the land, landscape, life, and culture of the nomads.
Following the exhibition at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in summer 2024, the artistic approaches of the exhibition in Mongolia’s capital will focus on the cultural narratives of both countries. The goal is to find new paths of dialogue that explore cultural and identity-forming differences—and ultimately, shared commonalities—within a threatened habitat.
Exhibition funding

The exhibition is being realized in curatorial collaboration with OYUNTUYA Oyunjargal, Cultural Envoy of Mongolia in Germany, the Arts & Media Project Management & Consulting NGO (AMPMC) in Ulaanbaatar, and Gregor Jansen, former director of Kunsthalle Düsseldorf.

The exhibition will be on view from October 29 – November 30, 2025 at HUE Art Gallery (Instagram, Facebook)  and from December 4, 2025 – January 18, 2026 at the Chinggis Khaan National Museum, Ulaanbaatar.