paths through my garden – Art by Mark Sieczkarek
Thu 09.10. – Sun 26.10.25
Pina Bausch Centre under construction, Bundesallee 260, Wuppertal
Opening hours are Friday through Sunday, 3 - 9 pm, and during the events
Exhibition tickets: 8 € / 6 €
For four decades, Mark Sieczkarek has been fascinatingly diverse in his activity. In doing so, he transforms materials – from leaves and blossoms to seemingly useless, discarded things – into poetic artworks, creating entirely new worlds. We invite you to discover an artist who unites restraint, virtuoso devotion, imagination, love for people, much humor, and the quirkiness in his person and in his art. His first major showcase paths through my garden – Art by Mark Sieczkarek is a journey through artistic worlds, from intimate sketches and powerful images to innovative costume and stage designs to moving films. Experience how Mark Sieczkarek has explored and redefined the boundaries between dance, visual arts, and performance since the 80s, manifesting his vision in various media. The showcase paths through my garden opens the doors to his multilayered universe for the first time and makes the poetic power of his creation experienceable in all its facets.
Mark Sieczkarek's art goes far beyond choreography. Born in Scotland and based in Wuppertal since the 1980s, he is at once a dancer, painter, poet, photographer, and visionary. His pioneering use of recycled materials makes him a trailblazer of today’s upcycling culture.
His celebrated works — including the dance productions The Tower (2015) and The Tired Queen’s Garden (2019), as well as his latest film Streetwear (2025) — offer particularly striking insights into his artistic vision.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a diverse programme of events:
Thursday, 09.10., 6 pm
Vernissage paths through my garden – Art by Mark Sieczkarek
Free admission
Friday, 10.10., 4 pm
Film screening: Die Klage der Kaiserin. A film by Pina Bausch (1989)
Saturday, 11.10., 6 pm
Film screening: Malou and Dominique. A film by Mark Sieczkarek (2020)
Sunday, 12.10., 6 pm
Film screening: AHNEN ahnen. A film by Pina Bausch (1987/2014)
Saturday, 18.10., 7:30 pm
Sunday, 19.10., 5 pm
Open Studio THIS IS A PREMIERE – unplugged by and with Cristiana Morganti and Emanuele Soavi
Saturday, 25.10., 11 am – 3 pm
Workshop GARDEN PARTY
Saturday, 25.10., 7 pm
Plastic – a performance with Kenji Takagi, Stsiapan Hurski, Anna Lisa Palmieri, Wigabriel Soto Eschebach
Sunday, 26.10., 6 pm
Film screening: Streetwear. A film by Mark Sieczkarek (2022)
Conceived with Mark Sieczkarek, the exhibition and entire program now invite us to continue growing his garden together with all his companions, with all our hearts, in love – that which perhaps distinguished him most.
© Ana Flor
The project is produced by TANZRAUSCHEN and is part of the preparatory phase of the Pina Bausch Centre. Cooperation partners are the Dachverband Tanz, the Pina Bausch Foundation, and the German Dance Archive Cologne.
The showcase can be realized thanks to funding from the Kunststiftung NRW, the Fonds Darstellende Künste, the Cultural Office of the City of Wuppertal, the Dr. Werner Jackstädt Foundation Wuppertal, the Sparkassenfonds for Art and Culture in Wuppertal, and the Stiftung Kalkwerke Oetelshofen.
The Pina Bausch Centre is a project of the City of Wuppertal, funded by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media, in cooperation with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch and the Pina Bausch Foundation.
TANZRAUSCHEN is a recognized non-profit organization in Wuppertal and is supported by the Cultural Office of the City of Wuppertal.