Manufacturer for site-specific art and culture projects, focusing on research, concept, strategy, and production. Thereby arise unique experiences and environments for Cities and People to share artistic approach.
We conceptualize and organize site specific artworks & exhibitions, private & public events, festivals & urban interventions. The applied working methods enable both an experimental setup as well as proven methods to interweave art and culture in everyday city lives. Working with both private & public institutions, faktory is breaking new ground by adopting different perspectives and methodologies to shape urban space. faktory was founded by Aileen Treusch.
Approach
We operate through a network of partners who deal with the temporary or permanent design of environments and experiences.
Our projects are inspired by architecture, design, sociology, poetry, economics, gems and music. They investigate different contexts and connections between art and culture, urban sphere and city societies. Topics such as art & culture concepts for cities straddling architecture and urban development, living environments as well as the correlation of digital and analog space have been the center of interest.
Press & Prizes
Together with our Clients and Collaborateurs we enrich everyday citylife. Our work has been awarded and published on numerous occasions.
Current press releases
Below are our most recent press releases available to download. High-resolution images and videos are available on request. If you are interested in publishing images of past projects, please contact:
at@faktory.at
I CLEANED OUT MY WARDROBE / EN
I CLEANED OUT MY WARDROBE / D
Aileen Treusch
„Art in the city creates friction that has an extraordinary potential for creativity, culminating in a plurality of processes and activities. Art makes cities.“
Aileen Treusch is primarily concerned with creating cultural spaces for urban societies. She studied art history, social sciences and economics focusing on Italian renaissance, architecture, urban planning and institutional critique in Heidelberg and Frankfurt. In 2015 she completed a masterclass at the Herbert Foundation in Ghent that explored the art historical and critical comprehension gained from a sustained focus on a single artwork. After working at different institutions such as the Städel Museum and Liebieghaus in Frankfurt am Main she founded faktory – a platform for exhibitions, studies and interdisciplinary projects at the interface of art, science and urban development.
Aileen Treusch is commissioned to advise organizations, municipalities, investors and planning offices or initiates own projects. She is a member of the board of the art association Mañana Bold and a member of the Cultural Commission of the City of Offenbach.
projects & commissions
- „I cleaned out my wardrobe“
urban intervention & digital platform, cooperation with
Toni Meyer
- „Blaugründer Ring“ Düsseldorf
art & culture concept, urban planning, cooperation with raumwerk, City of Düsseldorf
- Kaiserlei Offenbach
art & architecture, study, CG Gruppe
- Body Check – Pola Sieverding & Jochem Hendricks
exhibition, cooperation with Knust + Kunz gallery
- „Creating Urban Treasure Islands“
art & architecture, strategy, study Gewobag
- SEEHOF – Kunst im urbanen Raum
research platform, think tank
- „Das neue Buddenbrookhaus“
art & architecture, exhibition concept, cooperation with raumwerk, Hansestadt Lübeck und Kulturstiftung Hansestadt Lübeck
- Senckenberg Areal Frankfurt
art & architecture, cultural signage, cooperation with Hauser Lacour, Groß & Partner
- Bridges
urban intervention, concept
EKHN Stiftung
- TOWER 185
exhibition concept, Mayer Brown
- New Citizens
urban intervention, exhibition, art & events, cooperation with Vitus Saloshanka and Juliane von Herz Advisory
- Historische Villa Metzler
strategy & utilisation Kunstgewerbeverein Frankfurt
- „Poesie des Wohnens“
urban intervention, festival, artist in residence
- „Experimentelle Zonen der Nutzungsmischung“
public symposium, Zukunftspavillon Architektursommer Frankfurt/Offenbach
- SPIEL :: FLOW by saint art
urban intervention & exhibition, cooperation with Julie Mia Struve
- Smartphone Party 2.0
performance, cooperation with SiOUSiOU (Yu’an Huang)
- ADLHOCHBANK
urban intervention (coming soon)
Text & Talks
Why is the ecosystem of a city’s artworld so fascinating to observe? Aileen Treusch writes and speaks about the power and significance of creative cities for people shaped through art, culture and togetherness.
List of Text & talks
- „Today I cleaned out my wardrobe“
writing, on the occacion of Toni Meyers CLOTHIES, Making Crises Visible
- „Eine Stadt braucht Ikonen“
writing, on the occacion of Blaugrüner Ring Düsseldorf
- „Overrated – Was ist Kunst wert?“
panel discussion, participants: Hans Joachim Sander, Anita Beckers, Sandra Mann, Lena Winter HLM Darmstadt
- „Cogito ergo sum“
writing, on the occacion of Willi Buchers ‚Meercontainer‘
- „Poesie des Wohnens“
lecture, PECHA KUCHA 39 @Zukunftspavillon
- „Canettis Cage / Kunst heute: Ideenmotor oder Spekulationsobjekt?“
panel discussion, participants: Patricia Germandi , Giselher Hartung, Alexander Müller, Ludwig Rinn, Simone Scholten, Sandra Mann, Aileen Treusch, KH Giessen
- „The Audience is present“
writing on the occacion of the exhibition ‚Acceleration‘ at Herbert Foudation
- „Zum Wert der Kunst“
lecture on the occasion of „The Law of Quality“ by Patrick Frank, Kunstverein Familie Montez
- „Finding Fabiola“
participatory lecture, 24h exhibition on the occasion of PLAY, Salon 99
- „Kunst als Teil von Stadtentwicklungsprozessen“
Lecture on the occasion of Interlace the Interspace. Kunst in der Stadt, IKM
- EINE STADT ZEIGT SICH. OFFEN
Open Studio, Interview, Urban Media Project
- Imagination Quadrat – Willi Bucher
panel discussion, Alp Galleries, participants: Martin Gessmann, Dieter Ronte, Aileen Treusch
- „100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht“
panel discussion, Wacker Fabrick