ART CAMP TANGENTE
About Us
Behind everything, there are people
The first Art Camp was initiated through a collaboration between JANUN Hannover e.V. and Kunstraum Tangente.
Achim Riemann from JANUN Hannover and artists Chenxi Zhong and Camillo Ritter from Kunstraum Tangente were long-time friends who shared the idea of creating an international project connecting art, nature, and intercultural exchange. In 2021, they developed the concept for the Art Camp.
Our Story
Since then, the camp has brought together young artists (up to 26 years old) from Ukraine, Belarus, Serbia, and Germany to exchange ideas, collaborate creatively, and explore how art can contribute to a more open, tolerant, and fair society. The camp took place for the third time in August 2024.
In 2025, a Theatre Camp led by Imre van den Bosch was integrated into the project. With this new collaboration, the concept expanded further and now continues as the Art & Performance Camp, planned for 2026.
JANUN Hannover e.V. is a youth organization that was founded in 1994. While nature and environmental protection were at the center of its activities in the early years, the range of topics has since expanded. International cooperation, intercultural learning, migration, globalization, global justice, human rights, child and youth participation are currently significant areas of focus for the association.
Every year, JANUN organizes around 10 international youth exchanges with longstanding partners from various countries.
Kunstraum Tangente is an independent, non-commercial exhibition space for contemporary art and political education in the rural region of Lüchow-Dannenberg. The project aims to bring international artistic perspectives and social dialogue into the countryside.
After the first two editions of the camp, Chenxi Zhong and Camillo Ritter expanded their work by founding the cultural initiative Herbsthausen e.V. in Gartow (Wendland). The project is transforming a historic sawmill into a creative center with studios, workshops, living spaces, and events for artistic and social exchange.
Artistic Mentorship at the Camp
Chenxi Zhong (b.1993, Chengdu, China) is an artist and co-founder of Herbsthausen and the camp. After studying design and Chinese literature, she studied sculpture at Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK). Her work combines sculptural and graphic elements into multi-layered spatial installations.
Camillo Ritter (b.1990, Messenkamp, Germany) is an artist and co-founder of Herbsthausen and the camp. He works as a sculptor, photographer, and media artist between Hamburg and Wendland. His practice includes installations, photography, wall reliefs, and sculptures, often combining digital and analog techniques to create large-scale visual compositions.
Imre van den Bosch (b.1996, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a freelance educator and theatre maker specializing in improvisation and physical theatre, and founder of the company Rechild, which explores the transformative power of play through interactive and site-specific work. He graduated in Theatre and Education from the University of the Arts Utrecht (HKU) and will begin a Master’s in Dance and Movement Therapy at Codarts, Rotterdam.
The camp is also supported by a dedicated international organizational team of artists and collaborators who contribute to its organisation, planing, workshops, performances, and community activities:
Andreja Bogdanović, Katarina Vasiljevic, (Tvrinka) Yelyzaveta Blikharska, Alisa Sizykh, Ulyana Nevzorova, Marnie, Natasha Shidlovskaya, and Yanina Chaiko (Krytskaya).
Gartow, March 2026
Herbsthausen & JANUN Hannover e.V.