STOA169 - The book at a special price until 15. 12. 2023.
October 31, 2023 - The column designed by Jimmie Durham will be realized this autumn
June 20, 2023 - The six part documentary series 'Columns - Säulen unserer Zeit (Columns - Pillars of our time)' will be released!
June 24, 2023 - The new polliphonic Music Festival at STOA169: Sundowner concert on Saturday, June 24, at 20.30
Alfredo Jaar. Rotunda Project 2023. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, March 29 - August 27, 2023
March 24, 2023 - Happy Easter! The STOA169 book at a special price
March 22/23, 2023 - Brigitte Kowanz beyond words. Symposium | University for applied Arts, Vienna; and posthumous award of the Ehrenring of the University of applied Arts, Vienna, to Brigitte Kowanz.
October 2022 – New release: STOA169 – The Artists Columned Hall. Hirmer Verlag, Munich, 2022, ed. by STOA169 Foundation.
9 August 2022 – After a long delay due to the pandemic, Fiona Hall was finally able to travel from Australia to Polling to complete her column!
August 4, 2022 - Students from the School of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design VA[A], Tbilisi, are visiting Polling to work on their column for STOA169.
3. August 2022 – Ab 5. August 2022 präsentiert der Künstler Thorsten Fuhrmann eine temporäre Installation in der STOA169.
8 March 2022 – After a long delay due to the pandemic, the column by artist Chao Ming Teng has been installed today.
2. Juni 2022 – Bernd Zimmer ist zur Zeit in Tiflis, Georgien unterwegs. Studierende der Schule für Bildende Kunst, Architektur und Design VA[A]D haben ihre Entwürfe vorgestellt.
12 May 2022 – This is especially evident this year with the intense blooming of houndstooth.
18 February 2022 – On February 11, Nikolaus Lang, 81, died after a long illness.
9 February 2022 – FINALLY! the coloring book 2 has been published. Order in our store!
18 January 2022 – In this way we send our condolences to her family. STOA169 hopefully contributes to the memory of Brigitte Kowanz's work. → Video
19 January 2022 – A video by Roland Hagenberg
21 December 2021 – The STOA169 team wishes happy holidays and a good start into the new year. We look forward to your visit in 2022!
3 December 2021 – We send our condolences. At the same time, we are grateful that Lawrence Weiner is part of STOA169 with his work "Eile mit Weile – Graceful Haste".
28 November 2021 – Bernd Zimmer is providing 10 copies of the multi-colored lithograph "Tiki.Passage" (56 x 76 cm) at a special price of 750.00€. → Order: stiftung@stoa169.com
18 November 2021 – Jimmie Durham died yesterday at the age of 81. Most recently, he worked on his column for STOA169.
4 November 2021 – "Is a column a picture – Is a column a freestanding surface – Can a column mislead – A coloured column – A multicoloured column – A white column – Do columns speak – ... – We shall see."
3 November 2021 – "Short – long, on – off. Between them the data.”
29 October 2021 – "As we can see, the work is located in a room surrounded by nature and bordered by trees – just like the place in which I live."
27 October 2021 – "The texts, graphics, images, and films that I make are like the voices in your head that comment upon your actions within the world."
24 October 2021 – "Look at the lightness in this heavy steel column and try to copy its movement using your spine!"
20 October 2021 – The audience at the STOA169 columned hall and we ourselves enjoyed the visit by Ovadia Alkara yesterday.
14 October 2021 – "'The DNA Cutter for STOA 169' is derived from an earlier work constructed in 1984 which has since been destroyed."
9 Oktober 2021 – "I observe events in which the wills of state power and citizens clash."
30 September 2021 – "The three different giraffe heads represent a different pillar in the three pillars of sustainability: these social, environmental, and economic columns are what Ocean Sole stands for."
28 September 2021 – "I have done a few sculptures using clay bricks, and the invitation to be part of STOA169 presented me with a new opportunity to continue researching this particular area of my sculptural practice."
24 September 2021 – "Tutinis are special to us Tiwi people. These poles are like our gravestones. They are also called Pukumani poles."
23 September 2021 – Leo Leander Namislow's column inspired an art lover to have his vintage military jeep "demilitarized" by the artist ...
21 September 2021 – "By mimicking nature, I was seeking to create a moment of uncertainty and let the changes in the universe flow into it."
12 September 2021 – Today we celebrated the opening of the STOA169 columned hall together with artists and supporters.
4 September 2021 – Nathan Randall Green is progressing with his column.
27 August 2021 – "I see the tree as the central image of our time and the natural form of a column. These particular tree roots were scanned in the Peruvian Amazon."
24 August 2021 – "The Readymade, in this instance the frying pan, is not decontextualized and presented as a lofty work of art, but instead as a column rising out of a simple frying pan."
18 August 2021 – "Beloved Martina represents Hermaphroditus, who merged bodies with the water nymph Salmacis."
17 August 2021 – "Architecture and art have conspired to reinvent a practical shape into a creative concept. And its latest incarnation, as we find ourselves in the year 2020, it finds expression in the STOA169 project."
12 August 2021 – "I understand the idea of solidarity as everyone participating in a common cause to best of their ability. There’s a Russian expression: 'To give a hand'."
8 August 2021 – "The starting points for my woodcut-column work are current social developments as well as contextual and location-based retrospections."
6 August 2021 – "The column symbolizes the complex swirl of life. The vines represent this swirl of life as well as the double helix of DNA and the balance of body and spirit."
4 August 2021 – "I am always interested to know how objects come into our world, who defines and creates them, and who names them."
30 July 2021 – "I chose a tree column and added him a cloth that lays around him or flies like a banner. The banner will wear out. What traces will remain?"
26 July 2021 – The construction work is completed.
20 July 2021 – This means that the hall is open to visitors across the entire area.
14 July 2021 – The column by Ulrich Rückriem is built up.
6 July 2021 – "I thought to create a column which relates to the place and environment in which I grew up."
1 July 2021 – "In my column I combine painting and sculpture. Although I was trained as a stonemason, for many years I have primarily worked with painting." – Leo-Leander Namislow
25 June 2021 – The roof of STOA169 is complete.
21 June 2021 – Mary Evans approaches places, stories and information that are part of the social, political and historical framework of diaspora, migration and global mobility.
19 June 2021 – "With this work I am thinking about geological change and terrestrial metamorphosis triggered by human activity."
16 June 2021 – The 2nd construction phase has started and it is always impressive to see the big columns flying through the air during installation. → Video
14 June 2021 – "I decided on a quiet column. Something very classical, stringent, monochromatic."
11 June 2021 – Today we were able to set up his column "Thou shalt not kill" in the columned hall and we are deeply grateful that Dani Karavan is part of the STOA169.
27 May 2021 – The class Rosenkranz of AdBK Munich has overhauled the sound body – the full sound is back.
19 May 2021 – At the beginning of this week, stainless steel columns for photo and painting work have been installed.
14 May 2021 – We look forward to his work coming to the columned hall soon.
14 May 2021 – 100% recycled material from PET bottles. The company Carson from Denmark produces these climate-neutral shirts, available also in our shop.
13 May 2021 – The construction fence is up and new columns will be installed as early as next week.
24 April 2021 – In the process, he has enlarged the headlines of the year 2020, folded them in sheet metal and virtually frozen them for posterity.
25 April 2021 – All proceeds from the sales will benefit the maintenance of the artists hall.
12 April 2021 – "For me, the beauty of absurdity is the sustainability of the confusion ..."
3 April 2021 - Leiko Ikemura gives insight into the production of her column from the 1st construction phase. → Video
31 March 2021 – The brief for the competition was "Double helix. The human DNA".
27 March 2021 – The container ship "Ever Given" is blocking its way into the Mediterranean – we hope that the column will still arrive in time ...
8 March 2021 – Please register with us before visiting and sign the list on site. → Further information
March 6 2021 – Due to the pandemic, the transport of James Gregory Orsto's column from Melville Island, Australia, took several months to Polling...
24 February 2021 – It is literally at the foot of the Alps. The last uplift of the Northern Limestone Alps begins directly south of the columned hall...
2 March 2021 – It is particularly pleasing when also Bavarian traditions feel at home in the columned hall.
13 February 2021 – As of now we offer the first of three coloring books with 41 illustrations for our youngest art lovers.
13 February 2021 – Elementary basic structures, information molecules: short–long, on–off and the information in between. → Video
6 February 2021 – An insight into the completion of the column by Takesada Matsutani → Video
28 January 2021 – The STOA169 sinks into snow...
16 January 2021 – The column designed by Pamela Rosenkranz's class at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich → 360° Video
9 January 2021 – For us, they are our New Year's speech. → Video
4 January 2021 – In a figurative sense, Ayse Erkmen's column is unsurpassable in terms of topicality.
2 January 2021 – “I think an earthen column can speak for itself.”
23 December 2020 – We wish all partners, friends and artists happy holidays and a healthy new year.
15. Dezember 2020 – "...It is as old as our planet – And it keeps everything on it. My Column supports since it is a column. And it is also supported, by gravity..."
12 December 2020 – "'Mother and Earth' combines Western and Far Eastern thinking."
9 December 2020 – "There’s something in between. A plinth raises up the crown. The weight bears down on the column from above."
5 December 2020 – "The origin of every column is the tree", said Wolfgang Flatz when installing his contribution for STOA169.
3 December 2020 – Originally Ovadia Alkara's work was intended to be installed in the first construction phase; due to the pandemic, the transport had been delayed.
1 December 2020 – Bernd Zimmer provides 10 copies of the lithograph "Spiegelung" (56 x 77 cm) at the one-time preferential price of 750.00€ → video (German)
23 November 2020 – The artist Gregor Hildebrandt has discussed the location of his column with Bernd Zimmer.
21. November 2020 – Due to the lockdown, it took a long time until James Gregory Orsto was able to get his "Tutini"-column on the road. → Video
17 November 2020 – Today, exactly one year ago, the foundation stone for STOA169 was laid.
12 November 2020 – During the music lessons with teacher Clemens Hauck, the students of the class 12 ef presented their favourite column.
25 October 2020 – "i would certainly view the 'column conflict' as a political issue, as a kind of structural issue. might the column also serve as an allegory for adversity?"
23 October 2020 – Please inform yourself about the current hygiene and protective measures on the STOA169 website before your visit.
20 October 2020 – The Academy of Fine Arts Munich is the first to design a column for STOA169.
15 October 2020 – "My column for STOA169 is also a way of bringing the Bavarian landscape to the forefront of my thinking.”
13 October 2020 – "Visitors look upon the compact appearance of the oversized floating drops – or perhaps they are bubbles of air. It is a little bit like an underwater image.”
10 October 2020 – On the wooden column "Stylite" by Daniel Man alias Codeac, thirteen graffiti artists signed, some of whom have represented the scene over the last forty years. → Video
9 October 2020 – “Is a column a picture – Is a column a freestanding surface – Can a column mislead – Do columns speak – Does a column make sense – Can I expect order – We shall see.”
7 October 2020 – The Australian artist Margaret Baragurra has died at the age of 91 years.
3 October 2020 – We would like to thank our partner stonemason Frank Lindner for the support. → video
1 October 2020 – Kaljarri is desert country southeast of Bidyadanga, Western Australia. The artwork shows Kaljarri when the country is full of water in the wet season...
23 September 2020 – “For the STOA, I adapted the size of the sculpture to fit the base’s dimensions. Apart from this, it is an independent work that speaks for itself – just like all of my works.”
23 September 2020 – "One’s disgust for cockroaches and similar critters should be left at home.”
17 September 2020 – With its geometric shapes and bright colours, the column by New York artist Peter Halley sets a strong accent in the columned hall.
15 September 2020 – We are looking forward to your visit in Polling!
9 September 2020 – The entrance is free. The STOA169 is open from sunrise to sunset.
9 August 2020 - Katharina Sieverding's column HEADLINES has arrived at STOA169.
2 September 2020 – "I believe art always has to be a little bit silly and naughty, simply because it really has nothing to do with taste and morals, just as it has hardly anything to do with truth..."
1 September 2020 – "With this column, I would like to draw attention to the connection between planet Earth and heaven. .."
29. August 2020 – Welded together from triangles, the column has open spaces on every level in which beetles and animals can nest.
27 August 2020 - The column 'Transmission' aims to provide food for thought on how to deal with data and information.
26 August 2020 – "For me, the column is an epic sculpture in which I attempt to connect the past with the future and to make perpetual reproduction visible."
23 August 2020 – A Tiki is considered to be a guardian of peace and expression of wisdom.
21 August 2020 – "I hope that the form and given colours chosen here have the ability to make the column appear in serious joy."
15 August 2020 – STOA169 will be officially opened on September 15th.
15 August 2020 – The aerial photographs of the construction of the roof give a small foretaste of the columned hall.
14 August 2020 – The column by Sun Xun: ‘The Mongolian Hunter‘ has arrived in STOA169.
13 August 2020 – “‘After Electricity’ is a bit autobiographic. My father was working as an electrician, and his dream was that I would also become one..."
12 August 2020 – Laurie Palmer's column consists of one-hundred-year-old lumber recycled from buildings in Chicago that were torn down during the housing crisis of 2008.
8 August 8 2020 – In the last few days Markus Oehlen's column for STOA169 was completed.
6 August 2020 – 'Nandi' refers to the sacred bull calf, gatekeeper, and vehicle of the Hindu god Shiva and the Greek myth of Zeus and Europa.
1 August 2020 – We are especially grateful for the support of the companies from our community.
30 July 2020 – The installation of Rebecca Horn's STOA169 column is complete.
28 July 2020 – "The STOA169 is unique, a place where everyone can find leisure."
25 July 2020 – 30 years ago Bernd Zimmer developed the idea for STOA169. Now it is becoming a reality. → Video
21 July 2020 – Square holes allow rainwater to drain away and let light into the STOA169.
22 July 2020 – Rainer Erhardt supports STOA169 in the production of the wooden columns.
18 July 2020 – Yesterday Rozbeh Asmani visited the columned hall to work on his column.
18 July 2020 – From the first idea to the finished column: Justine Gaga (Cameroon) gives insight into the concept of her column.
17 July 2020 – With the roof the columns of the STOA169 come to their full expression. → Video
16 July 2020 – Without the expertise of our partners, some of the columns wouldn‘t be ready in this time of restrictions. → Working on Magdalena Jetelová‘s column.
14 July 14 2020 - STOA169 is subject to strict security requirements. Today the fire extinguishing tank was installed.
10 July 2020 – Yesterday the first parts of the roof were placed on the columns.
03 July 2020 – Japanese artist Leiko Ikemura is testing the layout for her column at the STOA169 site.
01 July 2020 – The column consists of more than 700 bovine bones.
27 June 2020 – This is the last step before the roof of the STOA169 will be installed.
24 June 2020 – The Tiki is the most widely travelled column of STOA169.
22 June 2020 – New perspectives through the columns by Peter Halley, Gina Czarnecki, and Enzo Cucchi.
Working on the installation of the column by Lawrence Weiner.
June 17, 2020 – The sound for the STOA169 is created in the Library Hall of the Polling convent. → Video
04 June 2020 – The columns by Paul Fuchs and Mimmo Paladino from Italy have arrived.
03 June 2020 – Achim Freyer and Walter Vopava supervised the installation of their columns on site.
02 June 2020 – Today the column "Iron Skin" was transported and installed.
01 June 01 2020 – In Polling, Achim Freyer prepares his column for tomorrow's installation in the columned hall.
31 May 2020 – This is how STOA169 has changed in the last six months.
30 May 2020 – Based on a design by Margaret Baragurra, her column is painted in Polling.
29 May 2020 – A crane is used to position and thread the columns. → Video
26 May 2020 – The column by robotlab
23 May 2020 – The local column brings together three generations from Polling.
19 May 2020 – In bright sunshine, ten more artist columns have been installed today. → Images
18 May 2020 – An atmospheric picture of the construction of the first columns. → video
14 May 2020 - The columns by Sokari Douglas Camp, Gina Czarnecki, and Ian McKeever for STOA169. → Images
13 May 2020 - Another eight columns have been installed. → Images
12 May 2020 – Construction company E. Hönninger. Partner of STOA169, Sound: Joscha Arnold. → Video
9 Mai 2020 – "My Francophone Brother" (Kwame Akoto-Bamfo)
5 May 2020 – Beat Zoderer's column is finished.
1 May 2020 - A view into the workshop of Breidenbach Metallbau from Peiting. Sound: Joscha Arnold. → Video
29 April 2020 - Bernd Zimmer gives insight into the status and future of STOA169 → Video
23 April 2020 – Benjamin and Daniel Loth – arts and crafts from Egling for STOA169 → video
15 April 2020 – The installation of Karl Horst Hödicke's column marks a milestone for STOA169. Video →
21 April 2020 – Working on the columns. Climate change and bushfires are the focus of Fiona Hall's column. Video →
18 April 2020 – A short view on the column by Wolfgang Stiller for STOA169. Video →
12 April 2020 – The installation of the static columns is progressing rapidly. Video →
08 April 2020 - The installation of the static columns is in full swing. This important construction phase will be completed in the coming weeks.
01 April 2020 – Gina Czarnecki on her column for STOA169 → Video
7 April 2020 – About 20 companies from the region are working for STOA169.
5 April 2020 – Kuei-Chih Lee: update from Taiwan → Video
29 March 2020 - Three Australian artists are currently working on their columns for STOA169. The Corona crisis is a major challenge...
24 March 2020 – Despite the corona crisis, the work on the columns continues.
18 March 2020 - Nobert Radermacher about STOA169 as an artist initiative → Video
13 March 2020 – The jury has made its choice. The "Polling column" for the STOA169 is named "Eisenhaut" (Iron Skin).
7 March 2020 – Justine Gaga, "sound column" for the STOA169 shortly before completion
5 March 2020 – Silvia Langen: "Die Kunst liegt in der Natur" (Art is in Nature) - a reading recommendation.
3 March 2020 – Fiona Hall, Australia. Design "Fibonacci Column"
29 February 2020 – Sigrún Ólafsdóttir, Iceland. The design of her column for STOA169.
23 February 2020 – Beat Zoderer, Switzerland. Detail of his STOA169 column.
22 February 2020 – Kuei-Chih Lee (Taiwan)
20 February 2020 – Timur Si-Qin, "New Peace"
18 February 2020 - James Orsto is working on his Tutini-column
16 February 2020 – Georges Adeágbo's vision for STOA169 → video (German)
13 February 2020 – Technical drawing of Diango Hernández's design for STOA169. Incl. video
12 February 2020 – Jürgen Klauke (Cologne) stands for the "aestheticization of the existential".
11 February 2020 – The STOA169 column by Martin Frommelt (Liechtenstein) is done
10 February 2020 – Model of the STOA169 column by Achim Freyer (Berlin).
9 February 2020 – Roland Fischer (Germany) Structures of his column for STOA169
8 February 2020 – "The quiet column" by Benjamin Bergmann → video (German)
7 February 2020 – A constructivist hotel for insects → video (German)
6 February 2020 – "It's all about nature" → video
5 February 2020 – "Art never gives answers, it constantly asks questions" → video (German)
3 February 2020 – Walter Vopava about his column → video (German)
2 February 2020 – This is how STOA169 looks like in January 2020 → video
1 February 2020 – „STOA169 is a secret, beautiful and fascinating place...“ → video (German)
30 January 2020 - Enzo Cucchi (Italy) "Europa"
23 January 2020 – Polynesia meets STOA169. A TIKI column by Maheatete Huhina.
14 January 2020 – Polling citizens design a column.
5 January 2020 – Sokari Douglas Camp from Nigeria is working on a column that reflects the use of fossil fuels.
1 January 2020 – Mimmo Paladino (Italy). The Paladino column for STOA169 is becoming a source of constant questions.
13 December 2019 – Sean Scully is known for his abstract painting, which he says is by no means abstract.
10 December 2019 - Andreas Angelidakis against the monetization of housing.
6 December 2019 – "Transmission": Brigitte Kowanz's concept is to add a second pillar to the existing one.
3 December 2019 – The floor panel for the columned hall is ready.
30 November 2019 - Bernd Zimmer provides Edition "Floating Light, 2019" for the benefit of the STOA169.
26 November 2019 - Fiona Hall and Margaret Baragurra will enrich the STOA169 with columns "made in Down Under".
17 November 2019 – STOA169 cornerstone ceremony
11 November 2019 – Public report on the construction works
10 November 2019 – Rozbeh Asmani's column
28 October 2019 – The team of Georg Kölbl from Wessobrunn
20 October 2019 – Georges Adéagbo in Polling
15 October 2019 – The first step of the construction work has been taken!
3 October 2019 – The artist Andrei Loginov develops a column to enter and touch.
1 October 2019 – The designs of Ayşe Erkmen and Gregor Hildebrandt have arrived in the STOA169.
30 September 2019 – On Friday artist Shaarbek Amankul from Kyrgyzstan and Bernd Zimmer talked about art, shamanism and nomadism.
25 September 2019 – Post from the Swiss art historian Beat Wyss to Bernd Zimmer and the STOA169.
12 September 2019 – The Austrian action artist Wolfgang Flatz presents his column design.
19 September 2019 – Bernd Zimmer visits Frank Lindner in the tuff quarry in Polling to discuss the laying of the foundation stone for the STOA169.
18 September 2019 – Daniel Man designs an antique wooden column with graffiti artists of different generations.
13 September 2019 – The photographer Roland Fischer discusses with Bernd Zimmer the concept of a photo column.
28 August 2019 – We congratulate Walter Grasskamp on the "Prize for Outstanding Art Criticism" and Shirin Neshat on the Goethe Medal 2019.
26 August 2019 – The first part of the column by Gerd Rohling was delivered and the African artist Sokari Douglas Camp has confirmed her participation.
19 July 2019 – In Munich the exhibition "The Big Sleep" can be seen, where also two STOA169 artists are represented.
26 June 2019 – The column made for the STOA169 by the Indian artist Subodh Gupta is on its way to Polling!
May 23, 2019 – A detailed accompanying landscape conservation plan prepared by an independent planning office is now available.