Dear colleagues,

For all of you who are not currently digging their feet into sandy beaches, we’re excited to invite you to the Opening of our second show at Exhibit Studio this year. :) Come with friends and loved ones on Thursday, 5.9. to Schillerplatz 1st floor!

INTO ALTERITY_ void | gap | hole

6.9 - 13.10.2024

Opening:

5.9.2024, 18-22h

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For our second exhibition we are proposing a reflection about the spaces we interact in, based on a perspective beyond the physical: if we abandoned the conception of space as a mere container, and rather perceived it as a conglomerate of multi-dependent relations, we might be able to look at it as a dimension of comprehension.

Thus, instead of cartographing the relations surrounding and crossing us within this exhibition (its conception and its aftermath) from the vertically above, we propose a series of suggestive codes to navigate through them as equal, (mis-)comprehending, relation-making participants:

constellation, 

= here

or a system of orbiting events that is observed from the inside to gather experiences and make associations

gravity, 

= tension between here and there

or the bodily feeling of alterity

significance, 

= where a space becomes a place 

or how gravity introduces meaning to experiences

identity, 

= orbit

or where I go in reaction to the bodily feeling of alterity

gaze, 

= the gravitational warping of light around orbiting events 

or the projection of me onto/through/around you

emptiness,

= invisibility of gravitation, significance, identity and gaze

or where we comprehend

[VOID, GAP, HOLE.

A heavenly absence. Harmony in silence. A lack of sense.

An interval, a break (dance) in continuity, the missing part.

An enticing, yet unbearable, human feeling of hollowness.

Here, however, lies our chance towards 

comprehension, alteration, progression.]

With contributions by

Andreas Sahl Andersen @andreassahlandersen

Kristina Cyan @kristinacyan

Elham Hadian @elhpo

Sepideh Hassani @_sepideh_hassani_

Sandra Lazànyi @sandra.lazanyi

Jérôme David Meinlschmidt @jrmdvm

Lisa Pirker @lisapirker._

Valerie Prinz @prinzconsuela

Sagar Sarkar @ssaagrakrar

Janne Schipper @jannecharlotte

Ilay Schwingshandl @leshenanigans

Haruka Tomotaka @haruka_tomotaka

Charlotta Öberg @youdresslikeabitch

Curated by 

Juan Rodrigo Torres Plata @ro.de.ri.cus

Jennifer Posny @jenniferposny

Design by

Neo Zhang @neooozh

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Looking forward to seeing you there and witnessing, together, extraordinary works by equally extraordinary artists.

(Drinks on us) ;)

Jennifer Posny

Juan Rodrigo Torres Plata