Undermining the Immediacy

Eline Benjaminsen & Elias Kimaiyo, Taína Cruz, Elom 20ce & Musquiqui Chihying & Gregor Kasper, Hamishi Farah, Olia Fedorova, Alexandre Khondji, Atiéna R. Kilfa, Jason Loebs, Shaun Motsi, Christelle Oyiri, Coumba Samba

When the present seems to have abandoned the future, we need to observe the here and now more closely. These artists’ works are clear and detached, analytically precise and calm to present the state of affairs right now in all its complexity. In doing so, they undermine and refuse to comply with an omnipresent immediacy that manifests itself in the form of accelerated availability, speed, consumability, and instant legibility. Defying powerlessness and paralysis, the works address contemporary wars and their economic and political implications, dealing with climate change and socioeconomic power structures in various societies. Yet they invariably retain an awareness not only of our planetary present being permanently and repeatedly reconfigured from assorted constructions of the Real but also of the extent to which we are part of it all. 

Curated by Susanne Pfeffer and Julia Eichler.

The exhibition is supported by: Feith-Stiftung