Erschienen im Katalog zur 12. Berlin Biennale „Still Present!“, 2022

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Published in the catalog of the 12th Berlin Biennale “Still Present!”, 2022

Harun Farocki: Hard Selling. In einer Aktualisierung von Elske Rosenfeld

Künstlerische Forschung im größten Archiv der Oppositions- und Bürgerrechtsbewegung der DDR

Contemporary art, it seems, has officially entered a state of crisis—at the latest since a shitstorm hit the fourteenth documenta, pointing out the budget deficit it created. Although this might be considered ridiculous compared to, let’s say, the dimensions of global art market speculation.

Hidden in the green mountains just outside of the Bosnian city of Konjic, frequented by tourists for hiking and rafting, a massive underground construction spreads over 6,500 square meters. Built in the years between 1953 and 1979 to house 350 military officials, the socialist leader of former Yugoslavia, and his wife in the then quite likely event of an atomic attack, the bunker (the official name was “D-0 ARK Underground”) is an unlikely place for housing what is today probably the most pivotal collection of contemporary art in Southeastern Europe.

Reflecting upon the post-communist process of transitioning to a democracy that considers neoliberal capitalism its ne plus ultra, Boris Buden observes an Eastern European political landscape inhabited entirely by “children incapable of democratically organizing their lives without the guidance of others”.

Einführung in die Ausstellung und Filmreihe „Der dritte Blick. Fotografische Positionen einer Umbruchsgeneration“, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, 2015, und Stadtgalerie Kiel, 2016

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Introduction to the exhibition and film series “Der dritte Blick. Photographic Positions of a Generation of Change”, Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, 2015, and Stadtgalerie Kiel, 2016

Erschienen in: „C/O Berlin Talents 32: Emanuel Mathias & Sabine Weier – Kunst, Freiheit, Lebensfreude“ / Kehrer-Verlag

Erschienen in: „C/O Berlin Talents 32: Emanuel Mathias & Sabine Weier – Kunst, Freiheit, Lebensfreude” / Kehrer-Verlag 2015

Einführung in die Ausstellung „Strajk. Künstlerische Fotografien und Amateuraufnahmen aus dem Archiv des Europäischen Solidarność-Zentrums in in Gdańsk“, Polnisches Institut, Berlin, 2014

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Introduction to the exhibition “Strajk. Artistic photographs and amateur shots from the photo archive of the European Solidarity Centre (ECS) in Gdańsk”, Polnisches Institut, Berlin, 2014