SPECULATIVE SPECULUM
Based on the presumption that it is impossible to overcome the current system of capitalism, the exhibition completely dismisses the logical reality and stages a fictional revolution, driving the political remains into a legible narrative. Scientific analysis, pseudo-politics, esoterics, conspiracy theories, and Live Action Roleplay are shamelessly intertwined and thrown together as actors on a stage. The setting takes place in this liminal moment shortly after the fall of an old system – rooted in the disorientation and newfound potency of infinite possibilities immediately following. The surrounding scenery is purposefully misinterpreted, recontextualized and shaped to fit our story, with the speculum serving as a magical apparatus to examine an ever-changing body investigating its own obscure orifices.
Curated by Livia Klein & Kai Philip Trausenegger
Photos (c) Jorit Aust
(Right) Book of Maria (If Eye were Anding) - adO/Aptive
(Left) Cookie Cutter // Kai Philip Trausenegger (Mid) Du hast nur ein vorgespieltes Leben, kein Wirkliches; // Tim Enthoven
(Left) Sheltering from the Sun and Wind VI // Andreas Werner (Right) Book of Hunter, Book of Dido (If Eye were Anding) // adO/Aptive
(Mid-left) Book of Hunter, Book of Dido (If Eye were Anding) // adO/Aptive (Mid-right) Idle Knights // Isabelle Andriessen
Book of Hunter, Book of Dido (If Eye were Anding) // adO/Aptive
(Left) The Mad Abstract Dark Ground It // Andreas Werner (Right) Foreign Fine Girls, How Long Can You Go? // Chin Tsao
(Mid) Foreign Fine Girls, How Long Can You Go? // Chin Tsao
Idle Knights // Isabelle Andriessen
Idle Knights // Isabelle Andriessen
Idle Knights // Isabelle Andriessen