Ausstellung bis 9.11.2024 frontviews, Kluckstraße 23 A / yard, 10785 Berlin
mit u.a. Lukas Marxt und Michael Petri
„I can't function“ is frequently heard in peer support groups and psychotherapeutic sessions, reflecting the intense personal struggle of the exhausted self working to heal and redefine itself. This deeply private journey often remains outside the public eye, leading to a loss of potential societal critique regarding mental illness and neurodivergence. What does functioning ina meritocratic society truly entail, and what costs are we expected to bear?
The Exhibition “Disruptions – Divergent Minds” confronts these questions through the lens of personal experience. The showcased artworks serve as entry points for embodied reflections on societal norms, experienced intimately by individuals. These artistic pieces, rooted in biographical and documentary approaches, challenge conventional ideas of health and self-fulfillment from the perspective of the Divergent.
The narrative aspect is central to the works on display. They highlight underrepresented modes of perception and thought, often through fragile and experimental forms. By embracing the empathetic viewpoint of deviance and the breaking of expectations—particularlythose imposed on personal identity—the figures in these pieces are forced into a continuous cycle of self-definition.
The narrative is at the forefront of the exhibited works. They raise awareness for underrepresented modes of perception and thought. The form of these stories is itself fragile and experimental. It takes up the empathetic perspective of deviance and the break with expectations – especially those placed on one’s own identity. The figures carrying these narratives are forced into a never-ending cycle of self-definition.
The Self, as portrayed in the exhibition, extends beyond physical boundaries to interact with surrounding streets, people, and other entities. This extension and branching out are key components of the artistic practices presented. Theexhibition explores the disruption of norms and expectations, adopting the perspective of the “Not-Functioning” and the “Sick.” As Vilém Flusser suggests,strangeness is a prerequisite for radical insight.
Frauke Boggasch, Kirstin Burckhardt, Alba D’Urbano, Despina Flessa, Ralf Lüddemann, Lukas Marxt, Michael Petri, Paula Muhr, Jakub Šimčik, Annika Stoll
Finissage: 9.11.2024, 21.00 Uhr