with works by IC-98, Alma Heikkilä, Antti Majava, Andreas Greiner, Goshka Macuga, Julius von Bismarck & Julian Charrière

Screening in collaboration with Videoart at Midnight: IC-98 at the Babylon Kino Mitte, 24h (free entrance)

The smaller the life form, the less thought is given about it. Moss - just like fungi, lichens or bacteria - exists in our world of imagination under the radar. They are all small but central parts of the ecosystem of boreal and sub-polar landscapes. Their image - as both sociology and anthropology teach - is a cultural blueprint that is effectively inscribed in mentalities. In the context of the exhibition concept, Moss not only refers to itself, but also stands for the future and the past, and for sensualism and idealism. Moss stands for 'imagined north', which once was brought to the region from outside and is now deeply anchored in the self-image of the inhabitants of entire nations. The exhibition connects works by artists who explicitly deal with the images and realities of the global north with the background of real developments and the legacy of failed romantic idealism. They all share the conviction that art, in addition to the visual, is primarily responsible for a society's critical awareness.

The exhibition was created in collaboration with te Finnish Institut, Berlin. /* itinerant interludes curated by Laurie Schwartz.

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