Julia Lübbecke

Working with community-based archives is integral to Julia Lübbecke's artistic research. The struggles assembled in these archives for the right to abortion, childcare, or fair wages remain just as pertinent today.  In her solo exhibition "Kleber und Falten," she zooms in on the physical qualities of these sites of knowledge. In contrast to institutional archives, the precariousness of the content is mirrored in the materiality of the archived items: exposure to sunlight, sweat deposits, or the mix of paper and rubber all contribute to a unique patina. Depleted materials meet the depleted bodies they depict. This intertwining of materials and political battles, along with the artist's own physical presence in the archive, forms the central theme of the exhibition, which she then translates into an expansive installation.

Julia Lübbecke's transdisciplinary practice delves into the interplay between body, institution, and emotional states. She is interested in the potential of desire or discomfort, which form the focal points of her subjective archive. With this term, she describes her own ongoing practice of collecting, aimed at developing ephemeral forms of knowledge that can destabilize existing systems of order.

November 10 & 11: In cooperation with the project After Accumulation of the Excellence Cluster Temporal Communities at the Freie Universität Berlin, there will be a workshop on Touching the Archive in the context of the exhibition. The workshop will occur on 10/11/23 at the Schwules Museum and 11/11/23 at Neun Kelche.

Finissage: December 15, 2023, 5 – 9 pm/6 pm: Lecture performance and artist talk with Julia Lübbecke