Fresh A.I.R. – Neuigkeiten

„Embodied Un-democracies“ or in greek „Ενσώματη Αν-δημοκρατία“, is a term the artist, Eleni Danesi, uses to describe the sensations, memories, and cognitive information that is registered in our bodies when we experience states of violence, oppression, abuse, violation of boundaries, physical or emotional rapism, poverty and the list goes on…, within systems that claim to be democratic otherwise…

Since modernity, art and democracy have been a sign of progress, of emancipation; both are to a great extent objects of engagement. They are not only both something worth fighting for, or even something that nobilises the person fighting. They are also both only conceivable as activity, as commitment.

A green screen that doubles as a dance floor, builds the basis of Denise Ackerl’s work. Starting from the dance floor, both in a physical and metaphorical sense, the performance artist has created a complex structure…

In Samuel Henne’s work, the object of the American “Thank you” plastic bag becomes the motifs’ focal point. Henne adapts the shopping bag and transforms it into a carrier of information and images…

In a site-specific project, Johnny Pavlatos explores the queer Schöneberg of the Weimar Republic. Around Nollendorfplatz and in Motzstraße, a long gay, lesbian and queer history can be discovered through the cafés, bars, nightclubs as well as the venues of artistic performances…