A PROMISE OF TOMORROW _____09.02.2024 - 23.03.2024
Frontviews at HAUNT gallery, Berlin, DE
The new day begins in the middle of the night. When we wake up in the morning, there is this brief moment in which memory still seems absent and only the feeling of expectation is present. It is fleeting and, in case of doubt, will never be fulfilled - yet this one-sided promise of a truth that has not yet arrived forms an essential cornerstone of human resilience.
Important philosophers have tried to establish applicable rules for promises. Immanuel Kant argued that promises should always be kept, while some consequentialists argue that promises should always be broken when doing so would bring benefits. In contrast to Kant, some Rossians hold that morality cannot be fixed in terms of right and wrong. In certain circumstances, it may be more advantageous to break a promise than to keep it.
This exhibition moves along these moral principles, while the works on display express, promise or break promises for a better present than the current one in various ways.
The examination of Viktor Petrov's installations suggests foggy, associative fragments of memory. Aline Schwörer's sculptures deal with the exploitation of the biosphere, the 'body of the earth' and its living creatures. Through the interplay of man and machine, technology and emotions, Raphaël Fischer-Dieskau's work evokes a visceral reaction in the viewer as a multi-sensory experience. Sofiia Yesakova's drawings depict rupture and the pain associated with loss. Polina Shcherbyna's artistic practice is on the one hand filled with horror and powerlessness in the face of the dark side of humanity, but at the same time it also manifests a confidence in the future. Kim Bode's artistic endeavors and radical practice deal with the complicated web of precarious living conditions and the multi-layered perspectives of social struggles in threatened and endangered environments. PY Koller explores possible future scenarios that future generations will face. Göksu Baysal examines various facets of human existence.The interplay arises through an interdisciplinary engagement with the material he collects during travels and research. In his expansive installations, these materials are brought together in ephemeral and narrative constellations.
with artists Göksu Baysal, Kim Bode, Raphaël Fischer-Dieskau, PY Koller, Viktor Petrov, Aline Schwörer, Polina Shcherbyna, Sofiia Yesakova
curated by Nicola E. Petek
Installation view. People in paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment.
PVC curtains, screws, mourning ribbon, 2024
Cargo 200. Experimental projections on surfaces. 1.5., Acrylic, gesso and wood board, 40 × 10 × 6 cm, 2024
Blind Spot. 1.1-1.10., 40 × 40 × 4 cm ( × 8 ), Acrylic, gesso and wood board. Installation view of the exhibition "A Promise of tomorrow" at Frontviews at HAUNT gallery, Berlin, DE, 2024
Cargo 200. Experimental projections on surfaces. 5.5., 135 × 82 × 8 cm (×3),. Acrylic, gesso and wood board. Close-up.
Installation view. People in paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment.
PVC curtains, screws, mourning ribbon.
Installation view. People in paradise will enjoy the spectacle of hell's torment.
PVC curtains, screws, mourning ribbon. Close-up.
