HOLY SHIT is an artistic exploration of the relationship between faith and the body, between devotion and exclusion, between the sacred and the everyday. The starting point is a place that stands like no other for the repressed, the intimate, the devalued: a disused toilet block. A room that once served as a place of need now becomes a temporary sacred space.
Earth’s Shadow, Moon’s Crust is an exhibition that explores the layered relationship between Earth and Moon. Taking the terrestrial viewpoint as a starting ground, it examines how our understanding of the cosmos is deeply entangled with natural, bodily, and cultural realms. Featuring works by Alice Dittmar and Stella Geppert alongside a program of live performances, the exhibition invites visitors to see the Moon not only as a distant celestial body, but as a mirror of our inner and earthly landscapes.
In the era of the New Space, Cosmopolitics argues that the cosmos is a common good belonging equally to all terrestrial entities. Treated as an infinite resource by private and governmental agents eager to exploit it, its actual finiteness calls for a collective stewardship, a democracy beyond national and anthropological boundaries.
In our society, the consumption of visual information is often characterised by algorithms that promote a one-sided representation. Those who profit from structural inequalities often control the dissemination of these images and reinforce existing stereotypes and interpretations. How can photography challenge biased truths, particularly in relation to identity?
Ulli Gabler and Dieter Ströbel transform the historic restroom facility at the Wildenbruchbrücke into a visually imaginative realm of possibilities. Employing mirrors and light tubes, they utilize a minimal selection of materials reminiscent of those found in similar locales.