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BBB_(Alla Popp & Alex Traka)
Korhan Erel
Gosia Lehmann
Lukas Liese
Kristina Paustian
ZUGANG Kollektiv (Bruno Siegrist, Ada Kopaz, Can Kurucu, Tama Ru\u00df)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Opening<\/strong>
09\/09\/2021, 4\u20139 pm

Exhibition<\/strong>
09\/09\/ \u2013 21\/11\/2021

Exhibition Curation
Maja Smoszna

Events Curation
Lara Huesmann, Annika Maus and Lusin Reinsch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Events<\/strong>
 
10\/09\u201312\/09\/2021<\/strong>
Music performance “The Double” by Holly Childs & Gediminas \u017dygus (Hydrangea) as part of the Easterndaze Festival<\/a>
 
01\/10\/2021<\/strong>
Concert Performance “Songs of Cyborgeoisie” by BBB_(Alla Popp & Alex Traka)<\/a>
 
15\/10\/2021<\/strong>
Performance “The fat dreams of an Eastern bear” by Viviana Druga<\/a>
 
19\/11\/2021, 6pm<\/strong>
Performance “Portal to the Other Realms” with Gosia Lehmann<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


20\/11\/2021, 6pm<\/strong>
Finissage with Zugang Kollektiv<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The term ‘deep state’ in its original meaning refers to a belief in a conspiracy, a secret shadow cabinet that secretly rules the world. Meanwhile, the term \u2018deep states\u2019 holds a second meaning, referring to certain moods or emotional states. In the exhibited works, the invited artists explore critical and dystopian scenarios, as well as feelings of powerlessness, mistrust or “fear of the other” – feelings which have become increasingly apparent during the current pandemic.  Can these emotional states and stances be understood as variants of a ‘hermeneutics of suspicion’? This philosophical concept, which can be traced back to Paul Ric\u0153ur, can be used to describe a particular attitude that many have adopted during the pandemic, in which the available information is permanently met with scepticism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Suspicion is a high-arousal emotion that can certainly cause particular content to go viral. Just like the story of the supposedly high-ranking military officer, who allegedly since 2017 has made it his mission to spread the QAnon conspiracy theory on the internet. Conspiracy theories tend to surface and proliferate in times of crisis. In the case of a catastrophe, a tragedy or a pandemic, certain groups or individuals are blamed on an emotional basis for incomprehensible events – even though the origin of many crises lies beyond what can be logically explained. Cultural theorist Lauren Berlant points to the AIDS epidemic which occurred not so long ago. The spread of the HIV virus is still accompanied by conspiracy narratives and attempts at explanations that lead nowhere. Berlant notes that the term \u2018epidemic\u2019 is never “a neutral description” and that thinking about a widespread infectious disease in one or more communities always raises questions of classification, causality, responsibility and decay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The exhibition explores the emotive backgrounds of conspiracy narratives in a place – the K\u00f6llnischer Park \u2013 that itself was once (in 1825) administered by the Masonic lodge called \u201cZu den drei Weltkugeln\u201d (\u201cTo the three globes\u201d). By designing the park to include an orangery, a temple, a pyramid and a labyrinth, the lodge members created a mysterious atmosphere that can still be felt at B\u00e4renzwinger today. In the context of the exhibition, the unusual interior of the former bear pit has been transformed into a multi-layered labyrinth in which critical approaches towards knowledge are interwoven with affective images. The labyrinth stands metaphorically for unmanageable circumstances that are difficult to categorise, as well as for the search for solutions and answers to questions about its beginning and end, and in extension our unknown and unconscious future.
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