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Poetics of Power
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Duration
15.11.2024 - 25.05.2025
Opening
14.11.2024 6pm
Press event
13.11.2024 11am - 12pm
Place of the press event
Kunsthaus Graz, Space01
Curators
Andreja Hribernik & Nini Palavandishvili
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The exhibition Poetics of Power is aimed at revealing manifestations of power that are hidden in symbols, gestures and existing, unquestioned relationships or systems. It explains the complicated and ambivalent nature of power, which is ever present and continuously reproducible in the creation of inter-human, cultural, national and economic dynamics. Moreover, the show investigates the poetic nature of power by acknowledging its pervasive influence and its ambivalence. The exhibition shows works that revolve around the seductive nature – and destructive face – of power. Artistic approaches enable symbols and ideas to be explored that sometimes disguise or conceal power relations. At the same time, they reveal anomalies and cracks in which cultural imbalances and inequalities become visible.
Many of the works shown engage with authoritarian stories, distorted narratives or knowledge that has been completely eradicated, with the destruction of cultures and construction of identities. The exhibition casts light on power asymmetries that often lead to exploitative relationships, defining them as colonial and post-colonial relations that have led to conflicts and migration flows. Such subjects as war, flight, crime, humanity, gender, children, mobility and borders are explored and addressed thematically, in a range of cross-disciplinary works.
The exhibited works cover various media, including photography, video, sculpture and installation. They offer the public the chance to float freely, to reflect on a complex journey through time and history. What’s more, they stimulate us to engage with the decoding and exposure of connections that are hidden, or seemingly beyond scrutiny.
Images
Erkan Özgen, Wonderland, Videoprojektion Courtesy of the artist
Erkan Özgen
26 prints, childrens book, Courtesy of the artist
Daniela Ortiz
26 prints, childrens book, Courtesy of the artist
Daniela Ortiz
Daniela Ortiz, ABC of Racist Europe, 26 prints, childrens book, Courtesy of the artist
Daniela Ortiz
Cristian Inostroza, To Set Free / Liberar, Coins on pedestal and video of the action
Cristian Inostroza
