Alternativa 2016, Gdansk

Alternativa 2016

Group exhibition at Gdansk shi­py­ard | Hall B90.
24.06. – 15.09.2016

Curated by Lívia Páldi

The Alter­na­tiva 2016 DAMAGE AND LOSS exhi­bi­tion is an attempt to cap­ture the con­stant expe­rience of loss. It links per­so­nal human expe­rien­ces with eco­no­mic, poli­ti­cal and envi­ron­men­tal con­di­tio­nings. The loss of: per­so­nal inte­grity, dignity, health, rela­tion­ships, safety, reso­ur­ces, acces­ses and last but not least – life – are the values we fear losing most. Losing any of them is a trau­ma­tic expe­rience for indi­vi­du­als, com­mu­ni­ties and socie­ties. That angst is not only expe­rien­ced by us but also poli­ti­cally explo­ited. The exhi­bi­tion DAMAGE AND LOSS reve­als frag­ments and draws a par­tial pic­ture of this con­di­tion and anxiety – a pic­ture which is some­ti­mes taken from a distance. The exhi­bi­tion also opens up fic­tio­nal sce­na­rios and the poetics of loss.

ARTI­STS: Anna Baum­gart, Ursula Bie­mann, Karo­lina Bre­guła, Karo­lina Brzu­zan, Ella de Burca, Gabriella Csoszo & Lívia Paldi, Daniel Dres­sel, Dariusz Fod­czuk, Zuzanna Janin, Ingela Johans­son, Sven Johne, Hiwa K, Anton Kats, Anna Kró­li­kie­wicz, Hono­rata Mar­tin, Hanna Nowicka, Ekta Mit­tal, Roz­h­gar Mustafa, Anneè Olo­fs­son, Agnieszka Pol­ska & Witold Orski, Salam Atta Sabri, Im Heung-​​soon,  Kata­rina Šević and Teh­nica Schweiz (Ger­gely László & Péter Rákosi), Domi­nika Skut­nik, Mariusz Tar­ka­wian, Milica Tomić, Mariusz Waras,