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The hgb gallery is one of the main exhibition venues on the festival circuit of this year's f/stop festival:

“Escape into the public sphere” describes the conscious movement outwards as a possible strategy for artistic and political work. Often used in connection with the disclosure of incriminating information for which whistleblowers seek the largest possible platform, the term describes how the public sphere is used as a safeguard. Visibility is used here as a control mechanism in which public opinion is used to support critical action. In the GDR, on the other hand, “escaping into the public sphere” meant demonstrating imperturbability and cohesion to the outside world, in contrast to the subliminal and corrosive approaches of the state apparatus.

Curated by Magdalena Stöger und Leon Hösl

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