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Participating artists:
Sarah Albrecht, Oliver Bleckmann, Manuel Cornelius, Sophia Gatzkan, Jill Kiddon, Luka Naujoks, Johannes Thiel

opening hours:
Thu-Sun: 3-7 pm

Venue:
ACUD Gallery
Veteranenstraße 21
10119 Berlin


The exhibition The Neoliberal Urge to Curate a Friendsgroup brings together works by Sarah Albrecht, Oliver Bleckmann, Manuel Cornelius, Sophia Gatzkan, Jill Kiddon, Luka Naujoks and Johannes Thiel and examines the neoliberal tendency to view social relationships as a strategic network - a curated portfolio of friendships that is treated as a purpose-orientated structure. In a culture dominated by self-marketing and social optimisation, friendships are increasingly becoming a resource for personal gain. In the art world in particular, many friendships have an "instrumental trait" - relationships are selected according to aesthetics and value. Whether consciously conspicuous or demonstratively reserved: everyone moves within a system that follows the same rules and rewards the same patterns of behaviour.