Participating artists:Mel Baggs, Tanja Kristine Böhme, Anna Breit, Bernd Gehrig, Karin Michalski, Anne-Katrin Störmer / Curated by Lisa Dreykluft
opening hours:KV: Wed., Fri., Sun.: 2-6pm // Durchblick: Mon.-Fri.: 2-10pm, Sat: 1-6pm
Venue:KV - Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig
Kolonnadenstrasse 6
04109 Leipzig
Where can we hear, feel, and see language? And which modes of expression are considered legitimate to be recognized as a political subject in society?
In a culture shaped by words, linguistic codes create access to or produce exclusion from institutional spaces, political discourses and cultural offerings. Through six artistic positions, the exhibition MESSAGES FOUND IN AN ANTHILL explores the complexity and diversity of human and non-human language and its significance for the embodiment and recognition of various lived realities.
Language is discovered where it has previously been overlooked or outright denied.
The participating artists address topics such as sign language; they examine the potential of words as a political tool; they engage with the languages of marine species and formulate a manifesto that radically challenges normative and discriminatory notions of what language and thought are.
In addition to the exhibition, there will be two lectures - on March 9 at KV and on March 29 at Durchblick.
The exhibition will take place at KV - Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig as part of the program KV Support. Additional works will be shown in a smaller satellite exhibition at Durchblick e.V.
Entry is free
Opening + Lectures will be accompanied by German Sign Languange interpreters
