Calendar

Period (opening hours):
Tue.-Fri. 11:00-17:00, Sat. & Sun. 12:00-16:00

Venue:
Ciné / Cinémathèque Leipzig
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 109
04275 Leipzig


Since the invention of photographic technology, the landscape has been regarded not only as an aesthetic motif, but also as a sensitive archive in which traces of interventions, conflicts and transformations can be inscribed and read. Through the systematic investigation of environmental changes in their images, events could be made visible - a spatial observation that attempts to close the gaps between the images through narratives. The exhibition series "Shifting Grounds" continues this tradition of observing gradual processes and sudden changes through landscapes, but shifts the focus to the medium of film. Which interstices are created here? Which ones close?
Based on these questions, Shifting Grounds relates different artistic perspectives on natural, industrial or socio-political spaces to one another, creating multi-layered, yet always incomplete assemblages that are permeated by tensions: Power relations, the environment and society intertwine in fragile formations that are constantly renegotiated. Landscapes appear as fragile structures - places where the present is condensed and in which speculative futures emerge.