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Utopia show1/6/2024 We will publish updated info prior to the event. Please note that attendance will be subject to all local COVID-19 related requirements at that time. For artist information please contact Nick Koenigsknecht For press and media inquiries, please contact or +49 (0) 70. The artists participating in the exhibition explore these properties and interpret them in their own alternate ecologies and queer futures.įor further information and sales inquiries, please contact Javier Peres Benoît Wolfrom or call at +49 (0) 70. These works which span painting, video and sculpture consider the influence that mysticism holds over truth. Mysticism is shared by many traditions and religions, which demonstrates its endurance. These visions of the world emphasize affective atmospheres, referencing the nowhere that is inherent to utopia. ![]() The imagery in Blissett, Gerdes, Li and Wang’s works probe the boundaries of their surroundings as a means for understanding and creating environments. World building as a function of mysticism is also a motif that runs through the works included in Utopia. James Theatre December 28 with a modified program. The sensorial and emotional properties of these works examine capacities for self-creation and reinvention. Rather than canceling additional shows, Byrne and the American Utopia band will return to Broadways St. These artists approach mysticism as speculative systems, with a set of ideals and spiritual connections rather than narrative approaches. Works by von Zeipel, Huanca, Jiménez and Grafia encourage embodied responses, inducing mystic inner experiences. This emphasis on the affective experience of the text (as enjoyable), is taken up by the exhibition, which focuses on mysticism as an altered state of insight and transformation. While the title of the exhibition makes reference to Thomas More’s 16th century book, De optimo reipublicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, the works also consider the Greek origins of the word Utopia – “ou” meaning “not” and “topos” meaning place or nowhere.Īn earlier title of More’s satire was “A little, true book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia”. This exhibition explores imagery of mysticism as a vehicle for understanding the complexity and ambiguity of contemporary life and our unstable realities. Peres Projects is pleased to present Utopia, a group exhibition with works by Sholto Blissett, Harm Gerdes, Nicholas Grafia, Donna Huanca, Bayrol Jiménez, Shuang Li, Cajsa von Zeipel and Ziping Wang.
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