There is Hope
Martin Assig, Alice Dittmar, Stella Geppert, Kerstin Grimm, Halina Hildebrand, John Isaacs, Dirk Lange, Jakob Mattner, Felix Rehfeld, Dennis Scholl, Gabriela Volanti, Sandra Vasquez de la Horra, Sofiia Yesakova
curated by Dr. Erika Schlessinger–Költzsch
Vernissage
Sat 12 April 6 – 9 pm
Opening hours
16 Apr – 10 May 2025
Wed – Sat 2 – 6 pm
and by personal appointment
Finissage
Sat 10 May 5 – 8 pm
Artist Talk 6 pm
Location
frontviews at HAUNT
Kluckstraße 23 A Yard
D – 10785 Berlin
Social Media
IG @frontviews_
@haunt_berlin
Public Transport
Bus Linie M48 or M85 from Potsdamer Platz/ Busstop
Lützowstr./Potsdamer Str. and a 4 minute walk // U-Bahn
Kurfürstenstraße Linie U1 and U3 and a 6 minute walk // M29 Busstop Gedenkstätte Dt. Widerstand and a 2 minute walk.
This project is profoundly supported by Senate Departement for Culture and Social Cohesion. It´s also made possible with the initiative of the whole collective.
Programme
Vernissage
Sat 12 April 6 – 9 pm
with a performance by Stella Geppert & friends at 7 pm
Gallery Weekend
Fri 2 May – Sun 4 May daily 2 – 7 pm
with:
At a time of social upheaval, ideas of security in Western democracies are beginning to falter. More than 80 years after the Second World War, the fear of global catastrophes is increasing at all levels. War, emigration, poverty, and ecological exploitation are present. Differences in religion, ideology,y and social status become their triggers. There is a polarization in society and politics that is causing democracy itself to shake.
In a world like this, WE need hope in order to direct our lives in a meaningful way.
But how? There is hope in being creative. A work of art may and can also be understood by the viewer as a tool to reflect on their own position. Although artists too have everyday existential questions, desires, and problems, art takes place in an area that does not seem everyday to most people. The theme of hope in particular is fundamentally human and existential and represents a bridge between life and art.
One of the most important concerns of the artistic board is the cross-generational selection of artists. The aim is to promote not only artistic exchange and dialog but also socio-cultural exchange. The 13 artists from different countries also bring together insights from heterogeneous backgrounds, enabling a broad discourse on hope.
In view of global political and social developments, war, refugees, terror, and pandemics, as well as differences of opinion in this context, such a forum for discourse can no longer be taken for granted. “There is Hope” is intended to contradict the idea that art takes place in an ivory tower. Anyone who brings a child into the world cannot do this without hope. Creativity falls under the same good star.
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Martin Assig
Alice Dittmar
Stella Geppert
Kerstin Grimm
Halina Hildebrand
John Isaacs
Dirk Lange
Jakob Mattner
Felix Rehfeld
Dennis Scholl
Gabriela Volanti
Sandra Vasquez de la Horra
Sofiia Yesakova