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exhibition opening "PostOst Re:Vision"

with works by Agil Abdullayev, Viki Berg, Melanie Harder, Ksti Hu, Lisa Jarzyński, Darja Linder, Saša Tatić, Faina Yunusova

Fri, May 23.05.2025, 18.30, from 29:XNUMX p.m. at the Kunstraum haseXNUMX – admission free!

19 pm: Welcome + Introduction

19.15:XNUMX p.m.: Performative reading “I'm glad you're here” by Saša Tatić (English)

In the performative reading "I'm glad you're here," Saša Tatić explores the emotional and physical dimensions of a life shaped by migration. Drawing on personal experiences of displacement, the central poem unfolds a haunting reflection on belonging, loss, and longing. Between return and departure, the performance explores themes such as identity, home, and the fragmented connections between those who stay and those who leave. "I'm glad you're here" invites the audience to a sensitive exploration of collective and individual experiences of the diaspora—and poetically questions the idea of ​​a fixed place in the world.

20 p.m.: Performance “Unskinned” by Ksti Hu x Trevor Doherty

I have to remove my skin,
that was given to me,
to get to the fur.
No one is there to question.
I am not here to touch or fill.
I am now —
and I cannot remember what was long forgotten.
I will not give up.
Because the pain holds me together.

The exhibition "PostOst Re:Vision" focuses on an artistic exploration of experiences in the context of PostOst in Germany. The term "PostOst" describes the realities of life of people with family migration histories from Eastern European and Southeastern European countries, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, in terms of intertwined identities and histories, as well as cultural self-locations.

The group exhibition brings together artists who, drawing on their hybrid identities, diverse experiences, and cultural backgrounds, open up a space for dialogue – about origins and homeland, memories and new beginnings, about dissonances, hierarchies, belonging, and the feeling of being in between. Through paintings, films, installations, sculptures, and performances, the hase29 art space paints a multifaceted picture of PostOst Germany, encompassing both individual stories and collective experiences. Re:Vision stands for conscious retrospection and reevaluation, an artistic act of seeing, questioning, and thinking further – without claiming to interpretive authority or completeness.

Curated by Julia Boxler, Jasmina Janoschka, Jaqui Maschke and Ani Menua

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