Angst, Keine Angst / Fear, No Fear, Times Art Center, Berlin, Germany, 2021

Co-Curated by: Huang Xiaopeng, Antje Majewski, Photos: Jens Ziehe

Fragments II

What the map cuts up, the story cuts across

2020 - 2024

 

This work explores the histories of four states contending with incomplete recognition, highlighting their complex historical narratives. These regions persist in marginalization and stagnation, encountering obstacles in their quest for independence post-secession or in their ongoing struggle against settler colonialism. Situated within an international landscape where acknowledgment is sporadic and often swayed by political motives, these states remain on the perimeter of global inclusion. Ideologically adrift, they navigate turbulent waters of geopolitical dynamics. Employing a semi-experimental and semi-fictional lens, this work examines the twisted interplay of politics within these unrecognized territories. It probes the nuanced tension between national and ethnic identities, contextualizing them within the broader global arena, where the quest for legitimacy and sovereignty remains a complex spin.

Other Installation views:

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Texts:

From the body to the camera and back

by Vangjush Vellahu

 

 

With kind support from:

+Times Art Center Berlin /2020

+Akademie der Künste Berlin with funding from the Federal

  Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

  as part of the NEUSTART KULTUR programme. /2021

+Stiftung Kunstfonds - NEUSTART KULTUR /2022

 

 

Exhibited at:

Times Art Center, Berlin, DE

Manifesta 14th - Western Balkans Project, Hestia, Belgrade, RS

Zeta Contemporary Art Center, Tirana, AL

Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin

Radical Film Network Meeting Berlin, DE

Hestia Art Residency & Exhibitions Bureau, Belgrade, RS

An Other World Project Space, Rotterdam, NL

Almissa Open Art, Omis, HR

Bazament Art Space, Tirana, AL