sense & sense-abilities

Can there be a correct way to perceive this world when every sentient being experiences it differently? In experience, everything is subjective. How can we exchange subjective impressions among ourselves? How does the act of interpreting and communicating these diverse experiences influence our perceptual capabilities, our priorities, and the way we act based on our senses?

The exhibition explores the means of perception and sensing, presenting intimate, collective, or research-based artistic perspectives — seeking strategies for understanding human relations to shared sentience beyond words and language.

Captured traces of thoughts, a self-sufficient instrument, an artist‘s body being shaped by the audience’s gaze and two installations that invite to experience and manipulate auditory (self-)perception — the five artworks reflect on various facets of navigating a technologized world from a post-digital viewpoint.
The exhibiting artists are students from the Media Art & Design at Bauhaus University, Weimar. Their projects follow a media-reflective approach, focusing on sensing, sensors and sense-making, challenging conventional perceptions and striving to interweave different realities.
sense & sense-abilities encourages a re-evaluation of our sensory world and the value we place on different experiences, inviting the audience to engage with the subjective nature of sensation and the complexities of exchanging these with each other.