The exhibition presents works of various genres, including drawings, sculptures, light installations and ceramics. Some of the works take up the moon as a concrete and universal motif. Fion Pellacini, for example, is showing a moon sculpture made of soap alongside his walk-in installation on Brazilian modernism. Mira Mann's light installation »imposter (mercuryaristocrats)« embodies the hybrid role of a paper lantern, its significance in Korean shamanism, in the architecture of Aldo van Eyck and in the Ikea furniture store. The ceramic sculpture entitled »Moon« by Nschotschi Haslinger, on the other hand, appears to us as an extraterrestrial mythical creature. 

Other works deal with the possibilities of a new beginning. Based on the poetically and mythically charged motif of the moon, the Earth's satellite stands for transformation, fertility and new beginnings, but can also be read as a place of mental escape and, at a visually tangible distance, as an anchor point in the universe. Passion Asasu, for example, picks up on the metaphor of new beginnings in her work »#hotchicks« by creating AI-generated images that transform and critically scrutinise viewing regimes of the female body.

In »zero is the moon«, the works of the nine artists use biographical references to reveal social contradictions and disruptions from which an overarching critique develops: they reflect on the durability and endurance of formative social ideas, break with norms or traditions and create new structures, stories or aesthetics – partly with and around the myth of the moon. 

»zero is the moon«
24 April to 11 June 2024

Vernissage:
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 6 pm
Sound performance by Claudius Seiter: 7.30 pm 

Exhibiting artists:
Stella Dragovic, Maria Fabricius-Wendt, Saskia Fischer, Nschotschi Haslinger, Mira Mann, Passion Asasu, Fion Pellacini, Anna Raczynska, Vivien Sorrentino

Exhibition location:
nova space – University Gallery of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Berkaer Street 11
99423 Weimar

Opening hours:
Tuesdays to Fridays, 1 to 5 pm (and by appointment)

Lange Nacht der Museen (Long Night of the Museums):
Saturday, 11 May 2024, 3 pm to 10 pm
6 pm Curator guided tour (30 min) with Sophia Scherer
7 pm Performance by Stella Dragovic

Curator: Sophia Scherer
Curatorial assistance: Annika Schallenberg, Rio Usui
nova space team: Helena Boldt, Benedict Thiele

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If you have any questions or would like to visit outside of opening hours, please contact Sophia Scherer, nova space curator, by telephone on +49 (0) 36 43 / 58 32 80 or by email at sophia.scherer[at]uni-weimar.de.