Exhibition in Galerie mp43 – projektraum für das periphere
Stollbergerstr. 73, 12627 Berlin

November 6-27, 2022

Opening: Sunday November 6, 2022, 15-18 h

Artist Talk: Thursday November 17, 16-17 h

Since 2013, the artist initiative Group Global 3000 has been showing exhibitions that deal with pressing issues of ecological sustainability. Under the title “5vor12” (5 for 12), the group is now a guest at the mp43 project space. Using various artistic media, it seeks an expression for the urgency of responding to the fundamental upheavals that have been noticeably damaging life on our planet for a long time, but soon threaten to escalate fully. Five positions reflect the trepidation, but also the opportunities of what feels like five minutes left to act.

In a survey, Tom Albrecht calls on the visitors to insert their behaviour in the face of the crisis into a scheme that is intended to model the desire and reality of action. To this end, the object “Transformation” draws attention to the necessity of the energy turnaround and at the same time serves as a homage to the technical inventiveness of mankind.

Mariel Gottwick’s installation “… and if they burn, I can’t help it.” shows insects in a light object and in photographs. In a juxtaposition of a distanced and a close-up perspective, our complex fellow creatures are rehabilitated from their status as vanishing points of displeasure projections. They deserve respect not only because they help save life on earth, but because they are a fascinating part of it.

The duty of care for all living things also preoccupies Stephan Groß. His experimental film “BIS NICHTS MEHR ÜBRIG IST” shows a systematic collapse in words and sounds until literally nothing is left. Five words and Five Sounds subjected to an alarming successive clear-cutting as a paraphrase of overexploitation, exploitation, extinction and disappearance.

The large-format work “The Full Catastrophe” by Alexa Helbig, executed in mixed media, shows an expressive abstract scene around a dead animal. The titular expression, originally a film quote, entered common parlance and today also serves as a vehicle for the idea of unsparing contemplation and acceptance of even the worst crises as a coping strategy.

Maria Korporal’s interactive, multimedia installation “Emergency Call Center”, which consists of several videos in different formats, deals with extreme climatological events. A central element of the work is a telephone that can be listened to and answered, prompting people to respond to the Earth’s emergency call.

What the works have in common is the question: Can it be that we can only win the race against time if we pause and give more space to reflection?

(Text by Stephan Groß)

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Opening hours: each Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday 15-18 h
Artists’ Talk: November 17, 2022, 16-17 h.
Maria Korporal is present on November 6, 17, 20 and 27.

In this exhibition Maria Korporal shows her video Emergency Call and her interactive, multimedia installation Emergency Call Center.