COEXISTENCE
MOMENTUM’s Final Exhibition at the Kunstquartier Bethanien
together with Yeoul Son
Curated by Rachel Rits-Volloch
Produced by Emilio Rapanà
OPENING:
14 December 2024
4:00 – 9:00pm
EXHIBITION:
15 – 22 December 2024
4:00 – 7:00pm & by appointment
@ MOMENTUM
Kunstquartier Bethanien, rm 134
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
COEXISTENCE is the exhibition wrapping-up MOMENTUM’s tenure at the Kunstquartier Bethanien. To bid goodbye to our home of 14 years, MOMENTUM is proud to invite eminent Maltese artist Norbert Francis Attard to make a new site-specific installation for our space. We wrap-up our program in this space by inviting Norbert Francis Attard to wrap-up our space. Forming the latest work in his ongoing Coexistence Series, RED vs BLUE refers to the political and philosophical divisions fracturing our contemporary world. Drawing on the quote by the esteemed English philosopher Bertrand Russell – “It’s coexistence or no existence.” – this statement encapsulates the essence of the Coexistence Series, highlighting the critical need for dialogue and understanding in a world marked by division.
In dialogue with Norbert Attard’s monumental new work addressing ideological issues on a global scale, the site-specific installation DATA vs DATA, by Malta-based Korean media artist Yeoul Son, measures the temperature at the local level of the Kunstquartier Bethanien. Extrapolating the literal to the social and political, Yeoul Son takes the temperature of Berlin during its cultural climate crisis. At a time when serious storms are brewing in Berlin’s sociopolitical climate – when recent elections have proven Berlin to be an island floating in a sea of far-right sentiment, and when the visual and performing arts being eviscerated by diverting funds in aid of a war nobody wants, it is high time to take a better measure of the increasingly fraught climate around us. COEXISTENCE is not only the title of this exhibition, it is, and must remain, our fervent hope for the future.
