Utopia Today x REX Box
28.12.2023–31.01.2024, daily, 13:30 to 24:00
9.01.2024, 18:30 to 19:30 in room REX2: introduction by Sebastian Mühl.
Kassenhaus des Kino REX Bern, Schwanengasse 9, 3011 Bern.
Artists: ETAGE, Stefan Hurtig, WANG Chen, Yuyan Wang, Ella Yolande.
Curated by Dr. Sebastian Mühl, Berlin/Riga.
“Utopia Today – Posthuman Archaeologies”
"There is no innocence in this kind of kinship story." (Donna Haraway)
The Anthropocene has seen a shift in utopian thinking that no longer sees humans as autonomous subjects, but as relationally integrated into networks of animate and inanimate natures. The programme "Utopia Today - Posthuman Archaeologies" presents artistic positions that visually reflect the diverse networks of relationships, kinship and accountability between human, animal and plant natures. Just as Donna Haraway advocates "making kin" between species, the artistic works present the delimitations, mixtures, hybridisations and bastardisations that result from the interaction between humans, animals and plants, as well as cultural mythical creatures. Posthuman archaeology is a fantastic jungle.