District 17 at Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
Fluid Conveyance, 2017
Aluminum pipes, oxidized copper hardware, copper-coated plaster, salt
Dimensions variable
Falling Stars series, 2018
Catherine hugged Jessica; Clas hugged Jessica; Fabian hugged Jessica; Gabriela hugged Jessica; Isabell hugged Jessica; Leo hugged Jessica; Mascha hugged Jessica; Sarah hugged Jessica
digital print on matte paper, wrapping paper, aluminum foil, chicken wire
Feline 2, 2016
Digital embroidery on textile, aluminum
Dimensions variable
Slump Priest, 2017
Steel, paper on PVC, latex glove, clay, foam, jesmonite on aluminum
Uh Oh She’s a Tourist, 2017
Welded steel, cast silicone, silk ribbon
Sfx Mopnochrome (Black), 2017
Oil on wood
Four panels, each panel: 60 x 40 x 2 cm
Minakata Mandala, 2017
Physarum polycephalum, agar and oats, CNC engraving on plexiglass
40 x 40 x 15 cm
Kommunisate, 2015
Cryotube containing hair, nail, spit of Repro Techno Tribe 4.4.5 (Kassel, 2015) and 4.4.6 (Berlin, 2015)
Wachterin (I), 2010 – 2018
Wachterin (II), 2010 – 2018
Recombination of dissected buggies
Transformaler (Transformella malor ikeae) 4.4.6.6
Cave/Cage/Office Hours, 2018
White hygenic paper (zewa)
District 17
Curated by Gabriela Acha, Sarah Johanna Theurer, and Catherine Wang
January 1 – February 23, 2018
Jesse Darling, Mia Goyette, Lito Kattou, Shaun Motsi, Johannes Paul Raether, Jenna Sutela, Bruno Zhu
Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin
In Neo-Tokyo’s District 17, raging cyberpunk bikers dissolve their hopeless subjectivities in the increasing speed and violence of their motorbikes. In the animation Akira, the city’s crumbling infrastructure is inhabited by orphaned lives. Ceaseless protests take over the streets, while governmental dodges are performed in the shadow. This is the site of encounter of the protagonist’s gang and Takashi – a childlike figure with turquoise skin. Generated by government-operated chemical experiments, Takashi’s psychic power spreads like a virus, mutates its host and grows out of control, unleashing questions about social formations and their agency.
Reminiscent of this seminal encounter, in District 17, objects of different nature intersect in the exhibition space. Amorphous bodies, assembled from fragments of civilisational objects sit alongside skin-tight forms, empty shells remaining from a happening. Pipes creep along the walls – one cannot know whether they carry fuel or secretions. What one knows for sure is that some form of life lies in these structures. Next door, an abandoned arena made of cellulose awaits other encounters still to come.
As the post-urban architectures of District 17 are navigated with motorbikes, the organizational and spiritual mazes in the exhibition are traversed by many-headed, pluralistic organisms. District 17 is the scenario of encounters for collective bodies yet to be shaped.
Program
Opening
January 1, 2018, 7PM
Lithia, 2018 by Lito Kattou
performers Nelly Hakkaraien and Leah Katz
February 10, 2018, 11AM – 6PM
performance by Johannes Paul Raether
Registration will be available after the opening on the website and via email.
February 23, 2018, 6PM – 9PM
ORGS, From Slime Mold to Silicon Valley and Beyond (2017, Garret Publications), reading by Jenna Sutela
NTGNE, 2015 by Jesse Darling