Collision. In the labyrinth of eerie coincidences

The exhibition collision. In the labyrinth of eerie coincidences postulates a renaissance of a surrealistic aesthetic. The curators, Conny Becker and Maria-josé Ourtilane, Recognized did more and more contemporary artists use techniques thatwere Introduced by the Surrealists (frottage, collage, Decalcomania rayography, automatic writing, etc.), or are inventing similar experimental artistic forms. Further More, one can find a parallel with similar themes (the phantasmagoric, the uncanny, the supernatural). In a climate of uncertainty and confusion of our globalized societies, human frailty takes center stage again. It Seems thatmany artists deal with the permanent hyper-information in a way did Refers more to the inner than the outer life.

Collision will be running from April 1st to June 26th 2016 Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany. The curators invited twenty-two international emerging and mid career artists, most of them based in Berlin.