Amnesia of Balance

The exhibition is closed from 11 to 18 October.

›The Moment‹ is a semi-nomadic exhibition that started in Frankfurt am Main, then moved to Mexico City, and is currently located in an exhibition space in Berlin Mitte. ›The Moment‹ was spontaneously born as an initiative managed by artist Olga Cerkasova to create a series of alternative exhibition models, from which a constellation of micro events, energies, and the dissemination and organic growth and interweaving of art pieces would emerge. 

The first chapter, an outdoor group show titled ›Echosystem‹, took place in Mexico City as a gesture to reclaim a bond with the street after months of confinement during the pandemic. These ›echoes‹ – artworks almost invisible and minimal – were left in the public space under diverse circumstances that would affect them, a condition that goes hand in hand with their future decay, transformation, or eventual disappearance.

The exhibition during Berlin Art Week will be a continuation of the exhibition that occurred in the streets of Mexico City and the first exhibition in Berlin called ›Therapy Room‹ as a reflection and dialogue between these two cities and the participating artists. Works will be placed in the exhibition space on Ackerstraße and scattered across some locations nearby in the public sphere, accompanied by a small map to guide people as they move from one location to another. The exhibition title ›Amnesia of Balance‹ addresses ways of forgetting and balancing current states and realities. Reflecting on Marcel Proust, in his monumental work ›In Search of Lost Time‹ (also known as ›Remembrance of Things Past‹), he delves deeply into the themes of memory and forgetting. He explores the idea that forgetting is an essential part of memory, allowing for the reemergence of memories in a new light and creating a dynamic and evolving relationship with the past. Overall, Proust portrays memory as a fluid phenomenon, intimately connected to sensory experiences and emotions, capable of revealing and influencing profound truths about our lives and identities. This perspective aligns with contemporary cognitive science and neuroscience, where this exhibition will blend scientific exploration with philosophical reflection. The exhibited artworks will focus on creating new memories, new moments, and neurological pathways within an imagined route, a mycelium, located in one of the last remaining memories, an ungentrified apartment in Berlin Mitte turned exhibition space.

There will be performances taking place during the opening.

Participating artists: Dan Bodan, Olga Cerkasova, Inga Danysz, Merike Estna, Isabella Fürnkäs, Nschotschi Haslinger, Raphael Hefti, Niclas Riepshoff, Maximilian Thiel, Lola von der Gracht, Helga Wretman