Artists: Thomas Bratzke, Lysann Buschbeck, Talya Feldman, Kanak Attak, Amac Garbe, Raisan Hameed, Taemen Jung, Susanne Keichel, Irène Mélix, Minh Duc Pham, Joe Richter & Florian Magnus Puls, Maya Schweizer, Anja Schneider, Anna Schapiro, Su-Ran Sichling, Alina Simmelbauer, Antje Bajer & André Tempel, Tribunal Spots, Shira Wachsmann, Claire Waffel, Ina Wudtke, Nazanin Zandi & Queer Deities in Migration & die Blaue Distanz (Adam Erdmann & Franzi Goralski)
Who actually decides who belongs? Being at home, being part of a society and »belonging« is an active everyday act. We belong because we locate ourselves and are part of this society, as people in all our diversity, with all our stories of origin, special talents and individual forms of coexistence and closeness. But what does this mean in times when solidarity, humanity and self-determination over one's own body and life plans are being called into question by parts of society?
BELONGING! BELONGING! is the Kunsthaus's first exhibition following the Dresden City Council's decision to build the robotron canteen – as the new home of the Kunsthaus and as a new venue for a variety of partnerships in art and culture – and is dedicated to the question of what holds us together, what solidarity, love and also the responsibility we bear in culture for a diverse and just coexistence. The exhibition DAZUGEHÖREN! BELONGING! accompanies the »Open Process« project, which has been shown in parallel in the robotron canteen since 2022 at various locations in Saxony and beyond, and uses contemporary art, performances and concerts to relate diverse questions about a living society based on solidarity to the long road to recognition of a post-migrant society.
BELONGING! BELONGING! is also a tribute to the inspiring thinker, African-American activist and literary scholar bell hooks, who opened up a new space for thought and action under the title Belonging. A Culture of Place opened up a new space for thought and action. »Belonging« describes our unique ability to enter into relationships, the active interaction of people in our everyday lives, the sharing of knowledge and the creation and formation of circles of friends and families, as well as the localization and love of the natural environment and the critical reappraisal of histories of violence.
Exhibition concept Kunsthaus Dresden: Christiane Mennicke-Schwarz in collaboration with Su-Ran Sichling, Robert Thiele and Liam Floyd. Events in collaboration with Lars Hiller and farbwerk e. V., Blaue Distanz, HYBRID BIENALLE / HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste and objekt klein a.
Supported by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony and the Dresden-Altstadt District Advisory Council.
Lila-x-tage x Queer Deities in Migration is co-funded by the Cultural Foundation of Saxony and the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
Courtesy of Gateway Real Estate
