Exposition What is Germany?

what is germany?

The Berliner off-space exhibition format Projektraum LS43 is pleased to present WHAT IS GERMANY, a two-parts video art program curated by Jos Diegel.

The includes 24 artworks, involving diverse video and film techniques, presenting hectic perspectives on how can one understand Germany nowadays. The first part of it (PART 1) is made of thirteen videos and the second one (PART 2) consists in eleven films.

As the title suggest, WHAT IS GERMANY is a project meant to challenge our eyesight and appreciation of this geographic part of the world. However, the approach that led to the development of this project doesn’t put the focus on constructed concepts such as nationality, origin or language. By adopting a larger view, the artworks shown through this exciting program aim to present singular interpretations and inquiries into digital populism and propaganda. It proposes an overview of Germany’s art-film scene and intends to encourage an active reflection on increasingly significant questions and issues concerning the actuel German context and environment.

The questions, issues and visions raised by the works in the program WHAT IS GERMANY are meant to initiate critical thoughts and ideas and to build a dialogue between visitors, passers-by and the screening place of itself, which is why this program is designed to be shown in an open space, rather than in a classical, cinematic-format. Challenging such problematics necessarily leads to personal and collective reflection, and the exhibition space is considered here as a tool that accompanies this invitation to think.