Beyond the Last Horizon

With the exhibition “Beyond the Last Horizon” we are closing the project “Warum lacht das Meer” (Why is the Sea laughing). The show presents works of artists who examine the consequences of large-scale, labour-intensive projects and future visions for the environment and human beings.

Artists:

Bahar Behbahani – Ali Cherri – Almagul Menlibayeva – Mohammad Shaqdih

Curated by Charlotte Bank und Salah Saouli

Exhibition dates:

Opening: Thursday 23 November, 7 pm

Opening hours: 24 November – 17 December, Friday – Sunday, 4 – 7 pm

Image: The Bus Stop. Konehchnaya (2018)

Almagul Menlibayeva and Bahar Behbahani’s two-channel video installation Ride the Caspian (2011) focuses on the strategically important region of the Caspian Sea and examines the relationship between its nomadic and urban traditions. In the photographic series Nomadized Suprematism (since 2011), Almagul Menlibayeva critically examines the legacy of the USSR. Ali Cherri’s 3 channel video installation Of Men and Gods and Mud (2022) examines the history of the Merowe Dam in Sudan, one of the largest and most controversial hydroelectric projects in Africa, as an example of the violence of authoritarian regimes. The work was awarded the Silver Lion at the 59th Venice Biennale. Mohammad Shaqdih’s installation The Fish of Al-Khalil (2016) addresses lost hopes for touristic development through the example of a disused glass factory in Al-Khalil.