BLUE HEAT HAZE
Maik Gräf’s solo exhibition Blue Heat Haze refers to Derek Jarman’s film Blue (1993). The color blue defines the works on display, where the blue of the photographic cyanotype technique merges with blue denim fabric to create image-objects. The motifs embedded into the fabric speak of the lived realities and aesthetics of queer individuals—primarily gay […]
En el umbral de la sombra
Juan Sebastián Franco (Bogotá, 1995) presents a visual essay on appearance and enigma. In his work, painting is not an act of representation, but of invocation. The image is not constructed—it is revealed: like a secret emerging from the depths, like a trick performed before our eyes whose mechanism remains concealed. Franco does not paint […]
Charged Bodies
Charged Bodies centers on the theme of energy – not as a resource or commodity, but as an existential condition, an unfolding state of becoming. Long before science claimed energy as a measurable quantity, the concept originated in Greek philosophy: energeia (ἐνέργεια) described the condition of being at work, of potential realized in motion. It […]
The Natal Lacuna
Are there any safe spaces? A childhood home? A hospital? Inside the body? In the womb? In the sticky embrace of a spider’s web? Are we safe inside our memories? Inside imagination? Ophelia Arc takes us to these places. There is serenity there, with soft materials and a palette of subdued fleshy hues. But there […]
LETZTRAUM
The end has dragged on for too long. Now the bodies are resting. The places where they’ve lain are now particularly visible. The rays of the setting sun illuminate new areas. Exposed, they are vulnerable to the gaze they devour. They exist for themselves and for one another. They form a herd, undoing the divisions. […]
I WISH YOU WELL IN HELL
My mother’s maiden name was Żelazna (Iron). I thought for a while whether to choose that name for myself as a nickname. Konrad Żelazny sounds cool. Like some powerful king or fearless knight. However, everyday life is much more brutal than these metallic word games. Every day I feel more like a crustacean that has […]
The Fisherman Part 1
Lulu MacDonald presents the first in her two-part exhibition series, The Fisherman, The Fisherman and The Astronaut, at the Frise Künstler*innen Haus on June 26, 2025. The exhibition examines the Rhubarb Triangle, a region in Yorkshire where rhubarb is grown in complete darkness and harvested by candlelight. Drawing inspiration from this process, MacDonald raises concerns […]
Searching The Source
Ian James, Joshua Schaedel, Laura SchawelkaSearching The SourceJune 29 – July 31, 2025 I. Useful FunctionsSOLVE THE TROUBLES OF LONG STANDING! Standing for a long time affects the knees and easily causes varicose veins in the legs. WALK FREELY. The blood circulation in the legs is not smooth. WEAR IT ON THE GO. It induces […]
Brudne oczu korytarze (Dirty eyes corridors)
Scattered thoughts like a blurred landscape outside the window of a train compartment. You search for your own place, looking into the distance. You find yourself in an image passing with each fraction of a second. Forms eye-rolling forward. The synthesis of light waves builds images in tunnels. Every day the eye captures time, the […]
A Song Used to Lull a Child to Sleep
Against the backdrop of a world that never powers down, attention shifts to the disconnection between the individual and the structures of modern life. These are systems that infiltrate even our dreams, demanding presence, productivity beyond daylight hours. A Song Used to Lull a Child to Sleep creates a space to question and unravel our […]