- Screening
KREISLAUF - PART II
Vibha Galhotra, Manthan (2015)
Dates
- Tu 09.08., 10:00–18:00
- We 10.08., 10:00–18:00
- Th 11.08., 10:00–18:00
- Fr 12.08., 10:00–18:00
- Sa 13.08., 10:00–18:00
- Su 14.08., 10:00–18:00
Language
- English
The video work Manthan by Indian artist Vibha Galhotra is based on a legend from Hindu mythology in which the gods and demons wring out the ocean to obtain the nectar of immortality. In her film, Galhotra performatively reproduces this gesture, showing that instead of the hoped-for immortality, our rivers hold only poison and death for us.
Manthan explores the consequences of an ecological threat and imagines a process of purification in which toxic waste is flushed from the sacred Yamuna River, located near New Delhi in India. The film is an appeal to our society and, at the same time, a refusal to give up hope for a human future in harmony with nature. With her work, Galhotra shows that we are on a frightening path and must act as soon as possible before it is too late.
In August and as part of Nature and State SKBB launches a new format: KREISLAUF.
The German expression KREISLAUF brings meanings of circulation, cycle, and circuit in relation to moving images and the display of them as a loop in an exhibition context. It also references nature’s cycle, the body’s and the transition of things.
As a series of weekly video programming located in Ersan Mondtag’s installation The Temple, KREISLAUF focuses a highly curated selection on geographies of transition, geo-subjective perspectives on global issues such as climate change, drought and drainage, with local references and glocal sensitivity. Within its focuses and critical lenses, KREISLAUF investigates forms and storytelling mostly through non-European, Asian Pacific and transnational connections and artistic perspectives on these geopolitical conflicts. Each week will feature a video piece, or two in conversation, unfolding questions from the exhibition.