Photos from Double Cast @berlinskej_model
Curated by: @agata.h & @___treperenda___
Szilvia Bolla @szilviabolla
Christophe Gilland @christophegilland
Zu Kalinowska @_z___u
Emir Šehanović @emirsehanovic
Veronika Švecová @ultravvvera
excerpt from exhibition text
Imagine a mirror that is neither flat nor convex—reflecting not just what’s in the space in front of it, but marking a place through which we can fall, a gap to the other side. Elsewhere— where? The Cheshire Cat with its artificial fur shimmers in a world where, as in a mirror image, we are unsure whether we are watching illusory glimpses of parallel realities or material objects. We descend into this abyss: shining hair falling from the ornamental gilded window and intertwining with slimy emerald moss. These real strands of hair weave themselves into long braids with the synthetic ones. The alien medicine dissolves on the tongue and travels through the body. A new state arrives.
Wet dreams on a dry planet.
Forms of Constraint
Was on view @cabine.cabinet June and July
Curated by @muriel_lisk_mcintyre
Oxidative Stress 2025, Human Hair, Aluminium
Addicted to Loosing 2024, Human Hair, Hairspray
Last days!
Join us this Saturday 3 August, 18-21h, for the finissage of Doom Bags, the solo exhibition of Zu Kalinowska @_z___u , the laureate of the 1st Hosek Contemporary Prize 2024.
Curated by Linda Toivio @lindanacht
”At dusk, you see one flying erratically across the room and you already know:
Moth er. The damage has been done.
Embracing decay and deconstruction in her solo exhibition ‘Doom Bags’, Zu Kalinowska is presenting a series of sculptures combining artificial elements with the organic and living. Referring to those forgotten or neglected collections of random items with seemingly no place to go, doom bags, boxes or even piles are familiar to anyone suffering from ADHD, and they often hide not just random items, but an undefined and awkward sense of shame. “This exhibition is about approaching existential dread with optimistic nihilism”, Kalinowska explains, ”Doom Bags is the connection, neglect and discomfort that lies between these intertwined misunderstandings”.”
(Read the full curatorial text on our website)
Exhibition period 19.7-3.8.202
Photos: Mari Vass and Petr Hosek
#hosekcontemporary #zukalinowska #lindatoivio
Join me on Saturday the 3rd of August for the Finissage of Doom Bags, 6 to 9pm. @hosekcontemporary Here are a few photos from the show from the opening:)
Thanks @lindanacht and @ptrhosek
Photo credit Mari Vass.
@marivass.photography
And
Photo credit Kaleb Wentzel-Fisher
@kaleb.wf
Encouraging you to not come while requesting your company, TONIGHT:), Friday 19 July / 6-10 PM will be the opening of Doom Bags @hosekcontemporary performance by @marlais_sings at 8:30
Hošek Contemporary
MS Heimatland
anchored near Fischerinsel Park
10179 Berlin
A snippet of the curatorial text by @lindanacht .
At dusk, you see one flying erratically across the room and you already know:
Moth er. The damage has been done.
Embracing decay in her solo exhibition Doom Bags, Zu Kalinowska is presenting a series of sculptures combining artificial elements with the organic and living. Referring to those forgotten or neglected collections of random items with seemingly no place to go, doom bags, boxes or even piles are familiar to anyone suffering from ADHD, and they often hide not just random items, but an undefined and awkward sense of shame. “This exhibition is about approaching existential dread with optimistic nihilism”, Kalinowska explains, ”Doom Bags is the connection, neglect and discomfort that lies between these intertwined misunderstandings”.
