"Labour of Humans": Emerging Artwork Showcased at KIT Düsseldorf (Youth Edition)
The exhibit "Human Work: Young Art from Münster" is now open at KIT – Kunst im Tunnel in Düsseldorf, Germany. This thought-provoking exhibition features four young artists from the Münster Academy, each exploring what it means to be human in an age shaped by humanity and technology.
The exhibit, running from July 16, 2025, delves into themes such as experiences of time and space, repression and memory, privileges and disadvantages related to skin color and gender, illness, and evolving concepts of work. The curators, Gertrud Peters and Johannes Raimann, have carefully crafted an exhibition that investigates the tensions between visibility and invisibility, production and exhaustion, belonging and alienation, and questions the relationships and hierarchies embedded in work and technology.
One of the artists, Yedam Ann, a Korean artist who has studied in Münster and Barcelona and lives in Berlin, has created an installation called "Hotel.hotel.net" that refers to displacement. Ann's frequent travels have led to disorientation, which is reflected in her work. Another artist, Zauri Matikashvili, a Georgian academy graduate from Münster, created an installation called "You May Not Want To Be Here" inspired by a threatening illness.
Jan Niklas Thape's untitled video installation includes films from the Nuremberg trials, the Eichmann trial, and a speech by AfD MP Beatrix von Storch about anti-Semitism. Thape's videos of "Speakers' Corner" in London's Hyde Park show disorientation, with the sound in his videos being distorted and largely incomprehensible. Fences and rows of chairs in his videos suggest negotiation spaces where there is no clarity.
Most of the art in "Human Work" uses videos as a medium. Admission to the exhibit is 4 Euro. Public guided tours are offered on the first Sunday of each month at 3 pm. The exhibit is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm.
Visitors are encouraged to concentrate and study the explanatory text by Gertrud Peters and co-curator Johannes Raimann carefully. Don't miss Matikashvili's touching video about his father's work in Germany and subsequent displacement to Georgia, as well as Ann's installation that includes a hotel room with screens and immigration forms, as well as a website for a fictional company called "Nothing-Corporation".
"die KIT" is an abbreviation for "Kunst im Tunnel" and is a refuge under the Mannesmannufer in Mannesmannufer. The exhibit is located at KIT, Düsseldorf, Mannesmannufer 1b. Although the end date is not explicitly stated, related exhibitions at KIT typically last several weeks to a couple of months.
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In the exhibit "Human Work: Young Art from Münster" at KIT – Kunst im Tunnel, Zauri Matikashvili's installation, titled "You May Not Want To Be Here", explores themes related to home-and-garden, as it delves into the artist's personal experiences of displacement due to a threatening illness. On the other hand, Yedam Ann's installation, "Hotel.hotel.net", reflects their lifestyle of frequent travels and subsequent disorientation, creating a home-and-garden-inspired hotel room setup with screens and immigration forms.
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