MESSAGES FOUND IN AN ANTHILL

In the organizer's words:

Where can we hear, feel and see language? And which forms of expression are considered legitimate in order to be heard and recognized as a thinking and acting subject?

In a culture characterized by words, linguistic codes produce access and exclusion in relation to institutional spaces, political discourses and cultural offerings. With six artistic positions, the exhibition MESSAGES FOUND IN AN ANTHILL is dedicated to the diversity of different forms of human and non-human language and their significance for the embodiment and recognition of different realities of life.

Language is discovered where it was not suspected or even denied for a long time.

For example, the participating artists address sign language; they examine the potential of words as a political tool; they engage with the languages of marine species and formulate a manifesto that radically challenges normative and discriminatory notions of what language is and what thinking is.

With works by: Mel Baggs, Tanja Kristine Böhme, Anna Breit, Bernd Gehrig, Karin Michalski and Anne-Katrin Störmer

Exhibition venues and admission

The exhibition takes place as part of KV Support at KV - Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Further works can be seen as part of a smaller satellite exhibition at Durchblick e.V. Durchblick e.V. is an initiative by and for people with psychiatric experience and was founded in 1990. The KV - Verein für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig was founded in 2014 and is dedicated to the presentation and mediation of contemporary art.

Opening: March 7, 2025 at 6 pm at KV, Kolonnadenstraße 6, with sign language interpreters

KV - Association for Contemporary Art Leipzig
Opening hours: Wed, Fri, Sun 2-6 pm

Durchblick e.V.
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 2pm-10pm, Sat 1pm-6pm

Information on barrier reduction

The opening and other events will be accompanied by sign language interpreters. Texts in easy language are available in the exhibition.

Information on barriers to building access

KV: The premises are not barrier-free. 5 steps, each 16 cm high, to the building entrance. Door width entrance: 106 cm, door width toilet: 70 cm.

Visibility: The front entrance to the clubhouse is not barrier-free. Alternative entrance via garden path to the terrace. Gradient of the garden path: 5 % then 3 steps each 17 cm high, door width: 74 cm. WC: door width 94 cm, space to the left of the WC: 25 cm, to the right: 12 cm, in front: 146 x 112 cm, folding support handle on the left. For possible assistance in accessing the building, please contact us by telephone on 0341 / 1406140.