Contemporary Art from Germany
An exhibition by the ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen)
The exhibition
FUTURE PERFECT includes films, photographs, sculptures, objects, paintings, and collages by sixteen artists who look at visions of the future and speculations on the course of history.
The title of the exhibition refers to the tense of the verb that expresses the completion of an action in the future: something will have been. From this perspective, the exhibition asks: if the future can already be perceived as a finished past, how can we nonetheless develop visions, speculate, or move beyond tried-and-trusted ways of thinking?
The ability to speculate, to name intentions, expectations, and fears, and then to make these the basis for action is what holds societies together. Today the future is increasingly seen as a critical concept. Even the very near future is so difficult to anticipate, with all our digital and mobile acceleration, and it seems impossible to come to a reliable understanding about the future.
This exhibition develops reflections on the promises the future brings.
Curators: Angelika Stepken, Philipp Ziegler
ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) e.V.
The ifa (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) is funded by the German Foreign Office, the State of Baden-Württemberg and the City of Stuttgart.
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