unstable memory / unstable power
describes the dual movement of our present. Memory remains unstable because it is perpetuated in bodies, archives and data sets and is therefore never complete, but can be repeatedly corrected, questioned and shared. Power remains unstable because it shifts within infrastructures, scores, rankings and image regimes, thus eluding view, yet at the same time having to be made visible and negotiable. This instability does not point to a deficiency, but opens up scope for action: it creates a terrain on which listening, care and contradiction become not only possible, but necessary in order to test new orders. Instability thus becomes a tool of criticism that shakes existing certainties, reveals exclusions and opens up spaces for negotiation. At the same time, it challenges us to understand responsibility not only as an individual attitude, but as a collective practice – as a process that thrives on the constant questioning, reconnecting and keeping open of memory and power.
Defne Kizilöz
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Opening: WED 19/11/25 starts at 8pm Uhr at Kasseler Kunstverein
THU - SAT 3pm - 10pm
SUN 12pm - 8pm
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