Futures of the Past
Contemporary artists increasingly deal with the unfulfilled promises of the 20th century in their current works. They review crucial moments in history and explore their implications for the present. The Otolith Group has aptly characterised this concern in the film essay Otolith I and has spoken of visiting those intense moments of the 20th century, which decided what we have become and therefore have a special impact. In the exhibition 'The futures of the past', works by Annette Amberg (born in 1978, works in Zurich and Basel), Yelena Popova (born in 1978, lives and works in Nottingham, UK) and Asier Mendizabal (born in 1973, lives and works in Bilbao) are shown, which, based on different biographical experiences, seek out such high-impact moments of the past. They take interest in the crystallisation points of ideal human communities as conceived by the historical avant-gardes of the 20th century. 0Exhibition: Kunstraum Riehen, Switzerland (18.05.-23.06.2013). 0.