Dystotal, Room of References, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen 2016

Linda Arts, Ford Beckman, Heiner Blum, Nicolas Chardon, Tim Cierpiszewski, Neil Clements, Markus Ebner, Angela Fette, Gabriel Kuri, Gerold Miller, Renato Nicolodi, Martin Pfeifle, Jan van der Ploeg, Anja Schwörer, Esther Stocker, Sebastian Wickeroth, Lars Wolter / Tobias Abel, Justin Andrews, Lars Breuer, Ralf Brög, Julia Bünnagel, Frauke Dannert, Sebastian Freytag, Terry Haggerty, Julio Herrera, Ukri Merikanto, Guido Münch, Jörg Nittenwilm, Sebastian Riemer, Christian Robert-Tissot, Pietro Sanguineti, Jan Scharrelmann, Phillip Schulze, Michal Škoda, John Tremblay, Mirko Tschauner

“Brave new world”? – Visions of modernity are negotiated in the group exhibition Dystotal. By dealing with the visual vocabulary of the historical avant-garde, the works newly fathom the concept of the absolute or “Gesamtkunstwerk”, from longing via empathetic upheaval to failure in stagnation.

A number of the participating artists will produce site-specific works of various genres – wall paintings, installations, sculptures and architectures. This way Dystotal turns the Ludwig Forum’s central hall into an extensive installation, in which hetrogenous works encounter one another: computer game aesthetics meet neo-classical forms, romantic elements are combined with science fiction blockbuster film stills.

Text: Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst