Buchpräsentation | Illusionen zwischen Echtzeit und Vergänglichkeit

Panel with participants in the publication Illusions. Contemporary Art Between Fiction and Reality

Dr. Belinda Grace Gardner, art historian, Hamburg
Dr. Jacob Birken, cultural and media scientist, Düsseldorf/Cologne
Delia Keller, GESTALTUNG BERLIN, designer of the publication
Ludwig Seyfarth, curator of the exhibitions

KAI 10 | ARTHENA FOUNDATION is very pleased to present the new publication Illusions. Contemporary Art Between Fiction and Reality. It documents the three exhibitions Phantoms and Other Illusions; Bodies, Grids and Ecstasy and Frozen Mirrors shown at KAI 10 and sheds light on different facets of the theme of illusion in contemporary art. In addition to illusionistic imitation through to trompe-l'œil, the play with naturalness and artificiality and the fictionalization of spatial experiences, the psychological and political levels of meaning of the concept of illusion are up for debate. The significance of digital simulation techniques and AI programs for contemporary image production will also be examined.

In conversation with Ludwig Seyfarth, Belinda Grace Gardner and Jacob Birken discuss the theses of their catalog essays and Delia Keller explains the path from the development of a key visual for the respective exhibition to the overall concept of the publication.