CHTO DELAT — HERE + NOW + EVERYONE

Chto Delat was founded in Russia in 2003, exhibits worldwide from Mudam Luxembourg to New York's New Museum, and has been living in exile in Hamburg since 2023. The collective combines visual art, philosophy and literature and describes itself as an "artistic tool to combat hate". As part of a residency at the Fleetstreet Theater, Chto Delat will be exploring the installation "Here and Now" from 1997 at Sievekingplatz. The artist Gloria Friedman assembled 90 different plants here to commemorate the victims of National Socialist atrocities committed by the authorities. A memorial that is more relevant than ever in times when fundamental democratic principles are being called into question and a far-right party has been secured in the German Bundestag. Chto Delat expands on Friedman's work in a site-specific performance created together with (post-)migrant people from Hamburg: Here + Now + Everyone is both a ceremonial intervention and a political statement reflecting on our current migration policies and their humanitarian implications, as well as a community-building ritual that reclaims the core values of the memorial through participatory practice.