F3.Exhibition »Die Kraft schwacher Bande«

The theme of this year's Weeks of Art and Discourse was developed against the backdrop of current social and cultural change processes in our globally networked world. At the center are the questions of what consequences political upheavals and social ruptures can have for the dynamics between the individual, community and society. The starting point is the curatorial concept, which is based on the sociological observation that even weak social ties open up new resources and perspectives for the individual and thus also contribute to the stability and diversity of communities. The group exhibition of the same name, "The Power of Weak Ties", offers an artistic approach to this debate. In their works, six young artists from Germany and Switzerland explore the complex aspects of interpersonal relationships using various media, visual means and narrative strategies. Franca Behrmann, Alime Ertürk, Laura Nan, Max Prange, Aura Roig and Xiaoyi Zhang bring personal perspectives to this interaction between ideal and reality.

However, the works on display are not limited to personal concern, but open up a deeper understanding of collective processes and social contexts. They create an impulse and show that fragility can give rise to the resistant force that is necessary to deal with social challenges. From Alime Ertürk's family archives to the collective cry in Xiaoyi Zhang's paintings, the works explore in different ways how ruptures can create new connections. These convergences also run through Franca Behrmann's examination of her family history, Laura Nan's endless Sleepover, Max Prange's Voices of Loneliness or Aura Roig's pictorial concepts of radical tenderness. The exhibition invites us not to fear these tensions, but to see them as germ cells and resources for the community.

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Futur3. - Weeks for Art and Discourse (11.07-31.07.2025) is an event by Netzwerk für revolutionäre Ungeduld (NfrU) e.V. - with the kind support of the City of Kiel, Bürgerstiftung Kiel, Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft Soziokultur Schleswig-Holstein e.V., AStA der Muthesius Kunsthochschule, AStA der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, CAU Kiel | ZfE Inkubator, studio hoop and AV/IT - Digitale Lösungen.