JAMA: PŘICHOD GRUBE: ZUKUNFT

In the organizer's words:

"Does it hurt very much?" asked Atréju.
"No," replied the second bork troll,
the one with the hole in his chest,
"You don't feel anything. You just miss something.
And you miss more every day,
once you're afflicted by it.
Soon we won't be there at all."
(The Neverending Story, Michael Ende 1979)

But:

"It's a fattening year for my family;
We are all here at the gathering,
close together on the floor,
like seeds for the future."

(Woven Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013, Engl. 2021)

jama: přichod

Grube: "Future" is the title of the multimedia installation by Karoline Schneider/Krawcec - a mining area for information about Sorbian/Wendish identities. A groping for futures with fingers dusty from coal. In the pit, stories of ancestors, patriarchal Christian traditions and multi-layered knotted subjects lie on top of each other - in between Sorbian/Wendish communication.

The artist has collected voices from both parts of Lusatia in order to approach Sorbian/Wendish futures through community - futures that have been limited for centuries. In the exhibition, augmented reality expands the image in space and the protagonists become audible. During the exhibition, we will meet at the edge of the pit - to discuss and watch films about queer realities in minority cultures, extractivism and resilience.

"Does it hurt very much?" Atreyu asked.
"No," replied the second bark troll,
the one with the hole in his chest, "you don't feel anything.
You're just missing something.
And every day, you miss more
once you've been affected.
Soon, we won't exist at all."

(The Neverending Story, Michael Ende, 1979)

But:

"It is a mast year for my family;
we are all here at the gathering,
lying close together on the ground,
like seeds for the future."

(Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer, 2013)

jama: přichod

Pit: "Future" is the title of the multimedia spatial installation by Karoline Schneider/Krawcec - a mining site for information on Sorbian/Wendish identities. A groping for futures with fingers covered in coal dust. In the pit, ancestral narratives, patriarchal Christian traditions, and multilayered, entangled subjects lie atop one another - in between, Sorbian/Wendish communication. The artist has gathered voices from both parts of Lusatia to approach Sorbian/Wendish futures-futures that have been limited for centuries-through community. In the exhibition, augmented reality expands the image in space, making the protagonists audible. During the exhibition period, we meet at the edge of the pit-to discuss and watch films about queer realities in minority cultures, extractivism, and resilience.

Artist

Karoline Schneider / Krawcec is a transdisciplinary Sorbian artist with a focus on research and pedagogy. In her expansive assemblages, she makes networks visible and negotiates questions of postcolonial structures from a feminist perspective. In doing so, she looks for opportunities to create situations and rituals in order to learn and unlearn together. She studied book art/graphic design and painting/graphics at the HGB Leipzig and sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. She completed her master's degree at the HGB in 2017. She is currently completing a practice-based doctorate at the Bauhaus University Weimar with Alexandra Toland and Antje Majewski.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including in Paris, Hanoi, Naples and Berlin. She has worked in various places on themes of discrimination, colonialism and institutional critique, including the GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig and the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. Karoline Schneider / Krawcec is represented by Galerie b2_ in Leipzig and is a member of the queerfeminist Sorbian subculture collective kolektiw WAKUUM.
www.Karolineschneider.me

Karoline Schneider / Krawcec is a transdisciplinary Sorbian artist with a focus on research and pedagogy. In her large-scale assemblages, she makes networks visible and explores questions of postcolonial structures from a feminist perspective. In doing so, she seeks ways to create situations and rituals for collective (un)learning. She studied Book Art/Graphic Design and Painting/Graphics at the Academy of Fine Arts (HGB) in Leipzig, as well as Sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. She completed her Meisterschüler*in studies at HGB in 2017. Currently, she is pursuing a practice-based PhD at Bauhaus University Weimar under the supervision of Alexandra Toland and Antje Majewski. Her works have been exhibited internationally, including in Paris, Hanoi, Naples, and Berlin. She has worked critically on issues of discrimination, colonialism, and institutional structures in various contexts, including at the GRASSI Museum of Ethnology in Leipzig and the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden. Karoline Schneider / Krawcec is represented by Galerie b2_ in Leipzig and is a member of the queer-feminist Sorbian subculture collective kolektiw WAKUUM.
www.Karolineschneider.me