To be. Or to have.

Jun 01 2025 - Nov 16 2025

In 1976, Erich Fromm published his long seller «To have or to be» - a question of almost Shakespearean proportions. Reason enough to dedicate ourselves to this fundamental question. And to make the topic a little more pointed, we turned it around: "To Be.Or to have."

Time and space do not expand. In a world driven by expansion, this fact pushes the limits. Inspired by Fromm, we ask existential questions such as «What wounds does the planet’s skin have?», «Can one own parts of the planet?», «What is the virtue of money?».

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Christian Achenbach, Berlin/DE
Aljoscha, Düsseldorf/DE
François Burland, Lausanne/CH
Daniel Allen Cohen, Miami/US
Park Jongwoo, Seoul/KR
Katja Loher, Menorca/ES
Luftwerk, Chicago/US (Artists in Residence)
Bill Nasogaluak, Tuktoyaktuk/CA
Deborah Poynton, Cape Town/ZA
Protoplast, Basel/CH
Reichsbank Berlin/DE
Troika, London/UK

Vernissage: Sunday 1.6.2025.
Exhibition until 16.11.2025