Die Biennale für Aktuelle Fotografie: From Where I Stand: Bodies in (e)Motion

In the digital sphere, ideas, opinions and attitudes are widely exchanged. Yet the body itself is still the most important means of truly expressing one’s cultural, religious and political identity. This embodied expression of experiences and belief systems is used in mass protests for the struggle for freedom of speech, women’s rights and climate change. At the same time, the body is a fragile shell and vulnerable to state violence and opposing views.

Ideas and beliefs are formed throughout history, and they migrate and are adapted when people move. Colonialism, imperialism, global trade and mass media have ensured that values and beliefs from the West have spread around the world. The selected artists in Bodies in (e)Motion act as mediators to show thoughts and attitudes related to freedom, feminism and religion which are less known in the Western world. And they reveal how, in a more subtle way, the body can also act individually against the views that are forced upon it.

Bodies in (e)Motion presents in-depth dialogues that took place between the artists and their collaborators during the creation of their work. These resulting performances, newspapers and collages show how people have formed their identity based on their own conditions and the ongoing exchange of ideas.

With works by: Archive of Public Protests, Michał Iwanowski, Giya Makondo-Wills, Mashid Mohadjerin, Gloria Oyarzabal, Felipe Romero Beltrán

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
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D-67059 Ludwigshafen am Rhein