“A BETTER HISTORY – Nr. 2”
exhibition opening 19. 7. 2016, 8:00 pm
artist’s talk 19. 7. 2016, 7:00 pm

The exhibition “A BETTER HISTORY – Nr. 2 by Adnan Softić is a part of a series of works dedicated to the new trends of architecture, of produced utopia and fabrication of history (Balkans, Europe) and their role in creating a new national narrative. The focus of the exhibition are three large construction sites: Skopje, Andrićgrad and Visoko.
Complexity is out. Today, probably more than ever before. The most successful algorithm at this point is: State = nation = language = religion = history. The difference is only sexy when acting as a spice. And nothing is expensive when it comes to working on establishing a homogeneous history.
One tiny state is trying to sneak into the club the oldest of the old continent. Will they succeed? Shall we buy its story?
On the other hand, a well-known director harbors tremendous confidence in the strength of the imaginary, and begins to transform the celluloid into stone, as a historical corrective, which can no longer be moved from the earth. As in Hollywood, one melts into another: Myth and Reality, state-building program and artistic freedom. It is bigger then life.
At the same time, a group of enthusiasts reveals in nature camouflaged lost civilization, whose age forces us to write a new “timeline” of human history.
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Adnan Softic – * 1975 in Sarajevo,
lives in Hamburg and Rome.
He studied film and aesthetic theory at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. The focus of his work lies in the multimedia and he works as an artist, filmmaker, director and author. He has taught and worked as a professor of film and Time-Based Media at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg.
Exhibitions and plays: Kammerspiele München, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, KW Berlin, Int. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Kunsthalle Exnergasse Wien, Sies + Höke Galerie Düsseldorf, KunstFilmBiennale Köln, Paul Klee Zentrum Bern…
Softić is currently the winner of a German Villa Massimo Prize in Rome.
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