Schlingensief retrospective Art and the Church of Fear

Oct 9

Tagesthemen previews a Christoph Schlingensief exhibition opening Friday at Berlin's Gropius Bau. Andre Kartschall's report includes archival Schlingensief speech and discussion with estate administrator Aino Laberenz and curator Raphael Gygax. It examines his provocative political and artistic actions, excluded people and the uncertain boundary between performance and reality. A substantive retrospective passage recalls his 2003 Biennale Church of Fear and relates it to insecurity after September 11; Gygax explains Schlingensief's view that fear should be articulated rather than concealed or displaced into racism. The report closes with the artist's quoted phrase used as the exhibition title and its prospective Friday opening.

Tagesthemen previews a Schlingensief retrospective at Berlin's Gropius Bau, scheduled to open Friday, October 9. The feature includes archival material, estate administrator Aino Laberenz and curator Raphael Gygax discussing the artist's political interventions, excluded people and the boundaries of performance. The title quotes Schlingensief. This is prospective exhibition coverage and does not establish that the opening has already occurred.