Hito Steyerl: Junk Time

Imagine an exhibition that cannot be sustained, that is falling apart before the installation has even begun; that flickers on and off to skype notification sounds; that consists of nothing but these sounds. Because the space cannot be occupied. Its time cannot be filled because time and space already collapsed into twisted pockets of detritus, hastily patched over by shutter stock images.

Acceleration is yesterday’s delusion. Today you find yourself crashed and falling apart. You might try to occupy the square or bandwidth but who will pick up the kid from school? Your nerves are broadcasting emails into your molars. Someone tries to convince you to do a screening in broad daylight. Stop pretending there is electricity or enough time to watch that video all the way through. Stop pretending time exists. Stop pretending love exists. Stop pretending everything is fine because it really isn’t. Are your teeth on twitter yet?

Wednesday, April 16
-7pm opening
-8pm screening program 1 | Strike, How Not to Be Seen, Liquidity Inc.
-9pm conversation with Jalal Toufic & Hito Steyerl

Thursday, April 17
-7pm screening program 2 | Is the Museum a Battlefield, Guards
-8pm conversation with Hito Steyerl & Hisham Awad
-9pm screening program 3 | I Dreamed a Dream: Politics in the Age of Mass Art Production

Friday, April 18
– 6pm excursion to B018
– 8pm screening program 4 | Journal Nr. 1, In Free Fall, Adorno’s Grey
– 9pm conversation with Brian Kuan Wood & Hito Steyerl

Saturday, April 19
– 6pm screening program 5 | November, Abstract, Lovely Andrea
– 7pm presentation of “Montage in Writing” with 98weeks & Hito Steyerl
– 8pm screening of UdK (Berlin University of the Arts) student films