Matter, Non-Matter, Anti-Matter

In 2022, Matter, Non-Matter, Anti-Matter will showcase digital models of past exhibitions. After a test-run at Tallinn Art Hall (2021/22) it will be on view at Aalto University (Väre, March 14–27, 2022), at Helsinki Central Library Oodi (The Cube, April 20–25, 2022), G204 V2 Gallery (Väre, April 26–May 9, 2022), Design Museum Helsinki (May 17–22, 2022), Tirana Art Lab (June–August 2022), ZKM | Karlsruhe (Nov 26, 2022–April 23, 2023), and later at Centre Pompidou, Paris (Summer 2023).

The exhibition hails from a collaboration between the Centre Pompidou, Paris, and ZKM | Karlsruhe. Both have made it their task to examine the possibility of exhibition revival through experiential methods of digital and spatial modeling based on the case studies of Les Immatériaux (Centre Pompidou, 1985), and Iconoclash (ZKM | Karlsruhe, 2002). The chosen exhibitions are landmark shows of the past decades and are both complex thought experiments deployed through space that experimented with innovative forms of juxtapositions between scientific, technological, and artistic practices. Furthermore, they both propelled the possibility of the exhibition as a medium and an interface to a sharp level of reflection and creativity.