World’s Rainbow 

Video: Raphael Stucky
Sounds: Gerome Gadient, Floris Maniscalco, Thy Truong

Osama Al Rayyan, Samuel Bron, Joaquim Cantor Miranda, Pauline Coquart, Robert Finn Curry, Marie Do Linh, Gerome Gadient, Klaas Hansen, Jeronim Horvat, Maya Hottarek, Mio Lena Itschner, Damien Juillard, Marlijn Karsten, Lysann König, Lea Isatou Marong, Mäschi, Jasper Simeon Mehler, Laurie Mlodzik, Anita Moser, Kerstin Mörsch, Mariana Murcia Arévalo, Alexandra Münger, Leah Nehmert, Jacob Ott, Diogo Pinto, Michael Ray-Von, Sophia Remer, Sergio Rojas Chaves, Kaltrinë Rrustemi, R. Sebastian Schachinger, Jennifer Merlyn Scherler, Lotte Rose Kjær Skau, Mariana Tilly, Melissa Absarah Torres, Thy Truong, Daniela Vollmer, Lola Willemin, Vital Z’Brun, Selina Zurkirch

World’s Rainbow. What comes to your mind? Imagine a planet (ours or another) embraced by a ring of colors. The clouds that loop around the sphere have pastel colors and they playfully form figures. The winds caressing the Oceans produce a calming sound, like an intimate whisper spoken to all animals and humans and plants. One can sense some microscopic life smiling at us. A safe space, a caring space, a joyful space, a trusting space, a common space. This is what this exhibition is. What do these artists have in common? They all graduated this summer. They all pursued their studies during these pandemic times. They all care immensely for each other and have managed to produce a response in the form of an artwork to a situation that demanded imagination and nerve. What was that situation? A health crisis, yes, but also the sense of a large transformation happening in the world of culture. We sense a shift, an end to some formats and forms of interactions, an end to a certain sense of relevance. But we also expect much more in terms of justice, impact, climate, responsibility, language, and care. Do we also experience precarity? We do. The scarcity of resources and opportunities, the rise of complete control by capital, the indifference toward the impoverishment  of the public sector, the segregation of the social…