Gruppenausstellung "Don’t ask where we're going"

– Gregor Podnar, curated by_vienna 2024, Untold Narratives

“Don’t ask where we're going” is the title of a film produced in 1966 by Tomislav Gotovac, which curator Gabriela Gantenbein has used for her eponymous exhibition at Gregor Podnar in Vienna.

At the heart of the exhibition’s concept is the notion of the “archive” (from Noit Banai’s impulse essay “Untold Narratives” for this year 2024 „Curated By“ Gallery Festival), transposed in a philosophical context by the curator, who analyzes it through C.G. Jung’s “collective unconscious.”

The eight artists in the exhibition open their own inner archives and share them with us. They speak about human existence, the quest for freedom, the revelation of an unspeakable universe, the inseparable connection to our planet Earth and possible metamorphoses. Their works challenge us to dare looking into our own archive and find a possible answer to the question “where are we going”, and to shape our future according to our inner archive’s insights.

Only by respecting our spiritual subconscious, understanding the history of evolution, honoring each individual life, and reflecting on our own fragility, we can preserve our existence.

[Quelle: https://web.archive.org/web/20250116162039/https://curatedby.at/gallery/65]

Gabriela Gantenbein (Kurator/in), Tomislav Gotovac, Ion Grigorescu, Anna Jermolaewa, Yves Klein, Julije Knifer, Benoit Maire, Marzena Nowak, Christine Rebet