Giovanna Sarti, Consistency: A public poster project – Kunstverein am Rosa–Luxemburg

With images selected by Giovanna Sarti and Susanne Prinz from the Drawings Storage

Today’s world is still filled with enigmatic signifiers and deceptive representations making for experiences that are often redundant and sometimes misleading. The pleasure of imagination quite often is numbed simply by overexposure. In fact, it seems that universally we are in a constant state of navigation leading to a sense of instability, flux and frustration.

‘Consistency’ investigates the charged liminal space between a work of art and the audience by adopting the almost old-fashioned means of public poster displays.

The artworks chosen for the project from Giovanna Sarti’s Drawings Storage include references that vary from individual psychology to political issues. Some follow a cause while others may reflect their own manipulative design with a humorous attitude.

In this sense, the posters are speculative objects that have escaped the confines of the drawing storage. They are of course endangered in the wild and might be attacked, mutilated or disappear altogether. However, it’s worth the try. Inserted into urban space they make for unusual, bewildering encounters and strange situations. Contemplation will not help the viewer in this constellation. A slight shift in perception is asked for.

30.04. Kurfürsten- / Dennewitzstraße (Tiergarten)
+ Fasanenstraße (Charlotten)

07.05. Ufer-/ Badstraße (Wedding)

14.05. Hermannplatz (Neukölln)

21.05. tba (Lichtenberg) + Wallstraße (Mitte)

28.05. Wisbyer-/Ostseestraße (Prenzlauer Berg)

04.06 Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Mitte) + catalogue launch

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Images by: Enrico Basta / Alex Bodea / Lutz Braun / David Brooks / Stefanie Brottrager / Matthew Burbidge / Benjamin Degen / Ivonne Dippmann / Matthias Dornfeld / Jürgen Eisenacher / Massimiliano Fabbri / Johannas Frohberg – Susanne Stetzer / Tino Grisi / Anna Hughes / Michael Kalki / Shila Khatami / Christof Lötscher / Peter Lütje / Ivan Malerba / Stefan Müller / Anne Neukamp / Jens Nordmann / Haleh Redjaian / Giovanna Sarti / Edwin Schaefer / Morten Schelde / Christian Schwarzwald / Vroni Schwegler / Felice Serreli / Daniela Trixl