The Hague
Archeologies of the not-yet
OCT.18. – NOV.16.2024
WITH WORKS BY Irina Botea Bucan, Lucian Bran, Tudor Bratu, Femke Hoppenbrouwer, Sonata Riepsaite, Andrei Mateescu, Mihai Șovăială & Horațiu Șovăială, Anna Witt.
Curated by The Balcony The Hague, in collaboration with Andrei Mateescu and Laura Bivolaru, as part of the exchange with Leilei Gallery, Bucharest.
OPENING
Friday OCT.18, 19:00 - 23:00
ON VIEW
Fri-Sat: 13:00-18:00
Mon-Thu by appointment
Our understanding of history often shapes our imagination of the future. Archeologies of the Not-Yet brings together retrospective and speculative practices, finding in their intersection a landscape of realistic possibility. Some of the works in the show reveal that under all past rubble, there is not a single, exquisitely lit historiographic memory but a muddled reflection of our own contemporary standing, while others offer an alternative understanding of utopia—not as a perfect future to predict, but as a political project that makes our present feel like the starting point for something still unfolding.
ABOUT
The exhibition is part of The Balcony’s extra_muros program, in which collaborations take place across Europe’s vast network of artist-run & presentation spaces. Taking place each year to inaugurate the new cultural season under the sign of collaboration and exchange, The Balcony has this year teamed up with a group of artists and curators from Bucharest.
“Archeologies of the Not-Yet” is supported by the Romanian public funding entity AFCN (Administratia Fondului Cultural National / National Cultural Funding Administration)
Previous extra_muros exchanges included SEA Foundation in Tilburg, Copenhagen-based collective Salon75, and CAV Gallery in Bucharest.
The Balcony
Nieuwe Molstraat 14-A2
The Hague, NL
Leilei Gallery
Str. Aurel Vlaicu 88-90
Bucharest, Romania