... and going on.
Mail-Art exhibition.

 

 Opening on Sunday, March 16, 2025, from 1 –6 pm.
. Special event on April 12, 2025, including a soun–d performance in cooperation with mi—so.
. Finissage Sunday, May 4, 2025, the last day of the Berlin Gallery Weekend.

. Opening hours in general daily by appointment and Saturdays from 2–7 pm.
. Closed over the weekend of March 27–30, 2025.

In spring 2025, the 100th exhibition will take place at dr.julius art projects in Berlin.
However, instead of looking back and making the development or the history of drj since 2008 the subject, we are much more interested in how all of us will continue. To find out, we started this participative Mail–Art project.


Facing the countless crises of our times, ranging from the disintegration of local cultural landscapes, the upheavals in various societies, a rising number of armed conflicts and fascist-authoritarian tendencies worldwide, to the global climate catastrophe that can obviously no longer be reversed, we want to look ahead all the more. In our exchange of thoughts and ongoing conversations with creative minds worldwide, we have noticed that many of us are constantly and increasingly asking ourselves fundamental questions, like: »How do I continue despite all of this? What is the meaningful relevance of my work? How do I manage to stay motivated?« etc. And the vast majority of us find individual answers to these questions almost every day. …and going on. thus is a project that aims to demonstrate the many different ways to keep going ahead, reaching from personal inner struggle to the deep resolve to carry on.

Therefore, in October 2024, dr.julius art projects invited artists, curators, directors, collectors of conceptual minimal and related sectors of contemporary art to share their personal answers with us, condensed to the classic medium of the postcard. More than 350 invitees did respond and sent a contribution via mail to Berlin’s Rote Insel.

The question »What keeps YOU going?«, was answered in a huge variety of ways. The exhibition now brings together a very special selection of artistic thoughts, attitudes, approaches, ideas and works.. And the collective statement that emerges from this, can be seen as a kind of Gesamtkunstwerk, consisting of all the people committing, the content and the medium, as well as the time and space of the exhibition. Created from the contributions of a wide range of actors in this artistic field, it has become a valuable expression of the creative and resistant power of art per se.

As a contemporary document from late 2024 and early 2025, it targests to be a cross-section of ideas and concepts that inspire hope against the adversities of the world as it appears today.


The essence of the invitation was this:

the question: what keeps YOU going?
the medium: send us a postcard!
the result: the 100th drj exhibition.
the content: a collective artistic statement.
the message: we will see…

To see the list of all participants, please click here!

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