The Futureless Memory

The Futureless Memory compiles contemporary artistic works and historical documents that were created in or reflecting on exile. From a global perspective, the exhibition explores the role of belonging and how the concept can be reconsidered from a contemporary point of view. Diverse cultural, political and historical backgrounds are juxtaposed to show that, although the experience of exile manifests in decidedly individual ways, the question of belonging cannot be defined only subjectively: it describes a relational co-dependency. The geographical trajectories that are taken up in the exhibited works range from Hamburg to Elgin, New York to Mexico City, Sofia to Istanbul, Istanbul to Athens, Hannover to the Lake District, Damascus to Odense and from Marburg to Istanbul.