STREAMLINES

Texts by Ken Bugul, Seloua Luste Boulbina, Eva Barois De Caevel, Koyo Kouoh, Dirk Luckow, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Sandra Schürmann and David Teh.

Artists: Kader Attia, Mark Boulos, Peter Buggenhout, Ken Bugul, Godfried Donkor, Theo Eshetu, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Alfredo Jaar, Bouchra Khalili, Abdoulaye Konaté, Otobong Nkanga, Arin Rungjang, Thomas Rentmeister, Ulrike Ottinger and Wendelien van Oldenborgh.

The exhibition "Streamlines" focuses on the metaphor of the oceans in order to examine the cultural effects of the global stream of goods and trade from the South to the North. In a broader sense, the show initiates a reflection on the issue of how oceans are used, how social, political and economic inequalities can be visualized through the seas, and how one can understand the status of invisible borders and the notion of property in relation to the oceans. How should we interpret migratory flows? Who enacts and applies laws for this all-encompassing and strange territory?