Kunstraum Lakeside Call for Art

A Sense of Relatedness
The more microscopically we examine material–and immaterial–objects, the more difficult it becomes to separate them from their surroundings. I am not available without my intestinal flora, without the microbes on my skin, without the electrical impulses in my brain, or the histories of my family, my milieu… Where do I begin and where do I end? In its 2022 annual program “A Sense of Relatedness,” Kunstraum Lakeside investigates an array of different types of relationships: The focus is connecting lines, entanglements, alliances, networks, or kinships and their underlying mechanisms; it explores encounters between the human and nonhuman, between the material and immaterial, between the organic and technical, and, last but not least, between places and times. Global networking and mobility within social, political, and economic structures, above all, give rise to variable life models and practices, which renew and extend themselves, in turn, to cultivate new conventions.

In addition to solo presentations, Kunstraum Lakeside invites artists, cultural practitioners, and researchers to participate in the 2022 program by submitting their own “Statement.” These performative formats are one-day events whose presented content relates to the annual topic. It is a platform for experiments with modes of representation in the visual arts in the context of an institution at the interface between art, economy, and technology. A total of four “Statements” will be presented in 2022. Applications must be sent per email by January 31, 2022 (midnight).