UNDERWATER DISOBEDIENCEExhibition on the memory of the Atlantic

26.07.-05.09.2024 in Hall 1 - Room for Art in the Glaspalast

WATER & SOUND Festival and opening of the exhibition on Thursday, July 25
Entry 17:30 pm, Start: 8:00 pm

The exhibition "Underwater Disobedience" by the Portuguese-French artist duo Diogo da Cruz and Fallon Mayanja allows visitors to explore the profound essence of water, interweaving sculptures, sound compositions and collaborative audiovisual creations. Rooted in the philosophical currents of hydrofeminism*, the works explore the interconnectedness of humans with their fellow humans and water. They consider our bodies as ephemeral vessels for the fluid that shapes our existence, and the Atlantic Ocean as a vast reservoir of collective memory.

The exhibition focuses on an experimental science fiction film series that fragments of an Afrofuturistic saga about an underwater civilization living in the depths of the Atlantic with reflections on the dangers of deep-sea mining. This narrative is a reflection on the echoes of colonial atrocities and the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources. It forces the visitor to consider a decolonized ecological perspective that questions the limits of Western science in addressing the climate crisis. Within this evocative universe, da Cruz's sculptures manifest themselves as possible embodiments of the saga's protagonists, while Mayanja's sound installations offer new ways of auditory exploration.

In the middle of this symbiotic convergence of artistic creation over the last three years the duo presents their latest creation: "NUUN - the Subaquatic Bird of the Atlantic", a joint project with the Augsburg artist Sebastian Giussani. This new sculpture created for the Parade of the Waterbird is a flowing manifestation of the Atlantic Ocean in the twisting waterways of Augsburg and invites the visitors to reflect on the depths of our interconnected existence.

Diogo da Cruz is an artist living in Lisbon and Munich and has been a lecturer at the academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Fallon Mayanja is an artist, writer and performer based in Paris.

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Supported by:
"BBK - Verbindungslinien" with the resources of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and Arts