On 12 September 2024, the Julia Stoschek Foundation presents the third Double Feature in Berlin with works by Cypriot artist Theodoulos Polyviou. The individual presentations, which include video, sculpture, archival objects, photography and prints, present the third chapter of Polyviou’s ongoing series Transmundane Economies (2022 – ongoing) in Germany.
Image above: Theodoulos Polyviou, A Palace in Exile (Part 3 of Transmundane Economies, 2022–ongoing), 2024, video, 16’30”, color, sound. Video still.
In this series, the artist utilises digital technologies such as virtual reality and CGI films to investigate, reconstruct and fill historical gaps in Cyprus’ cultural heritage. His speculative approach bypasses nationalist agendas by offering alternative ways to revisit the historical complexity of the island and its founding as a nation state.
The central site-specific video installation A Palace in Exile (2024), which premiered at the Fondazione Elpis in Milan, is adapted here to simulate the JSF galleries in Düsseldorf and Berlin. In each exhibition, a different selection of sculptures and archive material will be shown to enable two different experiences of one work.
About the artist
Theodoulos Polyviou (*1989, Cyprus) is a Berlin-based artist who works with augmented and immersive media to explore the place of queer bodies within institutional spaces, cultural and political narratives and the digital world.
His ongoing project Transmundane Economies uses virtual reality to create site-specific works that foreground a speculative approach to history and archaeology, reflecting on the material and ideological value of historical artefacts and the politics of ownership. In Polyvious’ practice, digital technologies such as augmented reality and artificial intelligence open up new ways of looking at history.
In 2020, Polyviou was co-curator of Mediterranea 19: “School of Waters” in San Marino. He has presented solo exhibitions at the Bode Museum, Berlin, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, and ZKM | Centre for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, among others. He has participated in various group exhibitions, including the Cyprus Pavilion at the 17th Architecture Biennale in Venice (2021).
WHEN?
Opening: Wednesday, 11. September 2024, 6-10 pm.
Exhibition dates: Thursday, 12. September 2024 until Sunday, 27. April 2025
Opening hours: Saturday and Sunday, 12-6 pm.
Special opening hours during Berlin Art Week:
Thursday, 12. September until Sunday, 15- September, 12-6 pm.
WHERE?
JSF Berlin
Leipziger Strasse 60,
10117 Berlin
COST?
Admission: 5 EUR
