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ZURÜCK ZUR ERDE

Involved artists: Bettina von Arnim, Hanna-Mari Blencke, Habima Fuchs, Thomas Grötz, Uwe Henneken, Franziska Hufnagel, Jan-Holger Mauss, Hans-Jörg Mayer, Vincent Tavenne, Corinne Wasmuht, Marcus Weber

Curated by Thomas Grötz, Gundula Schmitz, Marcus Weber

At the beginning of the 20th century, Russian Cosmists belived they could raise the dead and colonize distant planets with people who would have become immortal. By now, we rather seem to 'ride the last big wave', like Lieutenant Doolittle in John Carpenter's SF dystopia "Dark Star" - only to burn up in a distant atmosphere afterwards.