Output details

A World of Wild Doubt

Portfolio: This output is a curatorial project consisting of an exhibition, a book and a reprinted novel. It includes the following components:

1. Co-edited exhibition-catalogue A World of Wild Doubt. The book includes 25 installation shots.

2. Co-edited reprint of G. K. Chesterton, Der Mann, der Donnerstag war. Eine Nachtmahr, 2013.

3. Package of additional installation photographs and floor plan of the exhibition.

This thematic group show took place in the non-commercial space of a Kunstverein dedicated to educating the public in contemporary art. Lange-Berndt co-developed the concept, co-edited the reprint of the novel as well as the exhibition-catalogue, co-wrote the introductory essay, was single author to several of the short entries, and organised events surrounding the show. Political-philosophical ambiguity, as described by G. K. Chesterton in The Man Who Was Thursday, was represented spatially in the context of the exhibition. Charged by recent political events, for example the exposure of the German intelligence service in neo-Nazi crimes, the project raised the question of whether a system can be reformed from within or has to be detonated by a coming insurrection. The German translation of the novel was made available to the public as a giveaway. The installation plan was developed in situ with the involvement of the seven artists in response to the space. This exhibition mixed artworks with popular culture – anarchist pamphlets, punk records and comics. It also featured Dead Boards no. 1-4 by Gilbert & George (1976), works that had not been shown for over 25 years and were installed as environment for the first time. The catalogue featured the first German translation of a central text on Chesterton by Slavoj Žižek. A World of Wild Doubt aimed to develop alternative strategies and to discuss how the current crises can be faced, other than with resignation.