The "Bliss, bliss, bliss" exhibition at Kunstraum Niederoesterreich delves into the profound ways individuals and communities navigate overwhelming global crises. Visitors can explore artistic interpretations of conscious and unconscious coping mechanisms, from bizarre laughter to the pursuit of ecstatic states. The featured works highlight the complex interplay of desire, escapism, and emotional resilience in a world facing significant challenges.
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The group exhibition 'Bliss, bliss, bliss' examines conscious and unconscious coping mechanisms in response to overwhelming global crises like wars, terror, and climate change. It explores how the experience of a 'declining world' affects feelings, desires, and relationships, featuring works that delve into moments of ecstasy, desire, and excess.
Guided by the theme of bizarre laughter as a defense mechanism against unbearable pain, 'Bliss, bliss, bliss' confronts the impact of apocalyptic scenarios, ongoing wars, and the escalating climate crisis on individual and collective psyches. The exhibition questions how the experience of a 'declining world' shapes our feelings, desires, and relationships with ourselves and others. Six artists engage with these profound questions from both personal and societal viewpoints, exploring moments of ecstasy, desire, and excess. Their works highlight how the need to escape the world has become a reality for many, with withdrawal serving as a vital act of self-empowerment for marginalized individuals. The exhibition further probes the extent to which escaping the world can be a strategy for (re)appropriating it or fostering emotional resilience. Some pieces interrogate the aftermath of ecstatic states, acknowledging that feelings of bliss are transient. The title itself, with its threefold repetition, reflects the tragedy of the inevitable transience of bliss, potentially evoking an ecstatic cry of joy, but equally, a persistent yearning and an endless pursuit.
The exhibition 'Bliss, bliss, bliss' runs from March 15 to May 4, 2024. Further details regarding specific program events and access may be available through the provided links or website.
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