Confessionale

Viviana Druga

15 Mar–5 May 19

Opening: 14 Mar 19

In cooperation with Tiberiu Bleoanca.

In CONFESSIONALE, Viviana Druga investigates religious and spiritual rituals, forms of confession and purification, and the sacred in general. Inspired by the imagery of the Romanian Orthodox churches, iconostases and large-format installations carry out a specific connection to a performative aesthetic. Galerie im Turm is transformed into an imaginary chapel. An open confessional stool serves as the central sculptural work, through which conventional understandings of guilt and atonement are negotiated. Visitors are invited to make – or listen to – a confession.

What do rituals mean in contemporary environments? What status is the sacred afforded? What potential does the act of confessing hold for overcoming personal and collective traumas? How might ‘the confession’ – when severed from a patriarchal power hierarchy – be reinterpreted and appropriated?

CONFESSIONALE draws on playful forms of communication, addressing experiences of guilt, shame, trauma, and healing. Using performative and iconographic strategies, Galerie im Turm becomes a temple of transformation and a site for reflection, but also for the shared reinterpretation of religious forms.

EVENTS

Opening
with Game of Confessions
March 14, 7 pm

Mercury Visitations
Viviana Druga receives a performative visit
Every day, 7–9 pm

Artist Talk (in English)
with Viviana Druga and performer and writer Samantha Jayne Williams
March 20

Mercury Consultations
Meet the artist and make a confession
April 3, 10, and 17, 6–9 pm

TIGABI – A performative ritual
by Yuval Galili in collaboration with Brandon Rosenbluth and Beate Kaulitz
April 24

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