Opening: Thu 10.2.2021, 7 pm, Open from 11.2. to 18.4.2021 at Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe.
Embrace is a nomadic platform for interdisciplinary cultural and artistic exchange that aims to promote national and international cooperation. Embrace was founded by Karolina Sobel and Kerstin Möller in 2020 and brings together a variety of media arts such as, video works, photography, sound installations, performances and workshops.
The exhibition Embrace advocates for gender equality and the normalization of non-binary gender identities in Germany, Poland and Europe. The focus is on artistic exchange on LGBTQIA+ and women's rights, as well as forms of peaceful resistance. As a first project, the exhibition at the Badischer Kunstverein shows positions of invited Polish artists with a biographical reference to Karlsruhe.
Artists: Charlotte Eifler, Mara Ittel, Edka Jarzab, Jessica Keßler, Kerstin Möller, Karol Radziszewski & Queer Archives Institute, Karolina Sobel, Liliana Zeic.
Embrace Platform receives support from UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe, as well as from the City of Karlsruhe and is a cooperation with Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Kinemathek Karlsruhe, Kulturbüro der Landeshauptstadt Hannover, UNESCO City of Music Hannover, KoKi Hannover, Cola Taxi Okay Karlsruhe and Pawilon, Poznan, Poland.
