Understanding the world we live in is complex. It’s an intricate network of relations: We are bound and tied to our body, family, friends, societal structures, culture, animals, plants or objects. BONDS AND TIES visualizes the fluidity of the transition between voluntary bonds and restrictive ties and asks where the tipping points are. At the same time, the performances and installations pin down certain attachments, norms and covenants of our daily life, society and the arts.
In the two-week exhibition, 26 artists from different cultural settings as well as from a wide range of artistic backgrounds present their collaborative explorations of the bonds and ties, the visible and invisible and how they understand their role of creative practitioners in a restrictive and bounding context.