NO ONE'S ARK

"No Ones Ark" is the title of the exhibition in cooperation between the Bilker Bunker and the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

When we talk about an ark, many images and stories come to mind, but also a number of questions: Who will be granted access? What is taken on board and what is left behind? What relationships develop on the ark? Would a social order develop and, if so, what would it look like? And perhaps most importantly: where would the "ark" be heading - if it was moving at all?

If the ark is thought of as a bunker, or conversely, the bunker as an ark, our ideas shift. A subtle tension arises between the "bunker" and the "ark": the bunker remains bound to the sediments of history, while the ark is dedicated to the designs of indeterminate futures. It may promise escape or salvation, but above all it functions as a temporary moment in which a polyphony emerges without merging into a unity.

The exhibition cooperation between the Bilker Bunker and the KHM, which was initiated by Mischa Kuball, offers 28 young artists an exhibition space for works that are dedicated to the field of tension between "ark" and "bunker".

With the following artists: Jeongan Choi, Jini & Hojin, Simon Hönicke, Sihan Chen, Juri Lechthoff, Ahona Mukherjee, Justus Kaufmann, Anna Traskaliková, Sebastian Wilsch, Luca De Marco, Carolin Bodensteiner, Alexandra Sakir, Mila Stoytcheva, Alysha Lahner, Jieun Seo, Duoni Liu, Shinyoung Rhyu, Gabriel Hahner, Yue Cao, Alisa Chunchue, Niels Gössel, Juyoung Lee, Oksana Pyzh, Notsun, Caroline Weyers, Kimmy Yonghyuk, 17171717171717, Helin Korkmaz