Press release

The project Forgive Us Our Trespasses / Vergib uns unsere Schuld—Of (Un)Real Frontiers, Of (Im)Moralities, and Other Transcendences invites artists, scholars, activists, and others to deliberate on religious, social, class, national, sexual, disciplinary, and other forms of trespassing. It is a research and exhibition project that puts at the fore the question of normativity and by and for whom the demands of normativity are made. The project employs varying narratives of trespassing as a means of resistance—without asking for forgiveness, for one doesn’t need to ask for forgiveness for being a ‘Gastarbeiter’ or a descendant of one; one doesn’t need to be apologetic about seeking refuge especially if the rights of refugees are supposed to be covered by UNHCR conventions; one doesn’t need to ask for forgiveness for not believing in someone else’s God or for believing in one’s own Gods and ancestors; one doesn’t need to be apologetic about being queer; one does not need to ask for forgiveness for advocating for a better environment and future by occupying and thereby reclaiming Indigenous lands, however counterproductive to capitalist endeavours of extraction that claim to be normative.

 

With contributions by: Ibrahim Ahmed, Esvin Alarcón Lam, Ana Alenso, Ulf Aminde, Myriam Omar Awadi, Casa Kuà, Mariana Castillo Deball, Isaac Chong Wai, Steven Cohen, Lizza May David, Victor Ehikhamenor, Jessica Ekomane, Theo Eshetu, Alfredo Esquillo Jr., FOKN Bois, Hikaru Fujii, Dani Gal, Surya Suran Gied, Patricia Gomez, María Jesús González, Olivier Guesselé-Garai, Dorothy Iannone, Leiko Ikemura, Mansour Ciss Kanakassy, Rebecca Pokua Korang, Ananias Léki Dago, Søren Lind, Antje Majewski, Shehzil Malik, Sliman Mansour, Babá Murah, I Gusti Ayu Kadek Murniasih, Nazanin Noori, Ahmet Öğüt, Tanja Ostojić, José Alejandro Restrepo, Felix de Rooy, Larissa Sansour, Ahlam Shibli, Sim Chi Yin, Nedko Solakov, Andrew Tshabangu, Linda-Philomène Tsoungui, Nasan Tur, Sandra Vásquez de la Horra