Rise up in protest – and then what?
Stéphane Hessel, a Buchenwald survivor, member of the Resistance and former UN diplomat, wrote a slim volume in 2010 at the age of 93 that shook us to the core. His message was simple: indignation is not a weakness. It is a beginning. It is a democratic practice.
At the moment, there’s plenty to be outraged about. And yet, in professional contexts, outrage is often frowned upon – seen as too emotional, too uncontrolled, and not solution-oriented enough. But what do we lose, and what are the consequences, when we push these feelings aside?
This evening creates a space for what currently has no place elsewhere: for anger, a sense of bewilderment, and the act of calling out what is wrong.
Interstice
At the moment, a great deal is no longer as it was. Some things have not yet begun. We find ourselves in between – between what no longer holds and what is not yet here.
Interstices are uncomfortable. We want to get through them quickly, preferably without looking. But in-betweens are also places of possibility, if we do not merely pass through them but linger within them. If we ask ourselves what is not yet over, what we are allowed to hold on to. And what has not yet begun, what we can reach for.
The "Zwischenraum" Gallery" is an attempt to shape this space together – not to skip over it. Three evenings, three questions, an open discussion. For people who find themselves in limbo and yet carry on regardless.
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