Nicolaus Schafhausen – författare

Since 1953, the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI e. V. has awarded the annual ars viva prize for visual arts to outstanding young artists based in Germany. The award honours work that demonstrates a distinct language of form and an awareness of contemporary issues. This year’s award includes exhibitions at the Rudolf-Scharpf-Galerie of the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, and at the Belvedere 21 in Vienna, as well as an artist residency on Fogo Island, Canada. The ars viva prize 2024 will be awarded to Atiéna R. Kilfa (b. 1990), Daniel Lie (b. 1988) and caner teker (b. 1994).Text in English and German.

Historical events and our knowledge of them mould our understanding of today’s world. The interdisciplinary authorship of this volume focuses on the connection between past and future. A bold and unusual publication whose approaches and themes extend from biographical experiences via intergenerational exchange to the discussion of current social phenomena.To what extent does (lack of) knowledge of the past influence our view of the present and our tales of the future? Authors from the realms of history, art, philosophy, journalism, poetry, cartoons and film investigate complex everyday reality in history and the present and direct their attention towards the shifts in political hegemonies which lead to ostracism, denigration and destruction. They have explicitly chosen an international perspective which shows that social polarisation and radicalisation are not phenomena limited by national boundaries, but are universal social manifestations in a globally interlinked world.

Survival is a common practice. We cannot do it alone; we need each other. We need tools and practices that help us to connect, to understand to build, to survive in this age of climate crisis, technological upheaval, existential pain. We need words and values and ideas that extend beyond the human space. We need to learn; and we need to unlearn. We need a Manual for Survival. Ways of surviving together in an experimental and solidarity-based manner – this book wants to make other world designs accessible through and beyond artistic practice. The art in this book reflects on the nature, the planetary, transcendental questions of global connectivity as well as on community, a sense of playfulness, togetherness, shared experiences through culture. A high quality and richly illustrated book with innovative texts following the idea that we have to learn to live and think in contradictions without losing ourselves. Artists include: Panteha Abareshi, Yalda Afsah, Abbas Akhavan, Assemble, Mohammed Bourouissa, Andrea Bowers, James Bridle, Sam Chermayeff, Edith Dekyndt, Simon Denny, Cao Fei, Liam Gillick, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lubiana Himid, Leon Kahane, Kablusiak, Paul Kolling, Carolyn Lazard, Sharon Lockhart, Taus Makhacheva, Shaun Motsi, Goshka Macuga, Jota Mombaça, New Red Order (NRO), Olaf Nicolai, Christelle Oyiri, Celine Pages & Christine Marchal, Trevor Paglen, Grayson Perry, Bruno Serralongue, Jeremy Shaw, Charles Stankievech, Ron Terada, Syrus Marcus Ware, Emmanuel Van der Auwera, et al.