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Inexistence Etienne Chambaud

July 3—August 28, 2021
Esther Schipper, Berlin
Etienne Chambaud’s exhibition title Inexistence suggests the exhibition as condition of contradictory states, as a site where things and beings could alternatively or simultaneously emerge, change or remain absent. The works in the exhibition share a certain tension between what can be experienced, seen, and known. They manifest as ephemeral sensations—the perceptions of smell, sound, light and warmth—appearing and disappearing. Yet, in the midst of this exhibition, it is also the spectators’ certainty in their position that is being destabilized, as is the necessity of their presence: the synthetic birds will continue to sing their songs long after they have left.

The exhibition was
 kindly supported by the Stiftung Kunstfonds, NEUSTART KULTUR program.