An international group exhibition which deals with the invisible economies linked to the sea. In their works, world-respected artists deal with unusual and radical phenomena, from strange online shops to the empires of amateur pornography and other golden coasts.
In the geographical sense, Europe is a maritime continent, and the sea has always fundamentally shaped its entire development: considering the ratio of the length of the coast to the total land surface, Europe has more contact with the sea than any other continent. For Rijeka, the port, as well as the sea, is not only a place of the loading and unloading or the arrivals and departures of boats. The port is the heart of the city and symbolically important for the identity of the city. This is why the sea, and new forms of work and economy which are connected to the sea, are extremely important for both Rijeka and Europe.
Aram Bartholl – Unlock Life 2020, Kunstraum Kreuzberg
The exhibition The Sea Is Glowing looks at new invisible economies connected to the sea – in the ocean, like deep sea mining, at the sea shore, like offshore tax havens, and on the sea, like ultra-libertarian sea-steading start-ups. All of these activities are part of new economies that involve new kinds of labour, like outsourced micro-work, global logistics, or new kinds of capital circulation, happening in places like freeports. Harbour cities like Rijeka are of particular interest for these kinds of economies because of their (at times) special taxation model.
Rebecca Moss – International Waters
In addition, the deep sea is a ‘new frontier’ in the quest for resources. The artists in the exhibition The Sea Is Glowing look at weird Amazon shops, externalized data-cleaning work, deep sea mining, rising sea levels, hidden offshore paradises, empires of amateur pornography and other lucrative shores. In short: A sea of labour.
The exhibition is curated by Inke Arns (DE), PhD, who is famous for her work in media art. She is the director of the Dortmund Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) organisation and the curator of numerous international exhibitions that have been shown around Europe and the world – from Berlin, Glasgow and Warsaw, from Ljubljana and Nova Sad, all the way to Moscow, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong.
DISNOVATION.ORG – Shanzhai Archaeology
The exhibition presents the works of 15 European and global artists and groups: Aram Bartholl (DE), Ursula Biemann (CH), DISNOVATION.ORG (FR/PL), Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman / Daniel Keller (US), Steffen Köhn (DE), Lawrence Lek (GB), Rebecca Moss (GB), Jenny Odell (US), Elisa Giardina Papa (IT), Lisa Rave (DE), Marie Reinert (FR), Tabita Rezaire (GF), RYBN (FR), Sebastian Schmieg (DE), and Hito Steyerl (DE).
Elisa Giradina Papa – Technologies of Care
You can visit the exhibition until September 13 everyday from 5 to 9 pm, and from September 14 to October 31 everyday from 11 pm to 9 pm.
Tickets
Admission is free on the opening night.
Single ticket price during the exhibition is 30 kuna.
Admission is free for children up to 7 years, and the unemployed and retirees upon presentation of documents.
Children and young people up to the age of 18, as well as students and members of professional associations and organizations receive a 50% discount upon presentation of a valid ID card.
