ProtoZone16 — Hallucinogenesis

ProtoZone16: Hallucinogenesis extends an invitation to focus on the profound, unarticulated knowledge and feelings that reside within you—those depths of experience that often defy verbal expression. This process-based exhibition offers a space to heighten your awareness of its own driving forces: the subtle processes of intuition, dreams, desires, atmospheres, vibes, currents, undertones, memories, presences and hallucinations.

The invited artists evoke the process of "Hallucinogenesis", allowing to emerge what lies hidden beneath the surface. Their approaches span a wide spectrum: from acts of remembering, researching, and summoning to moments of pause and deep listening; from weaving and experimental writing to the exploration of psychoactive substances; from tracing and renewing ancestral knowledge, myths, rituals and historical narratives to simultaneously engaging with techno music, contemporary technological culture and gender politics. 

Curated by Phila Bergmann and Thea Reifler

curatorial assistant Vanessa Bosch