Image and Body Politics in Film, Performance, and Mixed-Media Practices
March 20–May 3, 2026
Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus
Jahnstraße 42
75173 Pforzheim
Germany
https://www.kunstvereinpforzheim.de
Clockwise, from top left: Asma Aiad, This is not a headscarf, 2020; Frau Diamanda, Travesti performance, 2012. Photo: Prin Rodriguez; Anahita Neghabat, Meme 1, 2025; documentation of discussions at the Round Table, Dietrich Bonhoeffer House, Berlin, 1989. Photo: Klaus Oberst. Courtesy of the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv), ADN-Zentralbild; Marina Gržinić and Aina Šmid, Assemblages, 2026.
Curated by: Marina Gržinić (Ljubljana) and Elisa R. Linn (Berlin) with the participation of Asma Aiad, Frau Diamanda / Héctor Acuña with Pol Comelles, Marina Gržinić with Aina Šmid, Maša Guštin featuring Yevgeny Yufit (1961–2016), Anahita Neghabat, and Elisa R. Linn featuring Counter-Public Spheres in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
Un/Settled Futurities: Diasporic Re/Imaginaries isa an interdisciplinary exhibition exploring the complexities of identity, survival strategies, and modes of existence through the lenses of diaspora, memory, and futurity. The exhibition also addresses radical historical interventions in art and civil society, as well as exclusions and closures produced by imperial-colonial security regimes, including travesti uprisings, political mimes, and insurgent politics.
On 21.03. 2026 Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, in cooperation with A.K.T;—a space for societal discourse and an interdisciplinary laboratory for the future that engages with current sociopolitical questions—has launched an accompanying program within the exhibition titled Encountering Futures: Lectures, Conversations, and Reflections. Conceived in collaboration with Marina Gržinić and Elisa R. Linn, Encountering Futures served as an active, performative space for knowledge production, collective thinking, and the articulation of possible futures. Two workshops are programmed in April 20026 and in the first days of May 2026, conceived by Anahita Neghabat and Asma Aiad.
On 21 03 2026, artists and theorists together examined how artistic and theoretical practices insist on futurity as a contested and politically charged demand. Participating speakers include Asma Aiad, Elisa R. Linn, Frau Diamanda / Héctor Acuña, Pol Comelles, Marina Gržinić, Maša Guštin, Silke Helmerdig, and Klaus Theweleit. Janusz Czech and Daria Schroth moderate the program.
The book was released as the final point in the series of events that constituted the exhibition project. Conceived by Marina Gržinić, edited by Marina Gržinić and Elisa R. Linn, and designed by Elisa Maxhuni, is available.
