Space-Time InFlexions
23.08.2025 - 17.09.2025
Ana Paula dos Santos, Vanessa Amoah Opoku, Verdiana Albano
mars
Afrofuturism is not a distant utopia - it is a lived reality. It combines speculative thinking with the creative re-appropriation of Black history(ies) and thus becomes a political and poetic practice that creates visibility. Afrofuturism asks not only what will be, but also what was and what could have been. This idea can be experienced in Space-Time InFlexions - a group exhibition in which memory, everyday life and visions intertwine in the works of Ana Paula dos Santos, Verdiana Albano and Vanessa Amoah Opoku. The relationship between the Black female body and technology is also a central theme. Against the backdrop of a history in which Black bodies have often been exoticized, controlled or made invisible, the artists shift the perspective: the camera and lens are no longer understood as neutral tools, but as extensions of the body - as resonance spaces, forms of resistance and means of self-empowerment. Space-Time InFlexions is an invitation to feel through images, to remember through technology and to act through speculation. The group exhibition opens up spaces in which Black futures are not only imagined, but embodied.
The works transform memory into vision, digital technology into physical experience and inner worlds into visual forms of expression. Reflection here means not only looking back, but also moving forward - a permeated presence in a constantly changing world. - Natasha A. Kelly (Curator) The exhibition Space-Time InFlexions with the artists Ana Paula dos Santos, Verdiana Albano and Vanessa Amoah Opoku, curated by Natasha A. Kelly and designed by Mawuto Dotou, is initiated by Institute Contemporary and is in cooperation with the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation. It is also supported by MARS Frankfurt e.V. and the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art.
MARS
Ginnheimer Landstraße 35
60487 Frankfurt am Main
E. info@institutecontemporary.com
Vernissage: Friday, 22.08.2025, 18:30
Black-Speculative-Arts-Festival: Saturday, 06.09. and Sunday 07.09.
