” Communication scientist and media philosopher Vilém Flusser (1920 — 1991) was a heterogeneous thinker and wrote on many topics — including design, art, philosophy, science, history and politics. An important starting point of his thinking was the relationship of human beings to the apparatuses they created as well as the replacement of writing by technical images as the dominant code. Technical images created by apparatuses increasingly determine our thoughts and actions — a development that Flusser considered to be problematic but also full of opportunities. In a telematic society, people could be creative based on dialogical connections and counteract the programming tendency created by apparatuses. To achieve this, social and technical apparatuses must be permeated and used contrary to their original purpose. Due to their creative capacity, he sees artists in particular as being responsible for this, for whom his writings and lectures have always been particularly inspiring. Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Marcel René Marburger, this year’s exhibition is the second in the Flusser and Art / Art and Flusser series, in which artistic positions are shown that, with their reference to topics relevant to Flusser, are intended to keep his thinking current and, above all, to continue and complement it.This year’s exhibition will be shown simultaneously in Flusser’s last place of residence, Robion (Lom-of-LaMa), and at the ENSP in Arles (Ceren Oykut & KAI — Dead Chickens). “
Exhibition and performance by Ceren Oykut and KAI Dead Chickens, curated by Marcel Rene Marburger, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2025
Still Here / Negatives by Ceren Oykut, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2025
Still Here / Negatives is a collection of the remnants of the act of drawing, consisting of shapes, each of which appeared spontaneously in the unrecognized an unrepresented space that Ceren Oykut calls “empty zone”. These shapes are the negatives of Ceren Oykut’s work titled Still Here, which are drawings, sketches and scribbles cut out of iron sheet with fire. The Negatives were discovered during the migration of the drawings from the paper surface to the iron material creating an autonomous narrative.
Still Here / Negatives by Ceren Oykut, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2025 Photography: lom-of-LaMa
Exhibition and performance by Ceren Oykut and KAI Dead Chickens, curated by Marcel Rene Marburger, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2025, Photography: lom-of-LaMa
Kleines Schwarzes Haus by KAI Dead Chickens, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2025, photography: lom-of-LaMa
Kleines Schwarzes Haus (Small Black House) is an interactive archive: on the outside and formally a sculpture made of old iron, its inner life can be seen through a hatch-sized opening. Inside is a small, metal monster and a monitor — both initially inactive. Only when a lever is pressed there is movement in the interior. The kinetic sculpture spits fire, the monitor shows a compilation of performances and works by KAI Dead Chickens in the formations Dead Chickens, Ari la Chispa, TMF Powersaw, Bande a Part and Mab Cardoso. The small black house is a translucent, interactive black box that not only shows KAI’s artistic work, but makes it tangible with all senses. Material: iron, kinetics, video H 183 cm, W 100 cm, D 156 cm
Kleines Schwarzes Haus by KAI Dead Chickens, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles (FR) 2025, photography: lom-of-LaMa
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