Human beings operate within the homosphere, which is literally our airspace. This is the section of the earth’s atmosphere closest to the earth, where the composition of the air is quite constant. It encompasses the entire globe and extends up to the point where space begins. Airspace has no contours. It forms a zone marked by boundaries that do exist, although they are latent, and it consists of invisible gases and elements that cannot be discerned by the naked eye. Only when objects such as aeroplanes or drones cross it or it is polluted by substances that we can see or smell do we truly understand that airspace affects us humans as much as it does the ground on which we walk.
[…] Homosphere addresses this ubiquitous but invisible sphere, interpreting it as a space for what is unknown or unexpected, for the frequently clandestine attacks not only on the human organism but also on people, society and nature – and as such it is a potential danger zone within the earth system.
Curated by Stefanie Böttcher. With: James Bridle, Julian Charrière, Don’t Follow the Wind, Forensic Architecture, Hemauer/Keller, Almut Linde, Cristina Lucas, Rabih Mroué, Carsten Nicolai, Walid Raad, Oliver Ressler, Tomás Saraceno, Susan Schuppli, Tétshim & Frank Mukunday
Photograph: Norbert Miguletz
10.6. – 25.9.2022
Kunsthalle Mainz
Am Zollhafen 3 – 5, Mainz