For this third edition of Wild Summer of Art, the Brutus building itself forms the starting point of the exhibition. The traces of the past, visible in the ruins and remnants of the monumental site, tell multiple stories. They remind us of what once was, but also invite new interpretations. The ruins of Brutus symbolize what is gone, but also what could have been. They form a space where imagination is given room and where the past and future enter into conversation. The artworks reflect on what remains after an event and how we deal with the traces of turbulent times. The exhibition invites visitors to reflect on questions such as “What do we carry with us from the past?” and “What do we ourselves leave behind for the future?” As the Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish once said: “Memory is the scar of history.” It is precisely this scar that the exhibiting artists make visible. Not only as something painful, but also as a source of insight, creativity, and hope.
Curators
Yannik Güldner (DE, 1996), based in The Hague, is a self-taught curator and programmer. His research focuses on intersections between contemporary and popular culture. Alongside his independent practice, he currently leads artistic developments at the artist collective iii (instrument inventors initiative); iii is an artist-run community platform supporting new interdisciplinary artistic practices that connect performance, technology, and the human senses.
