Guy Bar-Amotz (London) Niels Bonde (København) Björn Dahlem (Berlin) Patricia Ellis (London) Klega (London) Cedar Lewisohn (London) Martin Liebscher (Berlin) & Lisa Strömbeck (København)
Kurateret af Angela Rosenberg & Andreas Schlaegel (Berlin)

Cedar Lewisohn: The First Cut Is The Deepest, acrylic on wall, Galerie Asbæk, 2004. In front: Guy Bar-Amotz, Commando I, fibre glass and golf ball, 2003.

Lost in Tomorrow II The exhibition's title Lost in Tomorrow implies classic science fiction motifs, space odyssey and time travel. It refers to a video of the same title, produced by the artists involved – an allegory for the search of a destination on the way to an unknown future.

The actual exhibition "Lost in Tomorrow II" is not a sequel but a remix of the first show, that took place at the Centro Cultural Andratx in Mallorca. It presents work by eight international artists, that deals with the construction of utopian models, rendering a multifaceted vision of socio-political, cultural, technical and psychological aspects of life in the future.

Martin Liebscher: UFO, 2004. In the background, Niels Bonde:Good Friends, acrylic on cloth, 2004

Going beyond a classical, technical notion of science fiction, the video, produced in a collaborative effort, draws on the absurd as means of communication, featuring: aliens holidaying for the first time on Mallorca, a hapless Danish UFO-spotter couple, spontaneous sex changes, and plenty of UFO special effects.


The artists have produced new work specifically for this show, including a new wall painting by Cedar Lewisohn, two new satellite sculptures by Björn Dahlem and Andreas Schlaegel, Niels Bonde's paintings wiping out political figures entirely by wishful thinking, as well as three large new drawings by Lisa Strömbeck, UFO photographs by Martin Liebscher, an alien abduction installation by Patricia Ellis, and a kinetic installation by Klega.

Björn Dahlem & Andreas Schlaegel: Coma - De Sitter Satellitow, mixed media: wood, neon, carpet, ca. 300 x 300 x 400, 2003

Drawing on reflections of today's problems, as well as narrative structures of their
own invention, the artists also refer to their own personal wishes and hopes, but also fears – connecting global visions with individual and unique personal experiences.


This approach also informs the choice of media for the publication: the exhibition will be accompanied by a bilingual issue of Berlin's homeless people's magazine DIE STÜTZE. The topic of this special issue is the future and the "Karaoke Dilema", the inability to find genuine and independent solutions in the face of prefabricated forms. But it allows for a different angle on the present day.