CURATORIAL STATEMENT
Under the title The desire for being many, the Berlin based spaces Neun Kelche and alpha nova & galerie futura and the artist Lillian Morrissey, will present a joint exhibition across multiple spaces and a programme of events for the period October-December 2025. Platforming intersectional FLINTA* artistic, activist and discursive critical approaches, the project will address the highly topical issue of reactionary, anti-feminist and LGBTQI-phobic backlash in contemporary right-wing politics. This trend can not only be observed internationally, but is also gaining ground across the EU and within German-speaking countries in the form of laws (e.g. the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media banned gendering in his office), the enormous success of anti-feminist influencers on social media channels, and the massive strengthening of right-wing parties and fascist movements in the consciousness of society as a whole–where this ideology is ultimately becoming normalised.
The project The desire for being many not only aims to take stock and highlight the dramatic reactionary-antifeminist developments of recent years, but also to create counter-publics and strengthen alliances of solidarity in the spirit of author, philosopher and activist Ewa Majewska. To this end, artists and cultural workers living mainly in Berlin will participate in the exhibition and the (artistic-discursive) supporting programme with an artistic (activist) contribution based on their often transnational background of experience. The result is a polyphonic, diverse network of positions that serves as a starting point for resistance against Backlash 2.0.
Opening:
8th November, 2025, 5 — 9 pm
Exhibition:
9th November until 5th December 2025