Exhibition
on maintenance
Artist/s
Emilia Trog, Hannah Francke, Irina Jasnowski Pascual, Samuel Ellinghoven, tibslc, Chiara Mila Jason, Florian&Emden, Sarafina McLeod
Curated by
Alicia Franzke, Kay Lotte Pommer & Laura Wichmann
Runtime
21.11.2025 – 20.12.2025
Opening
Thursday, Nov 20, 7pm
Further Events
• Saturday, Dec 6, 2pm
Birth of Stones, a participatory artist talk / performance by Sarafina McLeod
• Saturday, Dec 6, 3:30pm
Entre-Cuerpo – Sensory Fabulation, a workshop by Chiara Mila Jason
*please register via mail@bistro21.org
• Tuesdays, Nov 25, Dec 2 + 6, 6pm
lesen22, a Frankenstein reading circle hosted by Florian&Emden
*(full)
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Poster Design
Nelly Nakahara
Documentation
Hannah Francke
on maintenance
cut outs in the window
first visit:
the carpet is fresh and clean
the paint is as well
bistro has not looked so –
in long, (thank you e, i, a, k, h, s, thank you d)
second visit:
the paint is still fresh
the carpet though
could definitely use a brush,
someone vacuumed, but
after the third visit:
I would like to see
some teleshopping product do its magic
you learn to maintain is to “keep an existing state, is to uphold and defend, is to carry on and keep up, is to support or provide for, is to affirm in”
as teaches merriam webster–which is, as I just learned in a podcast, not a protected trademark by name, you could just go and do your own merriam webster dictionary[1], but why though why
something stinks
not in the room
but in these explanations
“… after the revolution, who’s going to pick up the garbage on Monday morning?”, asks Mierle Laderman Ukeles–in 1969[2]
not to say, this is a revolution, but to ask, and clearly, we’re queuing: is this space available for rent?
Text: Laura Wichmann
[1] You’re Wrong About. The Dictionary Wars! with Gabe Henry. Podcast, 11.11.2025
[2] Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Manifesto for Maintenance Art 1969! Proposal for an exhibition “CARE”