pes knitted
250 x 150 cm
Ghita Skali's flag officially fictional waves on one of the loudspeaker poles on the lawn. For the motif, the artist uses a cutout of the first page of her own Fiktionsbescheinigung. The name of the document shines in clear letters on a green-red background and the federal eagle, the national emblem of Germany. This Fiktionsbescheinigung was given to Skali by the German immigration authorities. It made it possible for her to stay in Germany, but she was not allowed to work or leave the country. With the artwork, Skali reminds the audience how the belief in a better future enables people to survive difficult, uncertain situations — such as a fictional existence decided by German authorities.
About the artist
Ghita Skali (*1992) lives and works in Amsterdam, Netherlands. She uses bizarre news, rumors and propaganda to question institutional power structures such as the Western contemporary art world, state oppression and government policies. Most recently, her work has been on view at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
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at Sommerbad Humboldthain
Wiesenstraße 1, 13357 Berlin
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Monday – Sunday
10.00 am – 6.00 pm