Five photoprints on metal each 60 cm x 90 cm
A Missing Camera: The In-Between is installed on the fence of the swimming pool: Five faces look at us through the metal structure. They are under water, air bubbles rise up. Khaled Barakeh uses artificial intelligence to create supposedly documentary images from real stories. In this way, he catches moments that no camera has ever captured. The artwork is an act of reclamation. An accompanying audio piece on the website transforms the story into music by using an algorithm to translate letters into notes.
Barakeh depicts systemic inequality: the artwork brings people into the public pool who risk everything to reach Europe by water. It remains unclear whether they are drowning in the sea or diving in the pool today – what becomes clear is how fluid the boundary is between freedom and exclusion, individual action and collective responsibility.
About the Artist
Khaled Barakeh (he/him), born in 1976 in Syria, lives and works in Berlin. He is a conceptual artist and activist. Barakeh describes his practice as a "Practice of Necessity," as human rights and social justice are deeply embedded in his engagement with urgent socio-political issues. In 2017, he founded coculture, a non-profit organization supporting exiled cultures and cultural producers. He has collaborated with global organizations such as Amnesty, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, the Danish Refugee Council, and Impunity Watch. His work has recently been exhibited at the Mayors Parlour (Belfast, IR), Mathaf (Doha, QAT), and Place Jean Rey (Brussels, BEL).
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at Sommerbad Humboldthain
Wiesenstraße 1, 13357 Berlin
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Monday – Sunday
10.00 am – 6.00 pm