The „Spatial Conflicts“ exhibition—organized within the framework of the Collaborative Research Center 1265 „Re-Figuration of Spaces“ at 9-16th May 2025—brought together 14 artists from diverse disciplines, generations, and backgrounds. Their works examine spatial conflicts unfolding worldwide, including struggles over culture, war, migration, borders, and overpopulation; post-colonial tensions over land and language; inequalities, queerness, and environmental crises; the relationship between human and non-human actors; digitalization and the hybridity of space.

Through a variety of artistic perspectives and media, „Spatial Conflicts“ invited to reflect on how spatial tensions shape contemporary life. The exhibition served as a bridge between art and research, fostering dialogue on the refiguration of spaces and offering new ways of thinking about space, conflict, and coexistence.

Featured Artists in this video:

• María Linares
• Paula Kaniewska
• Lynn Kain
• Hara Shin
• Simone Rueß
• Janin Walter
• Carlos Medellin

Video produced by Zoé Perko.