11.10. to 24.11.2019

The first forms of democracy have been developing in Europe and other parts of the world for over 2500 years. In each country, the historical, social and cultural characteristics are just as different as the respective prerequisites, conditions and democratic content. What they have in common is that democracy is based on a constant negotiation of the balance between the individual and the community, freedom and order, equality and leadership. In the current discourse, however, there is a widespread feeling that powers are shifting and that the constitutional form of democracy appears to be increasingly threatened and unstable due to the structural change of modern societies, complex global problems, digitalisation, populism, fake news and the questioning of knowledge and universal values.

In the exhibition "Demoncracy", international artists embark on a search for the demons of democracy: is it the political representatives, business groups or simply the people themselves? The works on display depict the struggle for the basic pillars, laws and stability of democratic constitutions and scrutinise our current understanding of democracy.

"Pre-Crime" by Monika Hielscher and Matthias Heeder

"The Other Chelsea - A story from Donetsk" by Kakob Preuss

"Die Story im Ersten. The uncanny power of consultants" by Michael Wech, Georg Wellmann, Massimo Bognanni, Petra Nagel, Petra Blum, Lena Kampf and Katja Riedel

"Never Again - America's youth against the gun craze" by Sebastian Bellwinkel

"The Earth Destroyers" by Jean-Robert Viallet