The exhibition catalogue for the group show explores structures of power hidden in symbols, gestures, relationships, and systems. The assembled works engage with authoritarian narratives, distorted histories, erased knowledge, the destruction of cultures, and the construction of identities.

With works by Yael Bartana, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Jošt Franko, Gabriela Golder, Cristian Inostroza, Grada Kilomba, Daria Koltsova, Goshka Macuga, Daniela Ortiz, Ahmet Öğüt, Erkan Özgen, Hannes Priesch, Monira al Qadiri, Zanny Begg and Oliver Ressler, Anna Zvyagintseva, Lukas Marxt, Ala Savashevich.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Poetics of Power:
Kunsthaus Graz, exhibition dates: 15 November 2024 – 25 May 2025

With texts by Bilgin Ayata, Sabine Flach, Andreja Hribernik, Katrin Nahidi, Nini Palavandishvili, Andrea Scrima, Alexandra Trost, and poetic quotations by Ann Cotten, Volha Hapeyeva, Aleš Šteger.

Language: German/English
Pages: 168 pages