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GUILT is a term with a variety of connotations that subjectively means an illegal or reprehensible act and objectively the violation of moral or legally prohibited boundaries, and is pushed into the urban space on the façade of the Kunsthaus. As a concept, it should always be thought of in relation to society, because it is above all the admission of guilt that challenges coexistence and at the same time calls for communication with others when it comes to repentance and forgiveness.
Over the decades, the term has become detached from the church-theological context and shifted towards popular culture and psycho-coaching. “Guilt” is the title of several films, music albums and US television series.
Confession of guilt, repentance and forgiveness are increasingly being outsourced to talk shows and social media, and commercial providers are offering services designed to free people from feelings of guilt. Guilt culture is certainly associated with power, because the creation of excessive guilt gives power over people and their behavior. This is where Bonvicini's interest comes in: in her cross-media works, the artist repeatedly explores power structures and examines the complex relationships between physical and social space as well as historical, political and economic influences that have been inscribed in these spaces.
An installation-translation of these themes can currently also be found inside the bubble: I Don't Like You Very Much is the title of Bonvicini's solo exhibition in Space01 at the Kunsthaus, in which she focuses on the house in the field of tension between being safe and being at the mercy of others.
