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Kunstverein Pforzheim launches global exhibition on diasporic futures and imperial regimes

exhibition · 2026-04-08

Janusz Czech and Daria Schroth, the new artistic directors of Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus, have inaugurated a major international group exhibition called Un/Settled Futurities: Diasporic Re/Imaginaries. This interdisciplinary show examines identity complexities, survival strategies, and modes of existence through diaspora, memory, and futurity lenses. It confronts imperial-colonial security regimes and their exclusions while addressing radical historical interventions in art and civil society. Topics include travesti uprisings, political mimes, and insurgent politics. An accompanying program has been launched in cooperation with A.K.T, a space for societal discourse and an interdisciplinary laboratory engaging with current sociopolitical questions.

Key facts

  • Exhibition title: Un/Settled Futurities: Diasporic Re/Imaginaries
  • Artistic directors: Janusz Czech and Daria Schroth
  • Venue: Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus
  • Exhibition type: large-scale international group exhibition
  • Themes: diaspora, memory, futurity, identity, survival strategies
  • Addresses: imperial-colonial security regimes, exclusions, closures
  • Includes: travesti uprisings, political mimes, insurgent politics
  • Cooperation with: A.K.T (space for societal discourse)

Entities

Artists

  • Janusz Czech
  • Daria Schroth

Institutions

  • Kunstverein Pforzheim im Reuchlinhaus
  • A.K.T

Locations

  • Pforzheim
  • Germany

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