Constellations of Multiple Wishes: Along the Eastern Horizon at Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova

The exhibition 'Constellations of Multiple Wishes: Along the Eastern Horizon' is now on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova in Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is the latest iteration in the Constellations series, which began with 'Southern Constellations' initiated by Moderna galerija, Ljubljana in 2019, and has since traveled to Gwangju, Rijeka, Skopje, and Podgorica. The first version was presented in 2023 at The Mosaic Rooms, London, focusing on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM). This new edition shifts focus to the concept of multiple Easts, challenging Eurocentric colonial divisions of the Near East, Middle East, and Far East. It critiques how the West has historically stereotyped the East as an underdeveloped Other, justifying intervention. The exhibition reflects on the post-WWII decolonization and the rise of the NAM, but also acknowledges its failures, particularly regarding Palestine, Iraq, Libya, and Syria. Rather than nostalgia, the show seeks alternative routes and networks through archival materials, existing works, and new commissions. Artists include Ala Younis, Alia Farid, Basim Magdy, Essa Grayeb, Free Palestine Poster Project, KURS (Miloš Miletić & Mirjana Radovanović), Larry Achiampong, Mona Rouhana Benyamin, Nika Autor, and The Non-Aligned Art Collection Laboratory (Omar Bsoul, Kareem Dabbah, Inji Efflatoun, Mamdouh Kashlan, Choukri Mesli, Khudhair Shakirji). The press release is from Moderna galerija.