Alexander Johannes


The Shark of My Dreams, vis à vis with Davide Ghelli Santuliana

A stranger came to me; he wanted to make an exhibition about the shark!

In his work, Davide Ghelli Santuliana explores the figure of the shark as a metaphor of the ruthless businessman, but also as a cultural signifier carrying meanings such as death or terror. The project explores the visual and linguistic landscape associated in particular with the creative entrepreneur, a figure that joins together the individualistic spirit of the entrepreneur with the humanist heritage of the male “genius” artist. Burdened by the task of becoming successful and make a name for himself, the creative entrepreneur represents the paradoxes of a neo-liberal economy where existential precariousness is the norm.

During the exhibition period Davide entertained us on various occasions with his Shark Based Tarot. A sort of tarot reading developed by the artist himself, using a shark card deck which he discovered in a little shop in Verona, Italy.

Opening
Friday 02.09.2022
4 PM – 7 PM

Exhibition
02.09.2022 – 02.10.2022


Calendar

June 22, 2025
instrument inventors initiative
Experimental Dog Walk - Workshops
Willem Dreespark 312
2531 SX, The Hague
Morning Session: 11:00-13:00
Afternoon Session: 16:00-18:00

May 23-25, 2025
Vorwerkstift Galerie 21
Exhibition
Lost in Translation

Connecting Spaces Pt.2
Vorwerkstr.21
20357 Hamburg DE

January 7, 2025
Sally's Fault
Sound-Performance
Bloemgracht 56
1015TK Amsterdam NL
from 17:00

06.09.2024
Month of Contemporary Music Berlin
The Whalesong Project - Berlin
Making Music With Six Monumental Buildings

Berliner Dom
18:00 - 19:00

06.09.2024
Month of Contemporary Music Berlin
The Whalesong Project - Berlin
Making Music With Six Monumental Buildings

Berliner Dom
12:30 - 13:30

05.09.2024
Month of Contemporary Music Berlin
The Whalesong Project - Berlin
Making Music With Six Monumental Buildings

Berliner Dom
18:00 - 19:00

05.09.2024
Month of Contemporary Music Berlin
The Whalesong Project - Berlin
Making Music With Six Monumental Buildings

Berliner Dom
12:30 - 13:30

29.08.2024 - 01.09.2024
Vorwerkstift Galerie 21
Verbindungen von Räumen
Connecting Spaces

Opening: 29.08. 19:00
Exhibition: 30.08 - 01.09. 10:00 - 18:00
Listening Sessions: Fr.-So. 12, 14, 16h (duration 30 min.)

free entrance, donations welcome.

17.07.2024 - 17.08.2024
Kunstfort Vijfhuizen
Sensory Threshold LAB 2024: AS FOUND+