Overview

• The show presents works by 60 artists from nearly 40 countries, many offering postcolonial critiques through overlooked contemporary practices.
• Colah’s “Foxism” theme frames art as adaptable and subversive agents that infiltrate and repurpose spaces of exclusion.
• Performances range from Akademia Ruchu’s choreographed stumbles at a former Communist Party headquarters to Han Bing’s leash-walked cabbage on Tiananmen Square, both using nonconfrontational acts to unsettle authorities.
• In a highlight at the Volksbühne, Florentine Holzinger deploys militarized robot dogs and vivid live surgery to critique digital monitoring and bodily control.
• Margherita Moscardini’s 561-stone staircase, each stone certified by stateless or extraterritorial entities, envisions communal space beyond sovereign claims.