Retreat into Darkness. Towards a Phenomenology of the Unknown
Ernst Schering Foundation Project Space, Berlin, April 26 - July 16, 2017
"Is darkness really the site of non-knowledge, or does it rather unveil phenomena that we fail to perceive in the light?"
From the text by Heike Catherina Mertens
Installation: Retreat into Darkness. Towards a Phenomenology of the Unknown
Symposium Towards a Phenomenology of the Unknown, with Ivana Franke, vision scientist Bilge Sayim, curator and art historian Elena Agudio, artist and author Patricia Reed, science historian Jimena Canales, and vision scientist Sylvia Pont. In coopertion with Savvy Contemporary.
Symposium, Long Night of the Sciences in the Schering Foundation: with Anil Seth, Michael Pauen, Melanie Wilke, Philipp Sterzer, Ivana Franke, and Elena Agudio
Publication: Ivana Franke. Retreat into Darkness. Towards a Phenomenology of the Unknown. Edited by Heike Catherina Mertens, Katia Naie. Spector Books, Leipzig, 2018.
Photo: Roman Maerz