INVISIBLE CITIES
In a world fractured by gentrification, borders, and conflict, urban life becomes a site of profound asymmetry: some pass freely, others wait indefinitely at the threshold. With “Invisible Cities”, OUT Collective seeks to explore not just what cities are, but what they mean to those who can’t reach them, can’t leave them, or are forced to flee them. It invites digital artists to reflect on urban life’s emotional, mnemonic, and often imperceptible dimensions.
This curatorial frame considers the city not merely as a spatial structure, but as a dense accumulation of memories, desires, losses, and negotiations of belonging. As cities expand, demolish, regenerate, and rezone, what is left behind and what is brought into focus? What geographies of emotion emerge as urban landscapes are rewritten by decay and construction? They are looking for responses that challenge dominant narratives of urban progress and engage critically with memory, identity, and the right to remain visible.
OUT COLLECTIVE are Elías López and Karoline Ketelhake from the University of the Arts Bremen, in cooperation with Alexia Alexandropoulou from Lisbon and Fairouz Nouri and Khadouja Tamzini from the ZAKHAM organization in Tunis. Jointly, they are experimenting with curatorial formats in public space. In the MEDIA ART LAB c/o OPEN SPACE DOMSHOF framework, they host an open call for media artworks — open to students, alumni/ae, and all artists alike. The public presentation will be on 12 JUL 2025, in one of the night sessions, from 10:00 PM to Midnight.
INVISIBLE CITIES
