STRATA STROLLING

The group exhibition Strata Strolling brings together the works of Adriana Bogdanova, Šimon Chovan, Irene de Boer, Adrian Kiss, Diana Scherer, and Aline Schwörer, each of whom envision the fossil remains of the future, yet to be unraveled. The exhibition engages with principles of speculative paleontology and archaeology: like amber preserving the remnants of ancient life, exhibited works absorb microparticles of the present. Conceived as a reinterpretation of the natural history museum within the framework of contemporary art, the exhibition reconsiders humanity’s desire to control and historicize nature and situate its elements into cultural contexts. Strata Strolling instead proposes a post-anthropocentric framework and a vision of entangled agencies that transcend the boundaries between the living and the inert, grounded in their inseparable condition.

Rather than presenting a purely dystopian vision of the future, the exhibition considers the imprint as a carrier of information, one that transforms alongside the tools with which we interpret the world. The artists’ approaches are rooted in reflections on the so-called second nature, a condition in which cultural practices not only shape perception to the point of appearing natural, but also rewrite the environment itself.

Each artist engages with distinct material and conceptual configurations; within the exhibition, they converge in a mutual unearthing of layered sedimentation of time, as well as diverse methods of storage and recording. Through organic, synthetic, and mimetic elements alike, the exhibited works suggest that traces of the present are already beginning to fossilize, gradually embedding our current state into the chasm of deep time—forward and beyond our existence simultaneously.

Part of this installation was developed in collaboration with Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden.

Curated by Karolína Voleská

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Korte Nederlandse tekst

Strata Strolling brengt werk samen van zes kunstenaars die de fossielen van de toekomst verbeelden—sporen van het heden die zich al beginnen te vormen in diepe tijd. De tentoonstelling onderzoekt hoe natuur, materiaal en cultuur met elkaar verweven raken in een post-antropocentrisch perspectief.

Gecureerd door Karolína Voleská is Strata Strolling te zien van 16 mei t/m 14 juni 2026 bij Arti et Amicitiae. De opening vindt plaats op vrijdag 15 mei van 19.00 tot 00.00 uur, met vanaf 21.00 uur een DJ in de sociëteit.