Burial of the White Man at EXILE

Artists: Jeronim Horvat, Vela Arbutina, Marie Matusz & Cassidy Toner, Maya Hottarek, Anna Walther, Paul Otis Wiesner, Johanna Blank, Bob Schatzi Hausmann, Tobi Keck, Nellie Lindquist, Anica Kehr, Julius Pristauz, Ernestyna Orlowska, KOTZ (Don Elektro, Marian Luft and Salvador Marino), Lotte Meret Effinger, Ronny Szillo, Lucie Freynhagen, Matyáš Maláč & Julius Reichel, Jiajia Zhang, Cyril Hübscher

Exhibition title: Burial of the White Man

Venue: Off-Site (Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia), EXILE, Vienna, Austria

Date: May 8, 2020

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and EXILE, Berlin

Note: Further reading: Erik Niedling with Ingo Niermann: Burial of the White Man, Sternberg Press, 2019

Every year since May 8, 2017, Erik Niedling and like-minded individuals ascend Kleiner Gleichberg near Römhild, the mountain Niedling has chosen for the realization of Pyramid Mountain, to celebrate the symbolic Burial of the White Man in anticipation of future events.

Erik Niedling and Ingo Niermann cordially invite people of all genders and colors to meet on the summit of the future Pyramid Mountain at 12 pm on May 8, 2020. We will discuss conditions for overcoming the dominance of white men and jointly rebuild a stone pyramid on the summit plateau which usually gets dismantled over the course of the following year.

No one enters the realm of the dead empty-handed; proper provisions are a must. Bearing this in mind, artist Jeronim Horvat has invited the following artists to pack their rucksacks that will be opened on Kleiner Gleichberg on May 8: Vela Arbutina, Marie Matusz & Cassidy Toner, Maya Hottarek, Anna Walther, Paul Otis Wiesner, Johanna Blank, Bob Schatzi Hausmann, Tobi Keck, Nellie Lindquist, Anica Kehr, Julius Pristauz, Ernestyna Orlowska, KOTZ (Don Elektro, Marian Luft and Salvador Marino), Lotte Meret Effinger, Ronny Szillo, Lucie Freynhagen, Matyáš Maláč & Julius Reichel, Jiajia Zhang, Cyril Hübscher.

Burial of the White Man, 2020. Ascend to the mountain, Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

Bob Schatzi Hausmann: Your Sling, 2020. Neck pouch, A4 paper, folded triangular bandage, 35 x 26 cm

Julius Pristauz: Overcoming, out (backpack), 2020. Pink fjällräven kanken, various pride buttons, various accessories, nail polishes, drawing by the artist, photo prints, lyrics on paper

Jiajia Zhang: Untitled (Explorer), 2020. Embossed stamping foil, brush cleaner

Burial of the White Man, 2020. Ascend to the mountain, Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

KOTZ: FAKO, 2020. Mixed media

Burial of the White Man, 2020. Site view, Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

Cyril Hübscher: Rest in Patriarchy, 2020. Postal cardboard box, tape, glue, pen on cardboard, newspaper cutouts, toy soldiers & toy car, electric grave candle

Lotte Meret Effinger: Ritual4mafatherfigures, 2020. Latex, bag, ink, palo santo wood, hair, metal, lighter

Erik Niedling with Daniel, 2020. Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

Lucie Freynhagen: Masculine Fantasies, 2019. Silkscreen on PVC

Anica Kehr: R.E.D. mossy, 2020. Moss, back protector, care bag, pipe, healing crystal

Anna Walther: Testimonial Bag, 2020. Rug made of donated cultural appropriation clothes

Burial of the White Man, 2020. Site view, Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

Ingo Niermann: Avatar, 2020

Ingo Niermann: Avatar with Daniel, 2020

Burial of the White Man, 2020. Site view, Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

Johanna Blank: For the Fragile, 2020. Ivy leaves, my grandmothers table cloth, self spindled and knitted fresh and smelly wool from a racka sheep, a breed that is unique with both sexes possessing long spiraling shaped horns

Vela Arbutina: Alters des Ende Das, 2020. MP3 audio file, rope, ceramic, steel

Cassidy Toner & Marie Matusz: Escorts, 2020. Mosquito mesh, various seeds, Death and Universe Tarot card, water-resistant lighter, flask with drinking cups, sword with Jade and Tamarind veins, ‘build your own church’ kit, Hematite stones, 8 sided dice, Poison incense, £500 joss paper

Burial of the White Man, 2020. Site view, Kleiner Gleichberg, Thuringia

Paul Otis Wiesner: Tactical Home Improvement, 2020. Construction ropes, various tools, construction tape

Maya Hottarek: Aradia please protect us, 2020. Felt, fake fluff, burned clay, needle with thread, letters, moss, activated during the performance

Maya Hottarek: Remember where you come from, 2020. Felt, fake fluff, burned clay, damiana liquor, glas pearls, myrtle, activated during the performance

Matyáš Maláč & Julius Reichel: Superposition Supply, 2020. Plastic bottle, gelatine from rain water, mosquito, stencil drawing on paper, alcohol marker drawings, rope