MAP#158 presents loose ends: meeting, meandering, wandering

Duo exhibition with Abel Hartooni

In loose Ends: Meeting, Meandering, Wandering, artists Abel Hartooni and Natalija Gucheva delve into questions surrounding artistic creation and its connection to life’s constant flux. The glass corridor becomes a site of conversation between media such as painting, ceramics, and video, unfolding fluid narratives.

Accompanying these visual works is a collaborative video set in an imaginary landscape. Through a non-linear narrative, the protagonists recall interpersonal and personal memories to initiate a dialogue. These memories intertwine with sensory experiences, evoking a sense of nostalgia and prompting the audience to reflect on the transient nature of life.

loose Ends: Meeting, Meandering, Wandering invites viewers to navigate the tensions between process and outcome, personal and collective memory, and other spaces of hybridity. Embracing the twists and turns of artistic exploration, Hartooni and Gucheva challenge conventional notions of identity formation and the transformation of meaning, unraveling the complexity of existence and celebrating the fluid interconnectedness of life.

Text by Martina Latucca


Photography credits go to Isaac Ponseele