Perfomative conversation evening 


Demian Kern, Katerina Komianou, Kerstin von Gabain

curated by Severin Dünser
25 January 2024, 7 pm – 10 pm



Exhibition duration: 25 January – 30 March 2024


Phase 1: 25 January – 24 February 2024


Phase 2: 28 February – 30 March 2024

The relationship we develop with things also reflects how we are: Having and being are aspects that influence each other and thereby make the human essence tangible. The exhibition attempts to describe our multifaceted being through materializations of desires. As we all long for certain things, the exhibition will commence with an evening of drinks and conversations featuring Kerstin von Gabain, Demian Kern, and Katerina Komianou. Preceded by two events and a screening, the exhibition itself will unfold at the end of February.

Severin Dünser is a curator living in Vienna. From 2012 to 2022 he worked at the Belvedere. Together with Christian Kobald, he founded COCO Kunstverein in 2009 (entirely project-based since 2012). Prior to this, he managed the project space of Galerie Krinzinger and wrote for, among others, Spike and mono.kultur. Most recently he realised the group shows "Bread and Digestifs", "On Heavy Rotation", "On the New", "The Value of Freedom", "Instructions for Happiness", "The Grasping", "The Gestural", "The Concern", and "Flirting with Strangers".