From February 9, 2025, the Goethe-Institut China will be showing the exhibition "Stones of the Future", curated by Fu Congle and Quan Huo especially for the Grey Cube. The exhibition presents the stones as a storehouse of time and history and invites visitors to walk with them - from the formation of mussels to the end of the world and the re-creation of the universe. On the day of the opening, there will also be a discussion between the science fiction author Chen Qiufan and the artist He Zikeder, followed by a screening of the film "Journey to the West" (science fiction). The exhibition uses karst-like mountain and rock formations to create a collection of caves of the future. Karst landscapes, which are crisscrossed by relief-like, free-standing rocks, invite you to wander and fantasize with their diverse caves and sinkholes, revealing sealed secrets from the depths of ancient times. With the sounds of bursting glaciers and videos from the inner workings of caves, the exhibition poetically shows the past and present rooted in prehistoric times. It sheds light on how time was once stored in the geological structures and how future people will one day dig up the present buried in the ground. This raises the question of whether we can imagine a different future than before if we view the mountains as repositories of time and memory.
Artists: Lukas Liese, He Zike, Saadia Mirza, Wenxin Zhang, Xiaopeng Zhou
Duration: 09 February 2025 - 16 March 2025
Location: Goethe Institut Beijing
Originality Square 798 Art District, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Road
Beijing (China)