read to/for | I read to sense the doubling of time
Kunstverein Bielefeld•May 29, 2026 — Sep 20, 2026
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This exhibition explores reading as an artistic practice. It takes as its starting point the titular phrase by the poet Lisa Robertson. Her description figures reading as a space of temporal overlappings, in which meaning remains fluid, shifting and accumulating while simultaneously withdrawing. Different temporalities intersect in the act of reading: the time of the text, but also the time of reading itself, a time constantly re-actualized as the process of reading takes place. For this reason, reading is always a retrospective and simultaneous form of being. Different times and modalities of being do not exist in isolation; instead, they come to resonate, with their echoes and differentiations forming a rhythmic movement.
For this reason, reading is always also a form of mental listening, an internal rhythm with its own tempo, pauses, and repetitions. This rhythm shapes the act of reading as an auditory practice and reflects it as a multisensory experience.
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read to/for | I read to sense the doubling of time
Kunstverein Bielefeld•May 29, 2026 — Sep 20, 2026
Press Release
This exhibition explores reading as an artistic practice. It takes as its starting point the titular phrase by the poet Lisa Robertson. Her description figures reading as a space of temporal overlappings, in which meaning remains fluid, shifting and accumulating while simultaneously withdrawing. Different temporalities intersect in the act of reading: the time of the text, but also the time of reading itself, a time constantly re-actualized as the process of reading takes place. For this reason, reading is always a retrospective and simultaneous form of being. Different times and modalities of being do not exist in isolation; instead, they come to resonate, with their echoes and differentiations forming a rhythmic movement.
For this reason, reading is always also a form of mental listening, an internal rhythm with its own tempo, pauses, and repetitions. This rhythm shapes the act of reading as an auditory practice and reflects it as a multisensory experience.
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