
“The decision to title the exhibition “Creating Common Good” was made before we could discern the tangible impact the global political situation would have on our lives, or gauge its momentum. As we see in the level of civic involvement and the failure of politicians to effectively manage crises, words matter more than deeds here. It is therefore all the more important that the exhibition approach the question of “Creating Common Good” from various artistic perspectives, tackling a range of topics from alternative microsystems to gentrification processes and direct affectednessa with regard to refugee migration, to criticism of state budgetary cuts to education and culture. How does art contribute to the public interest? What do artist-initiated projects achieve for the common good of our society? To what degree have agendas that originally fell to the jurisdiction of the politics shifted over to the art sector, to its discourse on the current “political landscape”?…”