Several years of research (2016-19), which bauhaus imaginista was able to compile in collaboration with international researchers and cultural producers from Brazil, China, India, Japan, Morocco, Nigeria, Russia, the United States and Great Britain, show to what extent and under what local conditions new design ideas and Bauhaus pedagogy have been taken up and developed. In this way, the project opens a perspective on a transnational history of art and design of modernism, shaped by wars and dictatorships, non-aligned movements, the Cold War and decolonization processes. The Bauhaus imaginista traces the history of twentieth-century cross-cultural exchange through correspondence, relationships, encounters and international resonances. In order to put this approach into practice in 2018, the bauhaus imaginista carried out a series of transnational exhibitions and events with international partners over the course of a year: Le Cube – Independent Art Room, Rabat; China Design Museum, Hangzhou; the Goethe-Institut and its partners in New York, the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto; Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow; SESC Pompeia, São Paulo; University of Ife, Ile-Ife and University of Lagos; and the Kiran Nadar Museum, New Delhi, as well as the Goethe-Instituts at each location. Important elements of the results will be presented in Berlin and Bern in 2019. This is an incomplete list of curatorial statements from past UVA educational exhibitions. For more information, click on the title of the exhibition or on the curator. All UVA exhibits, including conservation statements and exhibition titles, are protected by copyright and may not be reused in any manner or by any means without the prior written permission of Unbound Visual Arts. Misconduct, sometimes sanctioned by law or custom, occurs in the family, at work and school, in socialization, in the community, or almost everywhere. Although unwanted physical contact has been recognized as illegal for some time, this behavior persists and leads to abuse, assault and rape in all countries. Non-physical behavior has also been illegal in many countries, but it remains pervasive in many forms and in many areas. But what was once accepted as “boys are boys” is now challenged by law and women, declaring that #MeToo.

Together, the artists and their work justify the question mark in the title of this exhibition. Their thoughtful and imaginative practices suggest that we need not accept the devastating declaration: The Desert on Earth. On the contrary, we can imagine a different and healthier future, ignite these visions and fight together to bring them to life. What remains invisible, invisible, unheard of? The artworks in Science of the Unseen: Digital Art Perspectives integrate science and art to amplify what may not be perceived in visual, social and political registers. What are the essential elements of the curatorial declaration? These four objects raise questions that are still relevant today. But while our curatorial approach was to decipher these objects according to their own historical specificity, we also tried to understand what they propose as a genealogy of forms, practices and concepts. Each chapter of the exhibition contains historical and archival documents, but through our research we sought not only to explore the international reception of the Bauhaus in the twentieth century, but also to understand the challenges of each chapter, its themes and ideas regarding contemporary politics. The question of the contemporary arises in particular through the commissions of artists, through discursive events, but also, we hope, in the reflections and reactions of the public. An exhibition of sculptural works by artists from the Boston Sculptors Gallery – Caroline Bagenal, Murray Dewart, Mags Harries, Michelle Lougee, Andy Moerlein and Nora Valdez. It interprets, explores and presents concepts related to “unlimited” life.

Art was chosen to interpret, explore and present themes and concepts related to unlimited life. Like life, these works are simple and complex, capturing many shapes, shapes, sizes, materials, patterns, and connections. They are all a potential way to reflect on what a life without borders means for each of us. They are vehicles for developing our ideas about the potential of the limitless, which can be a path to abundance, happiness and prosperity. By trusting our abilities and instincts to reach new heights, our lives can be driven by passion and more meaningful.