Salzburger Kunstverein

Debt is a broad concept that can be examined from various perspectives, including its emotional, social, historical, and economic dimensions. Symbolically, it represents any form of imbalance. It can also be understood as the distortion of a promise. Contemporary society is shaped by promises—of security, community and care—often dictated by economic contracts, historical injustices and societal expectations. Debt functions both as an‘ investment in the self’ and as a mechanism closely tied to control and discipline, as well as to responsibility, obligation and guilt. Between the fragility and persistence of the (power) structures that bind us together, the exhibition responds to the topic in its material—largely sculptural—written and spoken forms.

Artists: Gleb Amankulov, Benjamin Hirte, David L. Johnson, Tammy Langhinrichs, Artur Schernthaner-Lourdesamy, Miriam Stoney, Magdalena Stückler, Frank Wasser

Curator: Hana Ostan-Ožbolt-Haas