- Visual Art
- Installation
- Public Art
Not Today
Anna Rezzolla und Stefania Rüde
3 July 2026 19:00–22:00
4 July 2026 10:00–22:00
5 July 2026 11:00–18:00
Just one more moment.
Five more minutes.
Not today.
In an increasingly chaotic, loud, and fast-paced world, withdrawal and isolation can become spaces of comfort, reflection, and recovery.
Yet, prolonged isolation destabilizes perception: retreat turns into procrastination.
The longer one withdraws from the outside world, the harder it becomes to distinguish reality from opinion or thought. What once offered protection becomes a dangerous space in which repetition produces rigid patterns of thinking and excludes other realities. Closed worlds emerge in which people block out a shared reality.
"Not Today" is an accessible multimedia installation that invites the audience to explore isolation, calm, procrastination, and anxiety. Differently sized, cell-like structures (approx. 6 sqm), made of latex and branches, evoke womb-like spaces or biological cells and refer to protection, origin, and vulnerability. Visitors can enter a cell and temporarily isolate themselves: a compressed, sound-filled space with only a few concealed lines of sight.
Through the circular arrangement of the cells, the space between them gains particular significance.
It forms an in-between zone that is simultaneously interior and exterior, perceivable only from within isolation. Although each cell offers a different perspective, all are oriented toward the same hidden vegetation at the center. This shared void points to the paradox of isolated subjectivities approaching a single, invisible reality.
Balancing comfort and unease, the installation invites reflection on how isolation alters perception and how protective boundaries can turn into mechanisms of exclusion or (life-)preservation.
Five more minutes.
Not today.
In an increasingly chaotic, loud, and fast-paced world, withdrawal and isolation can become spaces of comfort, reflection, and recovery.
Yet, prolonged isolation destabilizes perception: retreat turns into procrastination.
The longer one withdraws from the outside world, the harder it becomes to distinguish reality from opinion or thought. What once offered protection becomes a dangerous space in which repetition produces rigid patterns of thinking and excludes other realities. Closed worlds emerge in which people block out a shared reality.
"Not Today" is an accessible multimedia installation that invites the audience to explore isolation, calm, procrastination, and anxiety. Differently sized, cell-like structures (approx. 6 sqm), made of latex and branches, evoke womb-like spaces or biological cells and refer to protection, origin, and vulnerability. Visitors can enter a cell and temporarily isolate themselves: a compressed, sound-filled space with only a few concealed lines of sight.
Through the circular arrangement of the cells, the space between them gains particular significance.
It forms an in-between zone that is simultaneously interior and exterior, perceivable only from within isolation. Although each cell offers a different perspective, all are oriented toward the same hidden vegetation at the center. This shared void points to the paradox of isolated subjectivities approaching a single, invisible reality.
Balancing comfort and unease, the installation invites reflection on how isolation alters perception and how protective boundaries can turn into mechanisms of exclusion or (life-)preservation.
Biography
Anna Rezzolla und Stefania Rüde
Anna Rezzolla is a non-binary artist living in Berlin active in the fields of contemporary art, costume design, installation, theater, and painting. Rezzolla's work explores the boundaries of communicability and absurdity. Currently, the focus is on feelings of unease and concern, as well as the hope for otherness and J. E. Muñoz's concept of “queer utopia”.
Stefania Rüde is a Greek artist, carpenter, and stage designer currently based in Berlin. Rüde's works primarily deal with sustainability, design, and the abstract. Rüde brings a humorous playfulness and willingness to experiment that enriches every art piece she creates and ist able to make even rigid materials appear vulnerable or approcheable.
Stefania Rüde is a Greek artist, carpenter, and stage designer currently based in Berlin. Rüde's works primarily deal with sustainability, design, and the abstract. Rüde brings a humorous playfulness and willingness to experiment that enriches every art piece she creates and ist able to make even rigid materials appear vulnerable or approcheable.
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