- Visual Art
- Photography
- Installation
world mirror
Stephan Groß
3 July 2026 19:00–23:59
4 July 2026 16:00–23:59
5 July 2026 16:00–19:00
“Weltspiegel” is a mixed-media installation that plays with the concepts of inside and outside using various artistic techniques. The eponymous collage object demonstrates how the familiar can penetrate the unfamiliar while simultaneously obscuring it. Half a globe is affixed to a mirror: the Northern Hemisphere is visible, while the Southern Hemisphere appears only as a recurring reflection. The reflection points to the mechanisms through which perception is shaped and boundaries are drawn—not as lines, but as constant shifts between inside and outside.
A photo collage further intensifies this dynamic: the movement of a ballet meets the tormented animals of factory farming. Beauty and violence intertwine; the distance between spectating and empathy becomes palpable. At the same time, typography and illuminated lettering—“überwind,” “BLAME ME,” “DENKORT”—mark places of progress, responsibility, and reflection in a space that takes a stand against exclusion and antisemitism.
In the context of the festival theme “OUT/SIDE/IN,” boundaries appear here not as endings, but as intersections. Inside and outside correspond, influence one another, and transform. “Weltspiegel” opens these spaces without prescribing answers, inviting reflection on power, belonging, and one’s own projections.
A photo collage further intensifies this dynamic: the movement of a ballet meets the tormented animals of factory farming. Beauty and violence intertwine; the distance between spectating and empathy becomes palpable. At the same time, typography and illuminated lettering—“überwind,” “BLAME ME,” “DENKORT”—mark places of progress, responsibility, and reflection in a space that takes a stand against exclusion and antisemitism.
In the context of the festival theme “OUT/SIDE/IN,” boundaries appear here not as endings, but as intersections. Inside and outside correspond, influence one another, and transform. “Weltspiegel” opens these spaces without prescribing answers, inviting reflection on power, belonging, and one’s own projections.
Biography
Stephan Groß
Berlin-based artist Stephan Groß studied fine arts and mathematics at the University of Bremen, under Frieder Nake, among others. His films have been screened at the ZKM in Karlsruhe, FACT in Liverpool, and the International Short Film Festival in Hamburg.
In his installations, objects, and image-based works, he explores power structures, regimes of the gaze, and cultural projections. Central themes include historical continuities, the ambivalence of progress, and the tension between aesthetics and violence.
Groß frequently works with reflections, overlays, and ruptures to disrupt seemingly stable orders and to re-examine the relationship between inside and outside, the self and the other. His works challenge viewers to adopt a critical, self-reflective perspective.
In his installations, objects, and image-based works, he explores power structures, regimes of the gaze, and cultural projections. Central themes include historical continuities, the ambivalence of progress, and the tension between aesthetics and violence.
Groß frequently works with reflections, overlays, and ruptures to disrupt seemingly stable orders and to re-examine the relationship between inside and outside, the self and the other. His works challenge viewers to adopt a critical, self-reflective perspective.
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