#Defense Mechanisms

Projection

Introjection

Identification

Regression

Progression

Aggression

Autoaggression

Derealisation

Depersonalisation

Repression

Denial

Avoidance

Postponement

Negation

Affectualisation

Intellectualisation

Idealisation

Isolation

Rationalisation

Sublimation

Somatisation

Division

Reaction formation

Object neutralisation

Self-neutralisation

Blockades of emotion

The on-site operations of the UdK are still restricted. Essential art spaces - studios, workshops and exhibition spaces - were not accessible until recently. How will the students work? Where will they work? Home office of the arts? Home vernissage? Suddenly the virtual space gained attention. Meet you on Jitsi? Or should we take a break? How's the art doing?

With a new experiment the class Neugebauer wants to reflect the experience of virtual space. Both a physical and a digital exhibition will be presented. These connect with each other through their visitors. However, the digital exhibition can only be experienced if a person is also present in the real space. This person acts as a key and as a carrier. The more people there are on site, the more perspectives will be available.

We challenge the measures and restrictions of the new everyday life and address the new public with an exhibition on the topic of defence mechanisms. This term, coined by psychoanalysis, includes strategies such as repression, denial, avoidance, introjection or projection. However, mechanisms of defence also exist in the political, biological, medical, interpersonal and other fields. To defend against what? And what does the mechanism look like? We have put 20 thoughts in the room.

NATALIA ALI

OM BORI

LÉNI CHONS

MATEO CONTRERAS GALLEGO

JINRAN HA

LISA HOFMANN

CLÉMENT ITSTHEVIBE

JOHANNES JAKOBI

LUKAS KAHLERT

LUCIA KRUG

NOA HANNA KWEE

ANNA POUBOVÁ

ZARA SERAPHINA RUSTEMEYER

HEIDI SCHAREN

GASPAR SCHOLL CHAFIROVITCH

OLIVER SMITH

AGRINA VLLASALIU

KAIFAN WANG 

FRIEDRICH WEBER