06.02.2026 – 10.05.2026
The Age of Enlightenment continues to influence our society to this day; as a result of the Enlightenment, the sciences expanded the traditional Western concept of space and time to the point of infinity. The universe became older, larger and colder. This is also linked to the experience of uncertainty, no longer being at the centre of the universe, no longer being anchored in a world view that can wrestle history’s ultimate meaning from it. The threat of an apocalypse was replaced by a geological continuity of catastrophes and changes. The exhibition, curated by Markus Proschek and Hemma Schmutz, brings together artistic positions that refer to concepts such as ‘deep time’ — periods of time spanning billions of years in which human existence is little more than a moment — and ‘cosmic horror,’ a feeling between fascination and horror in the face of non-human existence that is incomprehensible to our concepts of time and space.
Artists: Klemens Brosch, Martin Dammann, DARUM, Albrecht Dürer, Mark Fridvalszki, Sophia Gatzkan, H.R. Giger, Anna Jermolaewa, Alfred Kubin, Nicolás Lamas, Angelika Loderer, Christian Kosmas Mayer, Nika Neelova, Markus Proschek, Natalia Dominguez Rangel, Katharina Sieverding, Philip Topolovac, Chin Tsao, Martin Walde, Michał Zawada, among others
The World Without Us
06.02.2026 – 10.05.2026
Lentos Kunstmuseum
Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1, 4020 Linz
www.lentos.at
