{"id":54900,"date":"2026-01-14T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeaustria.at\/?p=54900"},"modified":"2026-01-14T10:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:01:15","slug":"the-world-without-us-lentos-kunstmuseum-linz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeaustria.at\/en\/2026\/01\/14\/the-world-without-us-lentos-kunstmuseum-linz\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Wit\u00adhout Us \/ Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>06.02.2026 \u2013 10.05.2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;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 \u2018deep time\u2019 \u2014 periods of time spanning billions of years in which human existence is little more than a moment \u2014 and \u2018cosmic horror,\u2019 a feeling between fascination and horror in the face of non-human existence that is incomprehensible to our concepts of time and space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artists: Kle\u00admens Brosch, Mar\u00adtin Dam\u00admann, DAR\u00adUM, Albrecht D\u00fcrer, Mark Fri\u00add\u00advalszki, Sophia Gatz\u00adkan, H.R. 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