you can´t be pablo, if your work ain´t sellin`

A FOMO / Fear Of Missing Out conditions at other ends a production of events, a generation of run, creation of hype and an increase of clicks and traffic. Posted images have to "perform" digitally, are selected or created concretely after that.

What effect does this have on the production of art and its documentation at a time when works of art are increasingly being received digitally?

In addition, social media increasingly serve as an important press and marketing tool for exhibition venues to reach predefined visitor numbers. What "chance" do artists have whose works are difficult to document and can hardly be understood digitally?

The urge for sensations is congruent with a FOBO / Fear Of Better Options, in which contemplation and deceleration (supposedly) find no place.

The exhibition takes up this idea and presents a counter-design between space, possibilities and time; shows "quiet" works that require a reception on the spot. The individual works thus contrast with the very striking and catchy title.

The phrase you can't be pablo, if your work ain't sellin` is countered by the works, which can also be understood as easily saleable flatware and aesthetic object, via their highly theoretical approach and reflection on their own medium.

This exhibition takes place as part of the Quartier am Hafen curatorial program.

Text: Roger Rohrbach