Strategies of Desire

28.05.2004 - 18.07.2004

Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz / Schweiz

Today there is an incredible amount of hype surrounding the notion of desire, one of our strongest emotions. Desire is both a marketable commodity and a fundamental human need expressed in many different ways. We yearn for love, friendship, a lifestyle we have grown accustomed to, glory and honor, success, remote places, adventure, change, paradise on earth, etc. There is arguably no other emotion that runs such a wide gamut. Desire, as pointed out by philosopher Ernst Bloch, is the only truly honest human condition.... [...] press-info Kunsthaus Baselland