Utopia in Crisis

In 2020, under conditions of lockdown, due to Covid-19, NOVA art space, part of the Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar invited all participating artists in Bauhaus: Utopia in Crisis Bauhaus, Camberwell Space, London (2019) to create a contribution in A3 format of 20 artworks as limited editions and unique pieces for a portfolio edition. Following the presentation on the main campus of the Bauhaus University, copies of the portfolio were donated to selected archives. Artists: Juan Bolivar, Liam Gillick, Hopscotch Reading Room, Andrea Medjesi-Jones, Ad Minoliti, Sadie Murdoch, Judith Raum, Helen Robertson, Eva Sajovic, Schroeter + Berger, Alexis Teplin, Ian Whittlesea

The compilation of the portfolio was presented as an exhibition in one of the large window fronts in the courtyard of the Van de Velde building on the Weimar campus. This exhibition was accompanied by a large-format projection on the facade of the university library in Steubenstraße, which combined video works with documentation of individual artworks and statements by the artists. In the accompanying catalogue essay, co-curator Katharina Wendler from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, says of the exhibition: "With Utopia in Crisis, NOVA art space invites a view from the outside and looks at Weimar and its Bauhaus history not only from different artistic perspectives, but also through the eyes of a British university, which has approached the topic in its very own way in 2019. At the same time, NOVA is testing the format of the travelling portfolio exhibition, thus addressing issues of accessibility, visibility and international collaboration at a time when all of these seem to be impeded."