Creation Myths and Other Beginnings

Artists

Mounira Al Solh

Yael Bartana

Louis Braddock Clarke

Yaïr Callender

Fiona Lutjenhuis

Claudia Martínez Garay

Narges Mohammadi

Nathaniel Mellors & Erkka Nissinen

Rithika Merchant

Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien

Selma Selman

Müge Yilmaz

Who are we, and why are we here? In seeking answers to these existential questions, cultures across the world have created and passed down their own stories of origin.

These narratives speak of collective identity, moral frameworks and shared points of reference that connect people and lend meaning to traditions and values. Yet creation myths are never neutral. They can legitimise systems of power, reinforce the status quo, and silence alternative narratives. The international group exhibition Creation Myths and Other Beginnings therefore turns its attention to non-dominant creation stories: myths transmitted through oral traditions across generations, as well as speculative and fictional alternatives. What might these stories reveal about our social reality, and about the futures we might yet imagine?

Scenography

Zoë Hollander