HDGDL

Religion – a doctrine that has accompanied mankind for centuries and has become an essential building block for our cultures. For a long time it offered the only explanation for everything inexplicable, organized social coexistence and created a community. What is left of it today? We have scientific explanations for the origin of the world and the existence of human beings. We know the triggers for floods, storms, illness and death. We no longer have to believe in a punishing God who reminds us of our sins. We have laws that regulate our coexistence; Psychologists who take care of our problems, we don’t need anyone to hear our confessions. With this trend of secularization at all levels of society, Christian communities in Germany have steadily fewer members. However, a decline in religious belief does not mean that people lose faith altogether. Even in a modern society, people are still looking for the meaning of life and for answers to those questions that need to be answered in order to find support. Answers you just have to believe hard enough. But what replaced religious belief? The installation HDGDL invites you to a thought experiment, to spend a visit to the exhibition looking around at an exaggerated version of our society that has long since replaced its religious beliefs with something else: belief in love. Surrounded by plush benches and a baptismal font carried by swans, an altar forms the center of the installation. Trashy photo collages that quote eight paintings from art history refer to different forms of love and thereby question the usual narratives of couple romance.