Schimären des Glücks - in 7 Sequenzen

The silhouette of a city is characterized by its tallest and most striking buildings. Lined up horizontally and highly condensed, this pop-culturally influenced, almost childlike idea of the city becomes a backdrop for memories, dreams, and longings: the skyline as an architectural symbol of economic prosperity holds within it an abstract promise of happiness and the unbroken will to trust in the happiness to come. Similar to a celluloid strip on a film reel, the exhibition is told in seven sequences and shows excerpts and precise observations of urban coexistence in the two cities of Frankfurt and Hamburg. In paintings, drawings, scenographic models and film, Joram Schön captures traces and places that expose the pipe dream of ultimate happiness – gambling halls, fitness centers, soccer stadiums and backyards. The exhibition in the showcases on platform 3/4 of the Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof is the second chapter of a two-part exhibition. The first part was shown in collaboration with the project space DAS GERICHT in Frankfurt am Main. FFM-Ghosts - Stadt, Land, Untergrund 08.47min (Loop) Kamera & Konzept / camera & concept: Joram Schön Schnitt / editing: Anna Fiedler Hauptdarsteller*innen / cast: Ilaria Josefa Schön, Tomás Loureiro Gonçalo Spielhalle 02.16min (Loop) The program of the Kunstverein is made possible by the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, and the Liebelt-Stiftung, Hamburg. The exhibition is kindly supported by the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung and K.S. Fischer-Stiftung.