PROJECT M/19
LONELINESS AND OTHER FALSE FRIENDS
URBAN NATION project room
BÜLOWSTR. 97, 10783 BERLIN
OPENING: THURSDAY, 27 APRIL, 7 PM
EXHIBITION DURATION: 28 APRIL 2023 – 18 AUGUST 2023
MON CLOSED
TUE- WED 10:00-18:00
THURS-SUN 12:00-20:00

URBAN NATION presents the latest group exhibition in the series Project M/:
Project M/19 LONELINESS AND OTHER FALSE FRIENDS, curated by Michelle Houston.

The exhibition functions as both a response and a call – to feedback from visitors as part of the main URBAN NATION: TALKING… & OTHER BANANA SKINS exhibition. Museum visitors were asked to say what issues they thought needed to be discussed in society. An overwhelming majority mentioned the issue of mental health.

The artworks presented deal with the processing of emotions and the stresses that modern life places on mental health. Loneliness is one of the biggest accelerators of poor mental health. Following isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more people – especially young people – are displaying mental health problems such as anxiety, depression and self-harm, often exacerbated by social media.