ForbiddenFruits

What does prohibition actually mean? And what does it mean to do something that is forbidden anyway?
Who defines boundaries? And can these boundaries also exclude?

Perhaps the forbidden should not be understood as a fixed truth, but rather as a question of perspective.
Prohibition can allow morality to prevail, but it can also trigger provocation or reinforce the desire for autonomy.

It is only through prohibitions that boundaries are set. At the same time, they make people aware that there is something beyond these boundaries. This can create security or generate resistance. Prohibitions not only control behavior, but also influence our desires, our identity and our sense of belonging.

The exhibition "Forbidden Fruits" deals with precisely these perspectives of the forbidden.
The ecosignakademie students, led by photographer Florian Müller, explore boundaries, desires and social norms in very different ways.
Together we make visible that prohibitions are never unambiguous, but are always shaped by personal, social values and cultural ideas.

The different works invite us not to see borders as something fixed, but to question them. The exhibition does not provide clear answers, but rather different ways of looking at things.
What is perceived as forbidden and why?
Which borders protect us and which restrict us?
What changes as soon as a different perspective is adopted?
Perhaps a ban ultimately says less about what is forbidden than about the society that creates it.

Exhibition by: Moritz Ehrenschneider, Felix Beck, Jelena Henkelmann, Mia Claussen, Raphael Landmann, Finn Hendrik Baumann, Joëlle Löwenberg, Julius Otto and Nele Leyendecker

Lecturer: Florian W. Müller