Within:

in Kooperation mit KULTUR PROJEKTE BERLIN.

Since many years A TRANS is ongoing collaborating with the Danish artist Birgit Kjærsgaard within the project VERDENSRUM.

Mountain of Sadness is part of the Japanese series and inspired by Osore-zan, a desolated volcanic landscape in the Aomori prefecture, famously known in Japan as the buddhist entrance to the underworld.

For the A TRANS showcase a tableau is created, that refers to the statue of Dai-Heiwa no Kannon and its surroundings. The Japanese spirits, Dai-Heiwa no Kannon’s, are fabled creatures, either men or women, that represent peace, compassion, wrath and revenge.

Here the statue is linked to a ghost version of the artists deceased mother, who appears sparkling like stars and diamonds in her wedding dress ready to offer help and advice to her loved ones, distressed throughout the world as well as the passersby in the underground. In a cinematic series the artist is seen wandering through the desolated landscape of Osore-zan, searching for her late mother. The whole scene unfolds, while she is on a journey to Osore-zan.

Exhibition

09.03.2023 – 06.05.2023     24 hours

A TRANS–Vitrine U–Zoologischer Garten,

Platform U9, Hardenbergplatz in 10787 Berlin

For further information:

https://www.atrans.org  |  https://www.verdensrum.com  | www.emop-berlin.eu

Instagram: @atrans   | @kjærsgaardbirgit  |  emopberlin

Facebook: atransorg  |  Birgit Kjærsgaard  |  emopberlin

Sponsored by DANISH ART FOUNDATION, Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation & CAVI

And in collaboration with the exhibition space BASEMENT, Berlin.

Special thanks to Willie Flindt (dramaturgical consultant consultant) and Ernst Kallesøe (technical consultant).