Space for Aesthetics invites nurseries, kindergartens, schools, after-school centers and families to come and participate in the engaging elements of the exhibition PAGODA. Come and see what other children have created during the exhibition period and try your hand at building small wooden sculptures, find pictures in old books and create your finished sculptures for plants. We offer child-friendly snacks and drinks, and coffee for the adults. The children's works will be shown to the public at PAGODA's finissage on May 30, 2025.
Space for Aesthetics is an experimental and engaging exhibition platform with a clear mission to democratize the access to art. At Space for Aesthetics, we take it seriously that participation in the arts is a human right, and we therefore develop collaborative and engaging art projects with a sharp focus on equal access to positive encounters with art, regardless of our guests' backgrounds. Our exhibitions always involve free and publicly accessible art clubs for children, talks, food events, performances, concerts, education for schoolchildren, art courses for daycare centers and much more.
Javier Tapia's exhibition PAGODA consists of a total installation, where topics such as sustainability, respect and tolerance towards other cultures are at the center. The installation combines plants and a selection of carved images, which originate from Tapia's ongoing archival work, where he searches for cultural and historical references in art history and in geopolitics. The installation thus brings a wide range of references to our cultural landscape, which lie outside the Eurocentric storytelling, and provides insight into and invites conversation about a decolonial idea of cultural production, which should leave an echo in our contemporary society.
Source: Space for Aesthetics