“Wir müssen Ihnen leider mitteilen, …”
This interactive installation is a response to the rejection letters sent out every year that deny thousands of applicants access to art universities. While the reasons for rejection are usually not apparent and form an invisible wall of exclusion mechanisms and discrimination, here answers are collected collectively. This intervention was collectively developed by the participants of the seminar “Eine Krise bekommen: Kunsthochschulen und Ausschlussmechanismen” (2022) and shown during the UdK Rundgang 2022.
What exclusions and discriminations are already in place before students are admitted to the impressive walls of art schools? What expectations are naturally placed on students and who can actually fulfill them? How do universities present themselves to the outside world and how do we experience reality? How diverse is the student body and who is excluded before and during their studies?
