Artists from different parts of the world deal with the legacies of modernity and the resulting planetary emergency on the occasion of the 12th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art under the title Still Present! In addition to the artistic works, the exhibition features historical documents, including political and activist publications from the Archive of the Avant-Garde – Egidio Marzona (AdA). The contributions make visible lines of connection between colonialism, fascism and imperialism and test decolonial strategies for the future along a series of questions: how can a decolonial ecology be shaped? What role can feminist movements from the Global South play in reappropriating historical narratives? How can the debate on restitution be made productive beyond the return of looted objects? Can the field of emotions be reclaimed through art?

The 12th Berlin Biennale will take place from June 11 to September 18, 2022, and is curated by Kader Attia in collaboration with Ana Teixeira Pinto, Đỗ Tường Linh, Marie Helene Pereira, Noam Segal, and Rasha Salti.

The exhibition can be seen at the following venues: Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg and Pariser Platz; Decolonial Memory Culture in the City; Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, KW Institute for Contemporary Art; and Stasi Headquarters. Campus for Democracy.