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G_OS.T | Solo Exhibition by Mateusz Choróbski

Curators: Chiara Alexandra Vittoria Valci Mazzara-Strömberg, Susanne Prinz

Exhibition opening: 29 October 2026
Exhibition duration: 29 October 2026–28 February 2027

The exhibition takes the experience of being lost as its point of departure – the moment when it is no longer clear where we are heading or what returning actually means. The artist interweaves personal stories with the memory of places, guiding viewers through a narrative unfolding between Wrocław and Berlin. He draws inspiration from the biographies of architect Hans Poelzig and director and choreographer Erik Charell, evoking traces of what has disappeared or could never come to fruition.

The exhibition revisits motifs familiar from Choróbski’s practice – memory, architecture and history – this time developed around reflections on the loss of home, the impossibility of fully returning, and the experience of transience. The history of the OP ENHEIM building itself and its former inhabitants also becomes an important point of reference, their stories intertwining with a broader narrative of migration, alienation and the search for one’s place.

The exhibition is conceived as a three-act narrative inspired by the structure of an opera. Sound, video and light installations, together with spatial interventions, guide visitors through successive stages of a symbolic journey – from invitation, through wandering, to the experience of being lost. The motifs of the siren’s song, the bird and the labyrinth become metaphors for memory, knowledge, freedom and limitation, as well as for the human need to be heard and understood.

The architecture of OP ENHEIM is an integral part of the exhibition. It does not merely provide a backdrop for the works on display but actively contributes to the narrative. By making use of light, sound and the specific qualities of the historic space, the artist creates an immersive experience that invites reflection on how history, memory and place shape our perception of ourselves and the world around us. “G_OS.T” is a story about the traces left behind by people and places, about what disappears yet continues to exert an influence on the present.