The exhibition Swarming Tongues by Nikola Balberčáková engages with themes of the medicalization of emotions, the anxiety of late capitalism, the disintegration of intimate bonds, and the search for survival strategies in an environment of emotional excess. Compressed, re-expanded, and adapted fondant refers to the body as a site of exhaustion as well as resistance, where nihilistic hope does not signify faith in a better future, but persistence despite decay. A shared reading of vulnerability creates a community of shared pain and offers collective resilience through the acceptance of systemic collapse. Dissonant frequencies continue to multiply, and our vibrating tongues together form a swarm of resistance.

curator: Doris Sisková