Exhibition Details
The Goethe-Institut New York presents ERASE / REWIND, the first US solo exhibition by artist Jonathan Joosten. Featuring newly commissioned, site-responsive works, the exhibition explores how reality, value, and meaning are constructed through framing, repetition, and symbolic attribution.
Working at the intersection of cinematic simulation and consumer display, Joosten examines how film, architecture, and exhibition formats shape perception, creating presence while simultaneously obscuring absence.
Working at the intersection of cinematic simulation and consumer display, Joosten examines how film, architecture, and exhibition formats shape perception, creating presence while simultaneously obscuring absence.
Additional Details
Referencing the two films The Thirteenth Floor (dir. Josef Rusnak, 1999) and Welt am Draht (dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1973), as well as Kim Jones’s Dior Autumn/Winter 2025 runway show, the project reflects on simulated realities and the instability of what appears immediate and real.
Developed between New York and Berlin, the exhibition draws on urban observations such as empty yet illuminated storefronts and the missing “13th” floor in American elevators, subtle signs of absence within systems of visibility. ERASE / REWIND brings these observations together, examining urban space and media as sites where presence is continuously staged and absence persistently operates.
Developed between New York and Berlin, the exhibition draws on urban observations such as empty yet illuminated storefronts and the missing “13th” floor in American elevators, subtle signs of absence within systems of visibility. ERASE / REWIND brings these observations together, examining urban space and media as sites where presence is continuously staged and absence persistently operates.
Location
Goethe-Institut New York
30 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003
Image: Courtesy of Goethe-Institut New York