"Get Ready With Me explores preparation as a practice shaped not only by conflict, but also by migration, economic uncertainty, and material limits. Created in moments of stability, the works return to contexts where uncertainty persists — not as solutions, but as surfaces for reflection. At the heart of the exhibition are metaphorical weapons made from fragile, contradictory materials. Forms that suggest strength are wrapped in softness, disarming their symbolic power and questioning conventional notions of safety. The installation evokes a warrior’s wardrobe — an immersive environment where “getting ready” becomes both physical and psychological, balancing visibility and protection, exposure and resilience. Speculative currencies, sculptural armors, and hybrid forms combine industrial and delicate materials, reflecting wider contradictions in political and economic systems. Borrowing its title from social media rituals, GRWM reframes getting ready as a collective tactic: a way to navigate instability, assert visibility, and prepare for impact. The exhibition does not depict violence, nor aim to trigger individual reactions. Instead, it offers a material inquiry into how tools, symbols, and fabricated narratives shift across contexts — conceived in one reality, reactivated in another. These “weapons” fail to serve their intended function; they suspend it. Within this suspension, new ways of thinking about resistance, adaptation, and readiness begin to unfold."
Gefördert von der Steiner Stiftung.