You are invited to the launch of the new artist book Antisemitism, Homophobia and Contemporary Art by our international artist-in-residence, Ana Hoffner.

“Antisemitism, Homophobia and Contemporary Art“ (Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic*, published by Routledge 2025) analyzes synchronization as a symptom of the contemporary art world. Acting as a tool within presentday social, economic, and political systems, synchronization assigns individuals to predetermined forms of representation. At its core, this book challenges normative synchronization concepts as projections of a unity of bodies and voices, past and present, self and environment.

Ana Hoffner and Joshua Simon will discuss the unravelling of the of the contemporary moment, its uneven and combined development, and its unexpected materialiries.

Joshua Simon is a curator and writer. Among his books: Neomaterialism (Sternberg Press) and Being Together Precedes Being (Archive Books). He is the editor of the upcoming book The Digital Revolution as Counter-revolution (B_books). His latest curatorial projects include Slime (Secession, Vienna) and In the Liquid (Hamburg Kurtzfilm Festival).