The scenography of this exhibition is structured through three architectural interventions: a wall, a flat pedestal layer and two cubes. Together, they translate the curatorial framework into space. Each intervention corresponds to one of the exhibition’s components — the reader, the group exhibition and the fellows — and explores how spatial design shapes the conditions under which freedom can be experienced.
The concept of freedom is understood here not as an abundance of unlimited options, but as something formed within constraints. It emerges from a built environment shaped by histories of destruction, construction and rearrangement. Within this context, the barrier becomes a central motif. Commonly perceived as the opposite of freedom, it instead operates as a structure that regulates access and defines the conditions of possibility.
This idea is translated into spatial form through minimal yet monumental display structures. The scenography is organised around monolithic plinths based on the modular grid of the USM Haller system, referencing notions of standardisation and objecthood. Across the three interventions, distinct spatial conditions unfold: blocking, revealing and seducing. Each of these conditions shapes how visitors engage, subtly directing what can be accessed or withheld.
Lotti Defant is a Berlin-based fashion designer and co-founder of netzwerk, a platform operating at the intersection of fashion, design, and creative direction. Through an interdisciplinary approach, netzwerk brings together practitioners from fashion, product design, architecture, graphic design and film to develop collaborative formats.
Anton Defant is an interdisciplinary designer based in Berlin. His practice operates between product and sculpture, using space, furniture, and everyday objects as material. His work is defined by a conceptual approach grounded in a commitment to clarity, logic and precision.
The scenography of this exhibition is structured through three architectural interventions: a wall, a flat pedestal layer and two cubes. Together, they translate the curatorial framework into space. Each intervention corresponds to one of the exhibition’s components — the reader, the group exhibition and the fellows — and explores how spatial design shapes the conditions under which freedom can be experienced.
The concept of freedom is understood here not as an abundance of unlimited options, but as something formed within constraints. It emerges from a built environment shaped by histories of destruction, construction and rearrangement. Within this context, the barrier becomes a central motif. Commonly perceived as the opposite of freedom, it instead operates as a structure that regulates access and defines the conditions of possibility.
This idea is translated into spatial form through minimal yet monumental display structures. The scenography is organised around monolithic plinths based on the modular grid of the USM Haller system, referencing notions of standardisation and objecthood. Across the three interventions, distinct spatial conditions unfold: blocking, revealing and seducing. Each of these conditions shapes how visitors engage, subtly directing what can be accessed or withheld.
Lotti Defant is a Berlin-based fashion designer and co-founder of netzwerk, a platform operating at the intersection of fashion, design, and creative direction. Through an interdisciplinary approach, netzwerk brings together practitioners from fashion, product design, architecture, graphic design and film to develop collaborative formats.
Anton Defant is an interdisciplinary designer based in Berlin. His practice operates between product and sculpture, using space, furniture, and everyday objects as material. His work is defined by a conceptual approach grounded in a commitment to clarity, logic and precision.