The exhibition takes as its starting point The Last Man Alive, a children’s book written by Scottish author and educator A. S. Neill, first published in 1938 and later released in Germany in 1971 under the title Die grüne Wolke (The Green Cloud). Created collaboratively by Neill and his students as a collective writing exercise, the book explores the possibilities of democratic pedagogical practice.
The exhibition not only engages in dialogue with The Green Cloud, but also adopts the authors’ speculative attitude. It contemporizes and appropriates the concerns articulated by the book’s protagonists—concerns that, in the light of today’s economic, political, and ecological threats, are more urgent than ever.
The artworks operate at the intersection of dystopia and societal transformation, proposing education—its current systems and tools—as both a malleable structure and a potential reproducer of global crisis. Rather than focusing on catastrophe scenarios, the pseudo-dystopia constructed within the exhibition space aims to explore the formation of new possibilities and frameworks. It seeks for potential responses from the younger generation.
Exhibiting artists:
Academy of Fine Arts Munich, class of Anke Doberauer:
Lisa Bahuschewskaja, Serafina Gmach, Paul Graßl, Leon Habelt, Sevilay Hannas, Helge Hossfeld, Julija Kalinova, Senshu Mia, Ilvie Schlotfeldt, Jodi Smith, Panni Somody, Hala Almany Timraz, Benigno Alba Valdés, Anna Wandaller, Chenzhong Xu, Kim Donghwan
Hungarian University of Fine Arts, class of Mária Chilf:
Veronika Barna, Simon Boros, Julián Horniák, Kincső Kiss, Tamara Lennert, Júlia Pais-Horváth, Réka Petőcz, Virág Sári, Anna Setényi, Klára Schanda, Csenge Szalontai, Zsigmond Tolnai, Hanna Vámosi