GRAVITY EASE CONTRACT
curated by David Douard at Halle am Berghain
Nils Alix-Tabeling / Emmanuel Beguinot / Ellen Cantor / Dennis Cooper / Stephan Dillemuth / Rochelle Goldberg / Estelle Hanania / Richard Hawkins / Agata Ingarden / Mélanie Matranga / Rafael Moreno / Jean-Luc Moulène / Rolf Nowotny / Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel / Susan Philipsz / Julia Scher / Erwan Sene / Akeem Smith / Naoki Sutter-Shudo
Scenography by Celeste Burlina
1 – 24 May 2026
Halle am Berghain
The group exhibition Gravity Ease Contract curated by David Douard, brings together artists who tell intimate stories that draw on their own experiences and focus on the outside world, as if seen through the cracks in their very own private rooms. From this perspective, the artists capture echoes of the outside world, such as music, videos, and fragments of popular culture, which seep through the walls and invade their daily lives.
Although reality and the news are only present in the form of crackling fragments, presented for themselves without additional commentary, they attempt to make an incision in the exhibition. In response to this confrontational reality, chimeras, creatures, and avatars emerge and are projected outward — beings that seem to come to life and bear witness to a unique relationship with the world; an imaginary metamorphosis that corrupts reality as an act of political resistance.
Identity is expressed through both the contemplation of thoughts in motion and a body filled with density and gravity, searching for balance. This reveals a multiplicity, whether embodied or expressed metaphorically through doppelgängers, ventriloquists, or puppets. This relationship weaves reflections on architecture and lifestyles, on what constitutes a refuge, a nest, or a threshold, and on what protects us from the outside. It reveals something dormant: a latent presence in the midst of transformation.
David Douard
Public Opening
1 May: 12 – 3 pm
Opening Hours during Gallery Weekend Berlin
1 May: 4 – 8 pm
2 + 3 May: 12 – 8 pm