Kasia Fudakowski (*1985 in London, GB) lives and works in Berlin. Her diverse and playful practice, which includes sculpture, performance, writing and film, explores social riddles through material encounters, surreal logic and comic theory. Much of her work is concerned with limits, both real and invented, examining how our capacity to adapt can be both a means of survival and the origin of our current predicament.

Jury statement:

„Kasia Fudakowski’s publication project deliberately challenges expectations of a catalogue raisonné. Rather than documenting finished works, the focus lies on the moment of decision-making itself. “Catalogue Raisonné – A Book of Reasons” brings together arguments for and against both concrete and absurd decisions, bringing this often contradictory, emotionally charged process into sharp relief.“

 

Donja Nasseri (*1990 in Düsseldorf) is a German-Egyptian-Afghan artist whose work provokes critical reflections on the intertwined histories and narratives shaping our understanding of (gender) identity, trauma, and disruption. She focuses on the reactivation of materials sourced from museums, archives, and communities to initiate dialogue about the impact of colonialism and the imperative of restitution and reparation. 

Jury statement:

„Donja Nasseri impresses with a clearly developed and consistently thought-through publication project that translates her artistic practice precisely into the medium of the book. “Mad Dogs of the Desert” interweaves questions of cultural heritage, migration, appropriation and colonial power structures with a multi-layered narrative structure. Particularly compelling is the reference to children’s and adventure literature: formally, the project draws on the Lustiges Taschenbuch series and utilises its image-text dynamics to interweave popular culture, memory and critical reflection. The planned collaboration with other artists further strengthens the project as a collective, discursive space.”