FLORIAN WÜST
AT MASA BERLIN #8 HOSTED BY
ARCHIVE BOOKS
DIEFFENBACHSTRASSE 31 • 10967 BERLIN
U8 Schönleinstrasse
OPENING • SATURDAY • 14 JANUARY 2012 • 7 pm
EXHIBITION • SUNDAY • 15 JANUARY 2012 • 3-7 pm
MASA BERLIN is initiated and organized by Isabel Schmiga and Sandra Teitge.
Florian Wüst's (*1970) ongoing artistic research project DIENST AN DER NOTWENDIGKEIT
[SERVICE TO NECESSITY] examines shifting forms of political protest. The story of Hartmut
Gründler, a West German teacher and anti-nuclear energy activist who burned himself publicly
in 1977, hereby functions as a vantage point. Besides the tragic course of this swift path to
self-immolation, set as an example of resistance against "continued governmental
misinformation" in nuclear policy, Gründler stands out as a great communicator and author of
countless pamphlets and open letters. For MASA BERLIN #8, Wüst presents various artefacts,
fabricated and real, that reflect and actualize Gründler's manic writing, verbal sophistication
and critique of technocratic language. For more information please click here: www.fwuest.com