02/07/2026, 6:00 pm,

Coversation in the exhibition Zauri Matikashvili. You may not want to be here with Sarah Hübscher and Zauri Matikashvili

, Kunsthalle Münster

In his films, Zauri Matikashvili explores how the everyday lives of people are intertwined with power and resistance, and how societies function – or fail to function – in detail. In a conversation between Sarah Hübscher and Zauri Matikashvili, this artistic examination of democracy and the experience of living with it is complemented by an academic perspective. The scholar of art, culture and education is a visiting professor for inclusion and anti-discrimination in art education and aesthetic education at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts. The social and political discourses within the artistic works serve as the starting point for the conversation.

With You may not want to be here, the Kunsthalle Münster is presenting Zauri Matikashvili’s first institutional solo exhibition, thus offering insight into the work of the Georgian artist. Alongside his latest two-channel installation Passing the Glass (2026), which is premiering as part of the show, two of Matikashvili’s earlier films, In Katernberg (2022) and Made in Europe (2023), are also on view. The cinematic works are complemented by a sculptural series entitled You may not want to be here (since 2024), with works distributed over the entire exhibition space, entering in dialogue with his films.

Zauri Matikashvili’s films are dedicated to individuals, groups of people or places. Quite often, his focus is on people who otherwise receive little attention. He examines themes such as identity, traditional gender roles, segregation, belonging, inner conflict, racism and increasing repression from a variety of perspectives. Against a backdrop of democratic regression, the rise of authoritarian populism, a general shift to the political right and growing social inequalities, Matikashvili’s work takes on a notable sense of urgency.

The conversation will be held in german.

Sarah Hübscher (she/her) is a visiting professor of Inclusion and Anti-Discrimination in Art Educati-on and Aesthetic Education at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts. She is a scholar in the fields of art, culture and education. She works at the intersections of art and culture in settings of political education and arts education within museum and urban spaces. She has worked at various univer-sities in Germany (Dortmund, Karlsruhe, Duisburg-Essen) and sees herself as a cultural worker in the fields of collective curation of exhibitions and educational formats. One of her focal points is artistic research, which she views as a transdisciplinary asset for power-critical change processes in academia, art and everyday life. She published her dissertation in 2020 under the title Interaction in the Art Museum. She is the founder of “Raum für künstlerische Forschung – Frappanz e. V.” in Dortmund.

Zauri Matikashvili was born in the Georgian town of Qvareli. After studying Fine Arts in Münster and Düsseldorf, he now lives and works in Münster and Amsterdam. In his films, performances, installations, and sculptures, he questions the socio-cultural and political contexts of different societies and nations that shape the construction of identity in individual realities and families. He is particularly interested in how narratives and images create community. Matikashvili's works have been shown in numerous institutions, for example at BSMNT in Leipzig (2026), at Julia Stoschek Foundation in Düsseldorf (2025), at Kunst in Tunnel (KIT) in Düsseldorf (2025), at the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster (2025), at Het Documentaire Paviljoen in Amsterdam (2024), at Stadthausgalerie Münster (2023), at Antimatter Media Art in Victoria (2023), at By Art Matters in Hangzhou (2023), at Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam (2023), at Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (2022), at International Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (2022), at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof in Hamburg (2021), at Filmfestival Münster (2021), at HMKV in Dortmund (2021), at Atelier No. 63 PACT Zollverein in Essen (2020) and at Philara Collection in cooperation with Filmwerkstatt in Düsseldorf (2020). He was artist in residence at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam (2022–2024), at Cité Internationale des Arts Paris (2022) and at PACT Zollverein in Essen (2021). He recently received scholarships from Stiftung Kunstfonds (2025) and Kunststiftung NRW (2026).