"Stand■By" is a wordplay of: readiness / standing up for / defending and wait-and-see attitude /resting state / bystander.

The exhibition brings together positions on apathy and action in the context of structures of power and/or regimes that are at war. The relationship and behavior of the individual to it's own society is questioned, as well as it's own (in-) autonomy. Possibilities for action, resistance, defiance and sabotage are sought after, that subsequently open up perspectives on the state of cultural production itself.

With works by Sara Culmann, Semyon Bondarenko, Nik Degtyarev, Sebastian Holzapfel, Yulia Lokshina, John MacLean, Anastasia Mandel, Paul Niedermayer, Helena Nikonole, Alexander Povzner, Sveta Rybkina, Maximilian Schmoetzer, Andres Villarreal and Michel Wagenschuetz.

The event takes place at FMP1 Ostbahnhof (Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin) from May 26-29.