With works by MARIONA BERENGUER, LINE CHEVALLEY, KAROLINA GRZYWNOWICZ, and MAHMOUD KHALED

In a world marked by exhaustion, rest not only serves as a means of regeneration, but also holds a subversive potential. More than an expression of passivity and inertia, the works brought together in the exhibition IN/SOMNIA consider it a self-determined space for action and imagination. As such, rest does not contradict the waking state, but rather expands and reorganises it, essential for maintaining our bodily functions and strengthening social relations. On the one hand, it is associated with socio-economic privileges that often require the labour of others; on the other hand, rest testifies to vulnerability and trust and describes a profound experience of communality.

The exhibition is curated by LISA DEML and MARIE-SOPHIE DORSCH and designed by GLORIA JURADO.

The annual programme at Halle für Kunst Lüneburg e.V. is funded by the Ministry for Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Lüneburgischer Landschaftsverband, and Hansestadt Lüneburg.

MARIONA BERENGUER (Spain, 1992) lives and works in Berlin. She completed her studies in sculpture at Escola Massana in Barcelona and in fine arts at the Universitat de Barcelona. Her artistic practice spans different materials and methods with which she investigates the role of (artistic) labour in our society and its underlying value and belief systems. She has recently exhibited at Galerie im Saalbau (Berlin, Germany, 2024) and at Kunst & Co (Flensburg, Germany, 2023).

LINE CHEVALLEY (Switzerland, 1993) lives and works in Zurich. After studying at the École cantonale d'art de Lausanne and the Zurich University of the Arts, she most recently exhibited in the project spaces evidently chickentown (Zurich, Switzerland, 2024) and 13Vitrine (Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024). In her artistic practice, Chevalley reflects on the mechanisms of language(s) in everyday contexts, with a particular interest in the narrative spaces that unfold between concretely experienced realities and imaginary worlds.

KAROLINA GRZYWNOWICZ (Poland, 1984) lives and works in Berlin. In her research-based practice, she draws on archival materials, oral histories and bibliographic records to address topics such as violence, exile, and migration. Her work has been exhibited at the Kronika Centre of Contemporary Art (Bytom, Poland, 2024) and the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (Warsaw, Poland, 2021), among others.

GLORIA JURADO (Spain, 1990) lives and works in Berlin. After completing her studies in architecture at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura and the Art in Context programme at the Berlin University of the Arts, she carried out various projects in the fields of architecture, exhibition design, artistic research and public installations. She recently presented her practice at daadgalerie (Berlin, Germany, 2025), Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik ZK/U (Berlin, Germany, 2024) and Haus der Statistik (Berlin, Germany, 2024).

MAHMOUD KHALED (Egypt, 1982) lives and works between Berlin and Cairo. He studied fine arts in Alexandria and Trondheim. In his artistic practice, he employs photography, sculpture, sound, and text to evoke human experiences of vulnerability and mortality, exhaustion and longing, as well as their philosophical and political dimensions. His works have been part of international exhibitions, including at The Mosaic Rooms (London, United Kingdom, 2022), the Museum für Neue Kunst (Freiburg, Germany, 2020) and the 15th Istanbul Biennale (Turkey, 2017).