--- type: exposition title: The Value of Freedom language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/value-freedom-0" --- # The Value of Freedom ![Photo documentation of a performance in public space in Zagreb Dimensions variable ](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_532413263957.jpg.webp?itok=4xd-xOqN) **Duration:** 19 September 2018 - 10 February 2019 **The concept of freedom is constantly changing. This exhibition charts its psychological, cultural, religious, political and legal evolution against the backdrop of historical developments, to arrive at a contemporary understanding of what freedom means. Works by more than fifty artists shed light on this complex issue from various angles.** With its overlapping themes and cross-references, the exhibition weaves a tapestry of interdependencies and reciprocal influences between the individual and society, democracy and the economy, work and leisure, body and mind, nature and culture. Freedom is always relative to other factors and so has to be constantly renegotiated. For instance, one part of the exhibition looks at different forms of state governance that shape the community, while another area addresses the control of information as a crucial instrument of power. Some of the works highlight the fragility of freedom, while others explore identity-defining processes such as work. The public space is also the subject of some of the works. All in all, what emerges clearly is that the autonomy of the individual invariably goes hand in hand with social responsibility. With works by Zbynĕk Baladrán, Dara Birnbaum, Jordi Colomer, Carola Dertnig, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Harun Farocki, Karin Ferrari, Forensic Oceanography, John Gerrard, Johannes Gierlinger, Lola Gonzàlez, Johan Grimonprez, Igor Grubić, Eva Grubinger, Marlene Haring, Hiwa K, Leon Kahane, Šejla Kamerić, Alexander Kluge, Nina Könnemann, Laibach, Lars Laumann, Luiza Margan, Teresa Margolles, Isabella Celeste Maund, Anna Meyer, Aernout Mik, Matthias Noggler, Josip Novosel, Julian Oliver, Trevor Paglen, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Ivan Pardo, Oliver Ressler, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Ashley Hans Scheirl, Christoph Schlingensief, Andreas Siekmann, Eva Stefani, Superflex, Pilvi Takala, Philipp Timischl, Milica Tomić, Betty Tompkins, Amalia Ulman, Kostis Velonis, Kara Walker, Stephen Willats, Anna Witt, Hannes Zebedin, Zentrum für politische Schönheit, Tobias Zielony and Artur Żmijewski. Curated by Severin Dünser. \#ValueofFreedom21 ### [Belvedere 21](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/belvedere-21) **Opening hours:** Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Late Night: Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm **Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4) ## Impressions - ![Video (colour, sound), 14 min — Hiwa K, Video still from „May 1“, 2009 — Courtesy Hiwa K, KOW, Berlin and Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan/Lucca](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_512156897705.jpg.webp?itok=2vAIEmiH) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413263973.jpg.webp?itok=FhFLJd6I) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413263958.jpg.webp?itok=9gWnsxvI) - ![Photo documentation of an intervention in a public space (Belgrade, Sept. – Nov. 2009) Black-and-white photography, 43 x 67 cm — Milica Tomi? , "One day, instead of one night, a burst of machine-gun fire will flash, if light cannot come otherwise", 2009 — Courtesy Galerie Charim, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413263954.jpg.webp?itok=TJ76OKqp) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413263968.jpg.webp?itok=oz8z3xVS) - ![Video (HD, stop motion, colour, no sound) 8:45 min — Tobias Zielony, Video still from "Maskirovka", 2017 — Courtesy Tobias Zielony and KOW, Berlin](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413263964.jpg.webp?itok=0ceoQAWh) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413263962.jpg.webp?itok=uRhaom-Q) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Installation View „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: Peter Mochi, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413274601.jpg.webp?itok=DW1RlHXX) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Installation View „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: Peter Mochi, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413274600.jpg.webp?itok=bTDEJaVx) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Installation View „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: Peter Mochi, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413274599.jpg.webp?itok=SI9020uj) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Installation View „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: Peter Mochi, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413274598.jpg.webp?itok=dtX4KT2L) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Installation View „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: Georg Petermichl, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413274594.jpg.webp?itok=tN0ckRYN) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Installation View „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: Peter Mochi, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413274592.jpg.webp?itok=8WBMuScA) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Opening „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: eSeL.at, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413273934.jpg.webp?itok=HeV2WEcZ) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Opening „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: eSeL.at, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413273931.jpg.webp?itok=62d9pPw5) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Opening „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: eSeL.at, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413273930.jpg.webp?itok=Fyg-7mmV) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Opening „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: eSeL.at, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413273928.jpg.webp?itok=7ykMPYCQ) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Opening „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: eSeL.at, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413273927.jpg.webp?itok=I3w9RnBE) - ![Der Wert der Freiheit — Opening „The Value of Freedom“ — Photo: eSeL.at, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_532413273926.jpg.webp?itok=VRL57BEy)