This double exhibition was a response to the urgent quest for new forms of shared
life and communal sense of belonging within the frame of Passagen 2020/IMM Cologne. Spanning across two locations, the show brought together 29 artists and designers to develop contemporary ceremonial objects and performances in order to build spaces beyond traditional exhibition contexts.

In his publication “Vom verschwinden der Rituale” the philosopher 
Byung-Chul Han holds the disappearance of ritual spaces and actions
accountable for collective disorientation and increasing societal and
individual isolation. To conquer present pathologies and to be able to feel
at home in a fast-paced world, he argues, we are in the need of new narratives.