Our best ideas are often those that bridge between different worlds. (Marvin Minsky)

This concept is as good or as bad as any other. But it follows the maxims of certain validities established in the realm of history. Without getting tedious, let’s start from the very beginning: As Aristotle said, when people wondered about things, they did so for the sake of knowledge, not utility. That is not what curators are dream of; rather, it is the belief that the future is the only goal; it is the confidence that we have been brought together for the sake of something larger than our differences: vita brevis, ars longae. It is the acknowledgement of a wealth that exists only because we are different. Let us play, but not because we want to win; rather, because we want to experience, enjoy, feel, learn and know. This exhibition brings together a plethora of parallel approaches that take different expressive forms. In Berlin a formulation of similar concerns can be seen to pervade all spheres of art, be it music, the visual arts, film, theater or performance.