Johann Arens works with installation and video to survey how shared infrastructures impact our communal life and shape civil behaviour. These site-related installations take place in facets of the public domain; at community centres, schools, hospitals, digital learning centres, internet cafes, local markets as well as art spaces. The installations are tailored to be platforms to celebrate and mushroom forms of communality.
He has realised public art commissions with Arnolfini Bristol, Bold Tendencies London, Kettle’s Yard Cambridge and UCL Culture, and works since 2020 with researcher Dr. Hanna Baumann on the longterm project Another Provision. His work has recently been exhibited at Manifesta13 Marseille; Pump House Gallery London; IMMA Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin; P/////AKT Amsterdam, IFFR Rotterdam and Neuer Aachener Kunstverein.
