Worlds End Contemporary Presents Eisbergfreistadt by Kahn/Selesnick

Worlds End Contemporary announced Kahn/Selesnick's European debut of their latest work and first solo exhibition at the gallery.

For this occasion, the artist duo will present Eisbergfreistadt, a project inspired by an incident that took place in a Baltic port during the Weimar Republic.

Mixing facts and fiction, Eisbergfreistadt depicts the creation and decline of a short-lived utopian state, with the same name, in the port of Lubeck.

In 1923, a colossal iceberg drifted into the Baltic Sea and ran aground off the German port.

The people of Lubeck declared the iceberg a free trade state, with the hope that Eisbergfreistadt would become an offshore financial heaven.

More than a financial success during the hyperinflation crisis of the Weimar Republic, Eisbergfreistadt attracted all sorts of curious, travelers, and artists.

Eisbergfreistadt became an important source of inspiration for artists, including the utopian movement of the Chrystal Chain founded by artist and architect Bruno Taut and of which Walter Gropius and Wenzel Hablik were influential.