Die Obiger Galaxis
July 11 – 26, 2025
Axel Obiger, Space for Contemporary Art – Berlin

The term “world island” (Welteninsel) was coined by Immanuel Kant in his 1755 work General Natural History and Theory of the Heavens. Drawing on the astronomical ideas of his time—particularly those of Thomas Wright—Kant described a “world island” as an independent stellar system made up of countless stars and planetary systems. From a great distance, these appear as circular or elliptical nebulae—what we now understand as galaxies.

The group exhibition WELTENINSEL presents individual perspectives from 48 Berlin-based artists, each contributing their own conceptual or visual interpretation of this cosmic idea.