Mission Accomplished: Belanciege (2019)

For her exhibition at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Hito Steyerl, together with the artists Giorgi Gago Gagoshidze and Miloš Trakilović, developed a lecture that continues the artist’s exploration of the conditions of capitalist production, consumer culture, and mechanisms of commodification.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: BELANCIEGE places the luxury brand Balenciaga at the center of a reflection on political and cultural changes in Europe, 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall – a time when neoliberalism and populism go hand in hand. On November 21, the lecture was presented online on the n.b.k. website; afterwards it can be seen as a 3-channel video installation, which has been specially designed for this exhibition.