Lou Cantor

Berlin-based artist collective founded in 2011 (presently consisting of Jozefina Chetko and Kolja Gläser) whose main scope of interest is grounded in intersubjectivity and interpersonal communication. Lou Cantor’s practice explores the polysemic minefield of contemporary communication, where medium, message, and meaning constantly fold back into each other. Lou Cantor’s preferred theatre of operations, in other words, is that which a certain French theorist has termed the Empire of Signs – and their preferred subject is the spell cast by the enigma of signification on the minds of this Empire’s peoples. Based on the collective’s actual field of research, they publish the Intersubjectivity series through Sternberg Press and contribute to various publications. 

Previous exhibitions include solo exhibitions in Germany, Poland, and Switzerland; Ars Electronica, Linz; Hypersea, curated by Juliette Desorgues; The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed, Bonner Kunstverein; Fellow Travelers, apexart, NY; Cyborg Dreams, Metro Pictures project space, NY; Language and Misunderstanding, CUNY, NY; Epistemic Excess, Artists Space, NY; 7th Berlin Biennale; and Spatial Affairs, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, among others. They have also given presentations in institutions such as ICA London, MOCA, ICA Miami, Lafayette Anticipations, and MoMA NY.