At the End(s) of the World: After the Rupture

Think of the metal in a weapon that outlives the war it was made for. A river carving out its bed and reshaping the landscape. A body carrying memories of a place it can no longer return to. Ecosystems absorb traces of destruction and adapt, though how they adapt and what emerges in the process are not always predictable.

After the Rupture explores how worlds continue to grow and take on new forms after a rupture. The exhibition approaches these transformations through the idea of mutation. What exists takes on a different form under pressure. Mutation is one of the ways the end of a world unfolds. Living after a rupture does not mean rebuilding the world as it once was. It means recognising that the world has already changed and learning how to find our way within its altered forms.

Curated by Yannik Güldner, After the Rupture is part of the exhibition series At the End(s) of the World at Garage Rotterdam. The series explores how the depletion of the Earth’s resources transforms life on our planet and how new possibilities for living together emerge amid these changes.

Image: Silvia Gatti, EVE_404 (2026), courtesy the artist.