The Exit Shut Opened
Martina Quesada
NISO is pleased to present The Exit Shut Opened, Martina Quesada’s debut solo exhibition with the gallery, curated by Philippa zu Knyphausen.
THE EXIT SHUT OPENED
A conversation in two different frames.
- INT. GALLERY
A conversation unfolds against the backdrop of an exhibition. The artist, Martina Quesada, is absent. Instead, two curators—Philippa zu Knyphausen and Christian Dominguez— engage in a dialogue. It takes the form of a theatrical script: two voices, two acts, a shared arc. Much like the exhibition itself, this dialogue doesn’t seek to define the work. Instead, it unravels it—through perception, through exchange. Act One and Act Two; Room One and Room Two; Character One and Character Two: these parallel structures guide the visitor through the cognitive and sensory transitions of the exhibition. Unlike Sartre’s No Exit, these rooms move toward an ending: a gently unfolding uncertainty, where conflict softens into unresolved acceptance.
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