Union Gallery is pleased to present Christina Niederberger’s The Future of Nostalgia, curated by William Gustafsson.
The Future of Nostalgia bares its name from Svetlana Boym’s 2001 book which examines the notion of nostalgia by distinguishing between “reflective” and “restorative” nostalgia. Whilst “reflective” nostalgia emphasises on the act of longing itself, accepting the irrevocability of …
The Future of Nostalgia bares its name from Svetlana Boym’s 2001 book which examines the notion of nostalgia by distinguishing between “reflective” and “restorative” nostalgia. Whilst “reflective” nostalgia emphasises on the act of longing itself, accepting the irrevocability of the past and embraces the ambivalences and contradictions of modernity, “restorative” nostalgia attempts to rebuild the lost past as an absolute truth and national collective identity which erases all …