www.obelus-obelus.net

Obelus is a non-commercial art space in Berlin.

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open by appointment only

all inquiries: info[at]obelus-obelus[dot]net

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an obelus (†) is a typographical mark that usually indicates a footnote if an asterisk has already been used. The symbol is also used to indicate death (of people) or extinction (of species or languages). Originally, the obelus was used in the Hellenistic period to mark questionable or corrupt words or passages in manuscripts of the Homeric epics: while the asterisk was used for corrective additions, the obelus was used for corrective deletions of invalid reconstructions, following non-attested words or sections reconstructed for the sake of argument only, implying that the commentator did not believe such a word or section had ever existed. Whatever followed the obelus, basically, was a pointer to the actual matter, meant to skim through the noise.

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CURRENT:

011668, Alicja Brzeska, Clemente Ciarrocca, Emma de Warren, Till Hunger, Kira Protsenko
Then I know I have not lived, That depends entirely on the sieve, Do you think
this number is random, Maybe, Thank god, It's a feeling

10 October — 7 November 2026

Obelus 1

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PAST:

Jordan Deal, Cru Encarnação, Yanne Horas, Colm Keady-Tabbal, A.Mac Giolla Bhríde, Cielo Saucedo

Dwarf Fruit
14 May — 24 July 2026

Obelus 1

Systematic Beds

with Amelia Ada, Clemente Ciarrocca, Zack Darsee, Liola Mattheis