Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
MONA was recently commissioned by the Langen Foundation in Neuss, Germany to produce a video for the exhibition ‘Incarnate,’ on view from November 9, 2025, to March 10, 2027. Curated by Nadim Samman, the show brings together two of North Rhine-Westphalia’s leading private art institutions, placing modern and contemporary video art from the Julia Stoschek Collection into dialogue with classic Japanese and Asian art from the Viktor and Marianne Langen collection.
Alongside views from the exhibition, the video features insights from Nadim Samman about the ideas underpinning the show, as well as perspectives from Julia Stoschek (Founder, Julia Stoschek Foundation), Karla Zerressen (Managing Director, Langen Foundation) and Sabine Langen-Crasemann (Board of directors, Langen Foundation), who share details about this collaborative endeavor.
By staging encounters between devotional art and onscreen figures, ‘Incarnate' explores surprising overlaps between Buddhist metaphysics and media aesthetics, challenging distinctions between ancient and contemporary insight. The selection of artworks was inspired, among other things, by the passage of the word avatar from ancient Eastern thought into today’s digital culture.
Video by MONA productions │ Produced by Monica Salazar │ Filmed and Edited by Peter Cairns
MONA was recently commissioned by the Langen Foundation in Neuss, Germany to produce a video for the exhibition ‘Incarnate,’ on view from November 9, 2025, to March 10, 2027. Curated by Nadim Samman, the show brings together two of North Rhine-Westphalia’s leading private art institutions, placing modern and contemporary video art from the Julia Stoschek Collection into dialogue with classic Japanese and Asian art from the Viktor and Marianne Langen collection.
Alongside views from the exhibition, the video features insights from Nadim Samman about the ideas underpinning the show, as well as perspectives from Julia Stoschek (Founder, Julia Stoschek Foundation), Karla Zerressen (Managing Director, Langen Foundation) and Sabine Langen-Crasemann (Board of directors, Langen Foundation), who share details about this collaborative endeavor.
By staging encounters between devotional art and onscreen figures, ‘Incarnate' explores surprising overlaps between Buddhist metaphysics and media aesthetics, challenging distinctions between ancient and contemporary insight. The selection of artworks was inspired, among other things, by the passage of the word avatar from ancient Eastern thought into today’s digital culture.
Video by MONA productions │ Produced by Monica Salazar │ Filmed and Edited by Peter Cairns
