No Kings
In Our Castle

No Kings in our Castle directs attention to a world in which power structures increasingly take on authoritarian traits and democratic spaces grow fragile.

The installation translates this tension into a walkable chessboard. Yet what matters most is what is missing: the kings. No central authority, no crown, no hierarchy. Instead, the board itself becomes a space of possibility.

The audience is not a spectator but an active participant. Anyone who steps onto the board moves within a system, questioning roles, positions, and power relations. Every step becomes a decision, every movement a metaphor for civic participation.

The work is an invitation to understand democracy not as a spectator role, but as an act.

It was shown in the exhibition „Lost Art Festival“ in September 2025 in Berlin, Germany.