Joachim Koester

Discover Koester’s works from the past 10 years, many of which have never been shown in the UK before. Embark on a psychological journey into Department of Abandoned Futures; watch dancers quiver as Koester reinterprets the cultural myth of Tarantism, the dancing cure practised by victims of tarantula bites to release venom from their bodies; delve into the artist’s obsessive documentation of ‘the alien’ in his Praying Mantis film and accompanying photographs.