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Knowledge of the universe is growing, but human existence is increasingly being called into question. This paradox is the leitmotiv of A handful of dust, a photographic research project by Florian Schwarz. Over a period of four years, he traveled to observatories in the most remote places in the world. He insightfully links the distant view into the expanse of space with close-up views of the people who live in the surroundings of these institutes. He covers a spectrum from the dusty, bleak ends of this world to the center of the universe, where our center is also situated - since we, as the most recent research has shown, consist of up to 97% stardust. Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Singen, Germany (14.07.-15.09.2019)