Arthur Jafa, Klara Lidén and Jordan Wolfson in
What a Wonderful World: An Audiovisual Poem
Julia Stoschek Foundation at Variety Arts Theater,
Los Angeles
06 February – 20 March 2026
“What a Wonderful World” features work by over forty contemporary artists from the Julia Stoschek Collection, one of the world’s most comprehensive private collections of time-based art, set in relation to cinematic pioneers. It unfolds as a poetic journey through the moving image, in which silent films and early cinema classics converse directly with contemporary media art, creating a living, open-ended dialogue between past, present, and future. Together, these works trace the evolution of visual storytelling over the past century, highlighting both the universality of human concerns and the shifting perspectives that shape their diverse and ongoing representations.