Ultima Thule is a phantom island first mentioned by the ancient Greek geographer Pytheas. No one knows exactly what land he was describing. Sailors returned with tales of Ultima Thule—of wars with a tribe of dwarfs, of a frozen sea, and a shining polar star—but was it the same island? It is a mystical, imaginary land that has appeared on maps for centuries.

It existed, yet it didn’t.

The exhibition delves into different relationships with "nonexistent" ("other") worlds: some are based on elusiveness, others on escapism, and some the desire to change reality. The discussion of utopia, fairy tales, and dreams concludes the story of protests in modern-day Abkhazia. The artists remain realists, and thus they demand the impossible.

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