Exhibition program 2024

Discover current information on the KINDL accompanying events program here.

Exhibition program in spring

Franz Wanner: Mind the Memory Gap
March 24–July 14, 2024
Maschinenhaus M1

In his first solo exhibition in Berlin, Franz Wanner (b. 1975 in Bad Tölz) investigates the present-day repercussions of the widespread exploitation of forced labor under National Socialism. Using photographs, texts, films, and objects, the artist reveals social continuities from the Nazi era to today as well as gaps in Germany’s culture of remembrance.

Developed for the KINDL in collaboration with the Harun Farocki Institute, Berlin, with the support of the Farocki Forum at the Department of Film Studies at the University of Zurich, and the Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung. The exhibition will be shown at Kunst Meran in 2025.

Kerstin Honeit: THIS IS POOR! Patterns of Poverty
March 24–July 14, 2024
M1 VideoSpace

Building on current discourses on class, Kerstin Honeit (b. 1977 in Berlin) examines social structures that foster massive economic inequality in her latest video work, premiering at the KINDL. In this poetic narrative of resistance, “decors of poverty” from the artist’s family interior are juxtaposed with the iconic ruins of the Steglitzer Kreisel in Berlin, a victim of luxury real estate speculation that once housed the district authority and served as a distribution point for social welfare.

Supported by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and Stiftung Kunstfonds.

Ré-imaginer le passé
March 24–July 28, 2024
Maschinenhaus M2

Artists: Elsa M'Bala, Fatou Kandé Senghor, Caroline Gueye, Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Ibrahima Thiam, Viyé Diba, Mansour Ciss Kanakassy, Uriel Orlow, baobab création, C& Center of Unfinished Business
Curators: Mahret Ifeoma Kupka, Isabel Raabe, Ibou C. Diop, Malick Ndiaye

This exhibition developed in Dakar prompts a reevaluation of the past and paves the way for alternative forms of knowledge and knowledge transfer. In their installations, photographs, and objects, participating artists explore how the future can be imagined from a decolonial perspective. Ré-imaginer le passé is part of the TALKING OBJECTS LAB—a series of exhibitions, artist residencies, and events held in Senegal, Kenya, Germany, and other countries since 2020. 

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media), ifa—Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, and Pro Helvetia.

Emma Talbot: In the End, the Beginning 
September 17, 2023–May 26, 2024
Kesselhaus

Emma Talbot (b. 1969 in Stourbridge, lives in London and Italy) developed a site-specific installation consisting of paintings on silk, sculptural ensembles, and hanging objects for the Kesselhaus at the KINDL, in which archaic voices are brought back to life: Furies, sirens, oracles, witches, and spirits warn of our disastrous present and point to alternatives that make a viable future conceivable.

Summer program

50 Gramm Kunst—A Participatory Project
Exhibition: July 14–21, 2024
Kesselhaus

Since 2021, the KINDL outreach programme 50 Gramm Kunst invites the public to take part in creative summer workshops culminating in a large collaborative exhibition at the Kesselhaus.

Fall exhibition program

Alfredo Jaar: The End of the World
September 15, 2024–June 1, 2025 
Kesselhaus

Alfredo Jaar (b. 1956 in Santiago de Chile, lives in New York) is an artist, architect, and filmmaker. For over 40 years, he has examined complex sociopolitical issues and the limits and ethics of representation. For the Kesselhaus at the KINDL, he will create a new site-specific installation centered around the current state of the world. Drawing from a five-year research project focused on our ailing planet, the artist will share his insights into the ecological and political crises that loom over our future.

Samuel Fosso
September 15, 2024–February 16, 2025 
Maschinenhaus M1

Samuel Fosso (b. 1962 in Kumba, Cameroon, lives in Bangui, Central African Republic and Paris, France) is one of Africa’s most renowned photographic artists. In his theatrical self-portraits, he adapts iconic images of historical figures and social stereotypes. For this solo exhibition, the KINDL will showcase a selection of Fosso’s works from the 1970s to the present.

Nina E. Schönefeld: RIDE OR DIE
September 15, 2024–February 16, 2025 
M1 VideoSpace

Nina E. Schönefeld (* 1972 in Berlin, lives in Berlin) works as an interdisciplinary video artist. The future scenarios in her art works are closely linked to current political, ecological, and social issues in the world. For the KINDL, she will develop a new film.

The New Subject: Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies 
September 15, 2024–January 25, 2025 
Maschinenhaus M2
Symposium: November 23, 2024

Artists: Oshin Siao Bhatt, Sarah Browne, Yevgeniy Fiks, Tore Hallas, Tirdad Hashemi, Saodat Ismailova, Kyuri Jeon, Aziza Kadyri, Flo Kasearu, Björn Larsson and Carl Johan Erikson, Albina Mokhryakova, Adina Pintilie, Ajla R. Steinvåg, and others
Curators: The Creative Association of Curators TOK (Anna Bitkina and Maria Veits)

The New Subject is the fourth and final exhibition of a series of interconnected shows exploring the evolving challenges of the body in relation to global biopolitics and technological advancements, with a focus on legal, somatic, and cognitive dimensions. The show will be accompanied by a public program, including a symposium scheduled for November. 

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation) and the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).

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