IYP X Gropius Bau, Berlin
Kunst und Migration seit 1960
Curated by Gürsoy Doğtaş, Patrizia Dander, Sonja Borstner and Elena Franziska Setzer
In Kreuzberg: Kunst und Migration seit 1960 (Art and Migration since 1960), Gropius Bau showcases artistic responses to labour migration in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district since the 1960s. Bringing together some 130 works past and present, the exhibition explores experiences of migration, exile, housing crisis, racism and exclusion – as well as resistance, empowerment, solidarity and community.
Gropius Bau, located in Kreuzberg, presents more than 100 works in film, painting, photography, installation and performance that centre the lived realities of labour migrants and their descendants, exploring the struggles for inclusion and equality still being fought today. Featuring both historical and contemporary works, the exhibition demonstrates the international significance of Kreuzberg’s cultural production.
With works by Alexis Akrithakis, Mehmet Aksoy, Atiye Altül, Ararat‑Verlag, Eduardo Arroyo, Paolo Baratella, Akbar Behkalam, Kaya Behkalam, Cecilia Boisier, Vlassis Caniaris, Nuray Demir, Grazia Eminente, Kerem Ergün, Harun Farocki, Mathèos Florakis, Esther Friedman, Abuzer Güler, Sarah Haffner, Kim Min-ki / Lee Hye-kyung, Azade Köker, Evelyn Kuwertz, Stathis Logothetis, Colette Lumiere, Mihály Moldvay, Mehrangis Montazami-Dabui, Pınar Öğrenci, Aras Ören und Friedrich Wilhelm Zimmermann, Emine Sevgi Özdamar, Eduardo Paolozzi, Minh Duc Pham, Caroline Pinger, Jannis Psychopedis, Aykan Safoğlu, Sohrab Shahid Saless, Ludmila Seefried‑Matějková, Antonio Skármeta, Monika Sieveking, Hyun-Sook Song, Metin Talayman, Filiz Taşkın, Evanthia Tsantila, Mehmet Ünal, Natascha Ungeheuer, Irena Vrkljan, Hanefi Yeter and Serpil Yeter
Alexis Akrithakis (1939–1994)
8 Suitcases with Rubbish from a Beach, 1972
mixed media wood and metal
(8 items)
40 x 41 cm each