Handpicked from the same festivals lineup, scored for this weekend.
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Escape into the interior
The writer, painter and Kleist Prize winner Paul Gurk led a reclusive life, living in Berlin Wedding from 1936 onwards. During the Nazi dictatorship, many of his works remained unpublished; the novel "Tresoreinbruch" (1935) was banned.
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This improbable scenario cannot be depicted
The Gegenwind counselling centre has been operating in Berlin since 1998. It offers counselling and assistance to people who are still suffering from the consequences of trauma experienced during the SED dictatorship.
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Nora Turato
Language - both spoken and written - serves as a primary material in Nora Turato’s work, explored through typography, wall pieces, video, sound, performance, and artist books (notably her pool series).
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Memory Is a Strange Bell
The Neue Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and Künstlerhaus Bethanien jointly present works by artists who received the Berlin Senate's 2025 Visual Arts Working Grant.
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Renate Zeun | betroffen
betroffen brings together vintage prints from Renate Zeun’s eponymous photographic series, produced in the first half of the 1980s, in which the East German artist turns the camera on herself.
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Slime
Mucus is incredibly versatile, serving as a lubricant, adhesive, or protective barrier inside the body. Its seemingly simple structure makes mucus adaptable and thus indispensable for many bodily functions.
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Otto Wagner - Architect of Modern Life
Around 1900, drawings from the studio of Otto Wagner (1841-1918) conveyed the vision of a future architecture freed from historical constraints and committed to “modern life”.
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Frog Prince
The princess loses her golden ball. The frog demands a promise in order to retrieve it for her. She must learn to keep her promise and overcome her fear. In the end, she actually manages to turn the disgusting frog into a prince.
