BERLIN GLOBAL

Artists’ Statement

“Time Machine Infinitum – Queer migrant Berlin” is an installation on an Open Space in the BERLIN GLOBAL exhibition. It takes visitors on a journey through time, exploring the history, presence and future through the lens of queer migrant Berliners. This work moves through different times, blending a linear narrative. It highlights and honors the presence and cultural heritage of queer migrants and BIPoC in the city.

Conversations Behind Lace Curtains

On the Open Space, three Polish artists reflect on the special relationship between Poles and Berlin under the title "Freedom, Equality, Solidarność".

Life and Survival

In the Open Space project "Here and Now. Women⁺ Experiencing Homelessness in Berlin," Anna, Janet, Janita-Marja, Richi, and Susanne talk about housing and homelessness. They represent many homeless women⁺ and discuss social boundaries, dignity, self-determination, and the reasons for their homelessness.

Punk in the Church. East Berlin 1979-89

An exhibition area in the 'Freiraum' room at BERLIN GLOBAL gives a voice to the punk scene in the former GDR.

Uniforms for a modern palace

The GDR Fashion Institute was commissioned to design uniforms for the different departments for the Palace of the Republic.

The Kaiserpanorama

A hundred years before 3D televisions and ‘virtual reality’, this Berlin invention offered a sense of depth from distant places and current events for very little money.

Magnus Hirschfeld

Doctor and sex researcher Magnus Hirschfeld (1868 – 1935) is today regarded as a pioneer of the sexual minority emancipation movement.