Projektionen auf den Osten

Opening: Wednesday, September 9, 6:00 p.m.

Featuring Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán, Pavel Brăila, Maksym Khodak, KwieKulik, Helmar Lerski, Maria Lisogorskaya, Shlomo Pozner, Xavier Robles de Medina, Maya Schweizer, Andrzej Steinbach, Hito Steyerl, Gabriele Stötzer, Mikhail Tolmachev, Jasmin Werner, Anastasiya Yarovenko, and others
Curators: Fabian Bechtle, Leon Kahane
Project Director: Arkadij Koscheew

Based on the observation that the “East” increasingly serves as a cultural, aesthetic, and political projection surface, the multi-part exhibition, discourse, and publication project *Projections on the East* addresses the ideological attributions associated with the terms “East” and “West.”  

International artists, scholars, and authors engage with historical and contemporary lines of conflict—ranging from the GDR’s politics of memory to antisemitism and post-socialist transformations, all the way to current geopolitical tensions. At the heart of the project is the question of how the dichotomy between “East” and “West” shapes our present.  

Accompanying two exhibitions at the n.b.k. and the Schinkel Pavillon, a publication and a project website bring together the artistic positions, research perspectives, and contributions to the discourse. An extensive program of discussions further explores these thematic questions. 

For more information, visit www.projektionen-auf-den-osten.org

“Projections on the East” is a project of the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) in cooperation with the Schinkel Pavillon, conceived by Fabian Bechtle and Leon Kahane. Funded by the Federal Cultural Foundation. Supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.