URLAUB

AN EXHIBITION BY ARTBURST BERLIN E.V.

July 31 – August 2, 2026

ZK/U Berlin, Siemensstr. 27, 10551, Berlin, Germany

As part of a three-day exhibition format, artburst berlin e.V. presents artistic works across various media and perspectives on the theme of “vacation.”

Moving between personal memory and social analysis, the works in this exhibition explore beach vacations and collective nostalgia, family histories and experiences of migration, the places of longing for past generations, and the non-places of globalized mobility. Here, vacation appears both as a space of memory and as a canvas for projecting desires, identity, belonging, and refuge. It becomes clear that travel is never solely an individual decision but is directly linked to social and material factors. Who can afford a vacation? And what role do origin, nationality, class, or gender play in the ability to move freely?

The exhibition invites visitors to question the often invisible prerequisites of leisure, as well as the fluid boundaries between productivity and regeneration, time off and obligation, and to view vacation as a mirror of our present and our society.

Program

The exhibition is complemented by a supporting program featuring performances, film screenings, a curator-led tour, and a workshop.

Friday, July 31 (Suggested donation: 5 to 10 euros)
Opening Reception x Fundraiser
Art, drag performance with SlaxyLexy, and music

Saturday, August 1 (Free admission)
Installation performance: PICNIC with Kaya Leonie Pilsner / Marlen Hüllstrunk
Screening and Artist Talk: Dieses Eine Leben ( 2026) with Max Wigger

Sunday, August 2 (Free admission)
Curator-led tour
Creative workshop

No registration required. This event is organized byartbust berlin e.V.