Veronika Veit: Auf engstem Raum

The film installation deals with the forced cohabitation of two war widows in bombed-out Munich.

The film installation deals with the forced cohabitation of two war widows in bombed-out Munich. The viewer encounters a small house. The room can be seen from outside through two windows: Marya fled to Munich with her two children in 1947, hoping for a new start. Cecilia has a child from a relationship with a black soldier. She hides it so that the authorities don't take it away from her. A look at the setting combines family history with contemporary history. Both are inhabited by ghosts, which are neither conjured nor banished, but simply described. One side realizes that it has believed a lie, the other feels contempt and humiliation. The art film searches for images of connection and reconciliation that are still socially relevant today.

Veronika Veit, born 1968, lives and works in Munich.

September 24, 2025 7 pm: Opening, Werksviertel Mitte, Atelierstr. 1, 81671 Munich

October 11, 2025 7 p.m.: Panel discussion about Munich in the post-war period, followed by a concert with the band "sulp". White Box, Werksviertel Mitte, Atelierstr. 1, 3rd floor, 81671 Munich