Fall 2020 program

Nik Nowak: Schizo Sonics
September 13, 2020–May 16, 2021
Kesselhaus

Nik Nowak (*1981 in Mainz, lives in Berlin) critically examines the use of sound as a weapon and medium of propaganda in his artworks. With Schizo Sonics he has realised a large-scale audio-visual installation with two powerful sound sculptures. A specially produced audio work deals with aspects of Cold War politics using examples of ideological and acoustic proxy wars, such as those fought in Berlin in the 1960s on the border between East and West Germany or in Jamaica in the 1970s.

Lerato Shadi: Maru a Pula Is a Song of Happiness
September 13, 2020–February 7, 2021
Maschinenhaus M1

Lerato Shadi (born in Mahikeng, South Africa, lives in Berlin) makes the invisible or overlooked visible in her work and criticises purely Western notions of history. She places her body at the centre of her work—often in lengthy, physically demanding performances. The solo exhibition at the KINDL presents videos, neon signs, and a photographic work as well as a new series of textile works that address the relationship between the panel painting and performativity.

Ann Oren: Passage
September 13, 2020–February 21, 2021
M1 VideoSpace

The M1 VideoSpace in the Maschinenhaus at the KINDL is a new exhibition space for video works by international artists. This space will open with Ann Oren’s (*1979 in Tel Aviv, lives in Berlin) latest film Passage (2020), to which the artist adds an olfactory and tactile layer in her installation. In it Oren reflects on the boundaries between the human and the animal, on fictional gender roles and how they can be overcome, as well as on the early film experiments of Eadweard Muybridge.

The Invented History
September 13, 2020–February 21, 2021
Maschinenhaus M2

With: Yael Bartana, Ramesch Daha, Anna Dasović, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Andrew Gilbert, Aslan Ġoisum, Maryam Jafri, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Zartosht Rahimi, Larissa Sansour / Søren Lind, Maja Weyermann, Akram Zaatari

This group exhibition examines the need to critically question historical narratives. History is no longer viewed as a mere collection of data and facts, as a linear sequence of clearly defined events. Instead, there is a growing awareness that historiography must always also be interpreted under the political auspices of its “authors”. Today there are increasing attempts to control the interpretation of history—first and foremost by anti-democratic forces around the world. The artists in the exhibition track down previously concealed or suppressed historical phenomena, view history through the filter of their own biography, and thus work on a critical historiography in contrast to existing systems of rule.

The exhibitions are curated by Kathrin Becker.

The exhibitions take place as part of Berlin Art Week (September 9–13, 2020).

Please check the KINDL’s website for the current social distancing and hygiene rules and be sure to reserve a time slot for your visit.