Program

Opening: 5 July 2025, 6 PM within reach is the second program sequence of DISLOCATIONS. Focusing on post-migrant lifeworlds, it relates them to the history of the exhibition venue and its surroundings. While the history of the former galerie weisser elefant is mainly told in terms of inner-German East-West migrations due to its foundation in … DISLOCATIONS—within reach

24 July 2025, 6 PM The works of Cambodian artist Songhak Ky (1950, Kandal – 2000, Berlin) were included in the exhibition as a research contribution by Sarnt Utamachote. Ky was one of the few art and design students from a communist ‘brother country’ of the GDR who came to Halle (Saale) to study at … Talk & Tour on the work of Songhak Ky with Sarnt Utamachote

July 6–August 31, 2025 Artists: Daniela Kneip Velescu, Songhak Ky, Mila PanićAssociate Researcher/Curator: Sarnt Utamachote The location of Kunst Raum Mitte is characterized by the former division of the city of Berlin, the ongoing displacement of residents, and speculation around future uses of its space. DISLOCATIONS 2025 takes up these spatial dimensions programmatically, dedicating itself … DISLOCATIONS—within reach

15.06.2025, 6 pmFree entry On June 15, artist Lola von der Gracht and her band NIP SLIP will present a performance in the courtyard of Kunst Raum Mitte in which punk and poetry collide. The performance is the final event of the program sequence in sight, in which the (in)visibility of queer bodies is linked … Performance: Lola von der Gracht & NIP SLIP

23 May 2025, 7 – 10 PMFree Entry The program sequence in sight shows various aspects of making bodies (in)visible that have to do with inhabiting and abandoning places. The focus is on queer perspectives. In March, artist Danila Lipatov used the Kunst Raum Mitte research space to place the gallery’s history in an expanded … Danila Lipatov: Research Presentation

in sight asks how different spaces determine the invisibility/visibility of bodies – also control them and inscribe them with history. The exhibition uses projections to focus on what often remains in the dark: Videos by Philipp Gufler and Naomi Rincón Gallardo as well as a sculpture and a video by Constantin Hartenstein appear in the … Exhibition: in sight

in sight is the first program sequence of DISLOCATIONS. It examines how different spaces condition the (in)visibility of bodies – and in this way, also control them and inscribe them into history. Queer, female* and subcultural perspectives on archives break with imposed orders through moments of displacement and twisting. With contributions by Philipp Gufler, Naomi … DISLOCATIONS—in sight

February 18 to April 2, 2025 Kunst Raum Mitte was founded in 1987 in the GDR as galerie weisser elefant. The different stories that emanate from it are the core of the program. Through strategies of curatorial and artistic research, the stories and their perspectives are placed in new contexts.  Contemporary artists explore the historical … Archive in Flux