2026

DIE KUNST IST KEIN ZIEL FÜR SICH (ART IS NOT AN END IN ITSELF)
In relation with constructivist Asja Lācis
Exhibition – Discourse – Performance
Saturday, April 1st–Sunday, June 28th, 2026
Opening: Friday, April 10th, 5 pm
Kunstraum XBerg, Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
Open: Daily 10 am–8 pm
Free admission
Curated by Konstanze Schmitt and Mimmi Woisnitza

Art is not an end in itself connects the avant-garde practices of Latvian theater maker, educator, and revolutionary Asja Lācis with contemporary artistic, scientific, and activistperspectives. A rich program of discoursive and performative events and workshops brings the exhibition to life during its course.

Artistic Positions: Chto Delat, Cinéma Copains, Contra Filé, Alice Creischer, Zhenya Efros, Inga Gaile, Anton Kats, Kollektiv Lauratibor, Karlheinz Mund, Mirja Reuter & Florian Gass, Elske Rosenfeld & Olia Sosnovskaya, Konstanze Schmitt, Luise Schröder, Andreas Siekmann, Theater o.N., Theater X.

Performances by Anna Stiede mit Panzerkreuzer Rotkäppchen, Bühnen zu Baustellen | Baustellen zu Bühnen, Christian Filips & Margarita Breitkreiz, Lauratibor Kiezchor, Meckerchor

Lectures & Workshops with Inga Gaile, Federico Geller, Tatjana Hofmann, Susan Ingram, Ewa Majewska, Olga Martynova, Luise Meier, Simone Niehoff, Beata Paškevica, Florian Thamer & Tina Turnheim u. a.

Movie program Krista Burāne, Payal Kapadia, Yulia Lokshina, Karlheinz Mund, Erwin Piscator, Marta Popivoda

Events within the exhibition

April 10–12, 2026
ANTIFASCIST WORKERS’ THEATRE Today

April 23–25, 2026
Sliktā māte/Bad Mother: A feminist retrospective on Asja Lācis

June 4–5, 2026
Lācis & Co.: Female Acteurs – Transit – Narratives

June 25–27, 2026
A Rebelião Das Crianças/The Kids are Outside

April 16–June 11, 2026
Film evenings with discussions (Thursdays)

April 16th/May 7th/May 21st, 5 pm – Curator's tour (D/E)

Link to the Event on the Kunstraum XBerg Website

AXËL WANTS TO GO WITH SARA
Exhibition
Kontor 80, Torgauer Str. 80, 04318 Leipzig
March 1st–29th, 2026
Opening hours: Thurs/Fri 4–8 pm, Sat/Sun 1–6 pm
Finissage: Sunday, March 29th, 1–6 pm

What is realism in contemporary art? AXËL WANTS TO GO WITH SARA is part of a series of concept shows that constitutes an attempt of self-criticism of contemporary art. It pursues the essential questioning of the common sense prevailing in the contemporary art sphere as well as in its dominant phenomena.

An event by Mailand / Innenhof
Artists: Bea Camacho, Christian Jankowski, Cinthia Marcelle, Hein-G. Petschulat, Luise Schröder & Anna Baranowski, Mailand / Innenhof

Link to the Event on the Mailand / Innenhof Website
PDF of the exhibition

Friday, January 23rd, 2026
Labor Neunzehn, Kiefholzstr. 19/20, 12435 Berlin
Screenings at 2 pm, 4 pm and 6 pm (same program in all sessions)
Admission with donation: 5 €

Labor Neunzehn and AVARIE present KAMERA Series | Retrospective 2021–2025, a one-day screening program bringing together international artists who have participated in the KAMERA Series over the past five years.
It is presented as part of Vorspiel, a city-wide initiative supported by transmediale and CTM Festival, connecting independent project spaces, galleries, and cultural actors across Berlin in a shared program dedicated to experimental artistic practices, sound, technology, and critical discourse.
Kamera Series presents a selection of moving images and cinematic approaches that engage in a dialogue with books and printed matter, opening a space for critical exchange on contemporary image-making.
Kamera Series is curated by Valentina Besegher Scotti (Labor Neunzehn) and Giuliana Prucca (AVARIE).

The retrospective features works by: Lina Selander, Pauline Julier, Ion Grigorescu, Maria Iorio & Raphaël Cuomo, Louise Crawford & Stéphan Guéneau, Andrea Dojmi, Sergej Vutuc, Luise Schröder, Peter Downsbrough, Helga Fanderl, Christine Gedeon.

More info and program on the Labor19 Website
Kamera Series Website

A film evening with Christina Karstädt, author of the film
Viel zu viel verschwiegen (Too Much Concealed)
Curated and moderated by Luise Schröder

January 22, 2025, 7 p.m.
neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK)
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11/13
10178 Berlin

Free Admission, Language German

The documentary film Viel zu viel verschwiegen (1992) by Christina Karstädt and Anette von Zitzewitz is dedicated to the life stories of lesbian women in the GDR. Fourteen of them talk about their relationships with women, experiences of exclusion, and experiences with the Stasi. They openly discuss strategies of resistance, dealing with discrimination, and their commitment to political visibility. On this evening, artist Luise Schröder is invited by Stadmuseum/Nikolaikirche as part of the current exhibition: Heute noch, morgen schon (Today yet, Tomorrow surely) to talk with Christina Karstädt about the film's origins. The focus will be on the film's significance as a historical document, but it will also address references to the present. Afterwards, the audience is invited to join in a discussion.

Link to the Event on the website of Stadtmuseum Berlin
Link to the Event nGBK Website

Filmstill: Viel zu viel verschwiegen, Fotografie © Bettina Dziggel