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Maya Schweizer, Suis son regard et observe / Follow her gaze and observe, 2026, 4K video, color, sound © Maya Schweizer
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Maksym Khodak, Breadbasket of Europe, 2026, 16 mm film, black and white, sound © Maksym Khodak
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Helmar Lerski, Hände der Malerin E. H. [The painter E.H.’s hands], from the series Menschliche Hände [Human Hands], 1930–1944, reproduction of the original print 2026. Estate of Helmar Lerski, Museum Folkwang, Essen
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Hito Steyerl, Land des Lächelns, 1990, SD video, 2:24 min. Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
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Andrzej Steinbach, Untitled, 2022, pigment print, from the series Auto Erotik. Courtesy Andrzej Steinbach and KIN, Brussels
Maya Schweizer, Suis son regard et observe / Follow her gaze and observe, 2026, 4K video, color, sound © Maya Schweizer
Maksym Khodak, Breadbasket of Europe, 2026, 16 mm film, black and white, sound © Maksym Khodak
Helmar Lerski, Hände der Malerin E. H. [The painter E.H.’s hands], from the series Menschliche Hände [Human Hands], 1930–1944, reproduction of the original print 2026. Estate of Helmar Lerski, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Hito Steyerl, Land des Lächelns, 1990, SD video, 2:24 min. Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Andrzej Steinbach, Untitled, 2022, pigment print, from the series Auto Erotik. Courtesy Andrzej Steinbach and KIN, Brussels
Maya Schweizer, Suis son regard et observe / Follow her gaze and observe, 2026, 4K video, color, sound © Maya Schweizer
Maksym Khodak, Breadbasket of Europe, 2026, 16 mm film, black and white, sound © Maksym Khodak
Helmar Lerski, Hände der Malerin E. H. [The painter E.H.’s hands], from the series Menschliche Hände [Human Hands], 1930–1944, reproduction of the original print 2026. Estate of Helmar Lerski, Museum Folkwang, Essen
Hito Steyerl, Land des Lächelns, 1990, SD video, 2:24 min. Courtesy the artist, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, and Esther Schipper, Berlin/Paris/Seoul
Andrzej Steinbach, Untitled, 2022, pigment print, from the series Auto Erotik. Courtesy Andrzej Steinbach and KIN, Brussels
Projections Onto the East
Sep 10, 2026 – Nov 8, 2026
With Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán, Pavel Brăila, Maksym Khodak, KwieKulik, Helmar Lerski, Maria Lisogorskaya, Shlomo Pozner, Xavier Robles de Medina, Maya Schweizer, Andrzej Steinbach, Hito Steyerl, Gabriele Stötzer, Mikhail Tolmachev, Jasmin Werner, Anastasiya Yarovenko, a. o.
Curators: Fabian Bechtle, Leon Kahane
Project Management: Arkadij Koscheew
Starting from the observation that the “East” increasingly serves as a cultural, aesthetic, and political projection surface, the multipart exhibition, discourse, and publication project Projections Onto the East addresses the ideological attributions associated with the terms “East” and “West.”
International artists, scholars, and writers examine historical and contemporary lines of conflict – from GDR memory politics and antisemitism to postsocialist transformations and current geopolitical tensions. Central to the project is the question of how the dichotomy of “East” and “West” structures our present.
Accompanying two exhibitions at n.b.k. and the Schinkel Pavillon, a publication and a project website bring together artistic positions, research perspectives, and contributions to the discourse. An extensive discourse program delves deeper into these thematic questions.
Find more info at www.projektionen-auf-den-osten.org
Projections Onto the East is a project by n.b.k. in cooperation with the Schinkel Pavillon, conceived by Fabian Bechtle and Leon Kahane.
Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
Funded by the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).
