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Maksym Khodak, Breadbasket of Europe, 2026, 16 mm film, black and white, sound © Maksym Khodak
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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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Helmar Lerski, Hände der Malerin E. H. [The painter E.H.’s hands], from the series Menschliche Hände [Human Hands], 1930–1944, exhibition print, 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
Maksym Khodak, Breadbasket of Europe, 2026, 16 mm film, black and white, sound © Maksym Khodak
Maya Schweizer, Suis son regard et observe / Follow her gaze and observe, 2026, 4K video, color, sound © Maya Schweizer
Helmar Lerski, Hände der Malerin E. H. [The painter E.H.’s hands], from the series Menschliche Hände [Human Hands], 1930–1944, exhibition print, 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
Maksym Khodak, Breadbasket of Europe, 2026, 16 mm film, black and white, sound © Maksym Khodak
Maya Schweizer, Suis son regard et observe / Follow her gaze and observe, 2026, 4K video, color, sound © Maya Schweizer
Helmar Lerski, Hände der Malerin E. H. [The painter E.H.’s hands], from the series Menschliche Hände [Human Hands], 1930–1944, exhibition print, 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, Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic*, 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
Exhibitions
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
Artists: Anca Benera & Arnold Estefán, Pavel Brăila, Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic*, Maksym Khodak, KwieKulik, Shlomo Pozner, Hito Steyerl, Mikhail Tolmachev, Jasmin Werner, Anastasiya Yarovenko
September 10 – November 8, 2026
Chausseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
Opening Hours: Tuesday–Sunday 12–6 pm / Thursday 12–8 pm
Free admission
Schinkel Pavillon
Artists: Helmar Lerski, Maria Lisogorskaya, Xavier Robles de Medina, Maya Schweizer, Andrzej Steinbach, Gabriele Stötzer
September 10 – December 20, 2026
Oberwallstraße 32, 10117 Berlin
Opening Hours: Thursday–Friday 2–7 pm / Saturday–Sunday 11 am–7 pm
Admission: 6 € / 4 € (reduced), card payment only
Discourse Program
Friday, September 25, 2026, 7 pm
The Cultural East
Panel discussion with Marko Martin (writer, Berlin), Kateryna Mishchenko (essayist, Berlin), Volker Weiß (historian, Hamburg), moderated by Shahrzad Eden Osterer (journalist, Munich). Introduction: Fabian Bechtle and Leon Kahane
Venue: Schinkel Pavillon, Oberwallstraße 32, 10117 Berlin
In German, free admission
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 4 pm
Kaddish for Your Father
Music performance by Shaul Dahan (artist, Jerusalem) and Shlomo Pozner (artist, Berlin)
Venue: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Chausseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
Free admission
Monday, September 28, 2026, 8 pm
Helmar Lerski: Avodah (1935), Adamah (1947)
Film screening followed by a discussion, conceived and moderated by Dr. Lea Wohl von Haselberg (Professor of Jewish Film and Audiovisual Memory, Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, Potsdam)
Venue: delphi LUX, Kantstraße 10 / Yva-Bogen, 10623 Berlin
Admission: €12
Thursday, October 1, 2026, 7 pm (doors 6:30 pm)
Projections from the West? Art, Antifascism, Autonomy, and the Wohlfahrtsausschüsse
With Isabelle Graw (Professor of Art History and Art Theory, Städelschule – Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main), Schorsch Kamerun (theater director and singer, Hamburg), Dr. Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk (historian, Berlin), Masha Qrella (singer and songwriter, Berlin), representatives of the clubs Conne Island (Leipzig) and ://about self (Berlin), among others. Discussions and music. Conceived and moderated by Andreas Fanizadeh (chief correspondent for cultural affairs, taz, Berlin).
Venue: taz Kantine, Friedrichstraße 21, 10969 Berlin
In German, free admission; the event will also be livestreamed
Saturday, October 10, 2026, 7 pm
La Haluca – A Pioneer Girl
Performance by Ana Hoffner ex-Prvulovic* (artist, Vienna)
Venue: Schinkel Pavillon, Oberwallstraße 32, 10117 Berlin
In English, free admission
Sunday, November 8, 2026, 4 pm
Concert by the Müncheberg Women’s Choir
Finissage of the exhibition at n.b.k.
Venue: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Chausseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
Free admission
Publication
A bilingual publication (German/English) will be published on the occasion of the exhibition in the “n.b.k. Ausstellungen” series by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Cologne.
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).
