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Thursday, 21/8/2025,
from 7 PM

Free entry

The artistic positions of Katrin Bittl, Seo Hye Lee, Anika Krbetschek, and Zorka Lednárová engage with barriers, participation, and forms of care through different media. Katrin Bittl works with video performances involving self-staging and situations of assistance to question bodily norms, accessibility, and social hierarchies. Seo Hye Lee combines textile and moving image works with personal experiences of hearing loss, addressing questions of accessibility, language, and shared understanding. In her multisensory installation and outdoor work, Anika Krbetschek develops a complex engagement with care, psychiatric violence, and the history of the Bärenzwinger, intertwining sound, video, scent, and materiality.

Zorka Lednárová translates personal experiences of everyday barriers into spatial and physical restrictions for the audience through sculpture and documentary photography, prompting shifts in perspective and direct confrontation.

The exhibition is accompanied by a public program combining inclusive mediation formats and artistic contributions. Planned elements include an audio and tactile tour, text versions in plain language, and a performative program. Further program details will be announced during the course of the exhibition.

Every first Sunday of the month

Free admission

No registration required

Languages: German and English

Starting in August, Berlin-Mitte will be bursting with colour and creativity! Every first Sunday of the month, visitors will have the opportunity to discover, try out and participate in contemporary art! The brand-new Sunday Art Makers (SAM) format will launch at the municipal galleries Kunst Raum Mitte, Bärenzwinger and Galerie Wedding. Together with experienced art educators and creative professionals, children, teenagers and adults can discover, experience and help shape contemporary art in new, interactive ways. The formats are organised in collaboration with the municipal galleries Berlin-Mitte and the MiK Youth Art School.

The gallery is transformed into a place full of possibilities – a space for imagination, curiosity and inspiration: Who organises an exhibition and what happens behind the scenes? Who decides what art is and where does it even begin? Where do the materials in an exhibition come from and how can you actually turn everyday objects into works of art yourself? Whether alone, with friends or the whole family – SAM is for everyone who wants to spend their Sunday being creative and active. Instead of the traditional Sunday rest, we focus on imaginative activities: painting, designing, writing, modelling, experiencing and experimenting. Participants can try out various forms of artistic expression – regardless of their previous knowledge. SAM invites you to discover your own creativity – in a relaxed atmosphere with plenty of room for your own ideas. We look forward to seeing you – let’s make some art! – and become a SUNDAY ART MAKER!

DATES, DURATION AND NOTES
Every first Sunday of the month, free admission
Drop-in/drop-out workshops, 3 hours each: 2–5 PM / no registration required
Open to everyone aged 6 to 15
Children, young people and families
Languages: German and English

NEXT DATES:
Sunday, 7 September:

• ‘Smart Cards’ at Galerie Wedding with Hirmiz Akman
• ‘Searching for Traces’ at Bärenzwinger
• Workshop with Zora Jankovich at Atelier Farbklang / Galerie Wedding

Since September 2017 the former bear pit of the heraldic animals of the city of Berlin has re-opened as a cultural venue for site-specific contemporary art in Berlin-Mitte.

A refurbishment is soon to expand its potential uses.