For the exhibition “Nie wieder und jetzt” at Bärenzwinger Berlin, curators Lina Kröger and Julius Kaftan, together with artist Laura Fiorio, are inviting visitors to engage with their own family history.
The focus will be on the thematisation of National Socialism and how this legacy is dealt with in the family memories of the German population.
Based on her own family history, the Italian artist Fiorio explores the possibilities of transferring tabooed and repressed individual stories and memories from the private sphere into the public sphere and public discussion.
The Bärenzwinger also deals with its own history as part of the exhibition. The building was ceremonially opened in 1939, shortly before the start of the Second World War, and functioned not least as a symbol of the Nazi regime’s mythological self-presentation.
How are these past stories connected and influence our present?
These and other questions will be addressed in the course of the exhibition.
You can contribute your own artefacts, family photos, letters or other documents and objects that can be linked to the National Socialist legacy. Copies of documents and objects can also be submitted. The materials should become part of the exhibition. Donations can be made anonymously or by providing a name. A form will be available to record the documents and objects (for later collection etc.).
The exhibition will be accompanied by workshops in which questions about individual and collective memory can be discussed together.
If you have any questions, please contact us at:
Lina.Kroeger@ba-mitte.berlin.de;
Julius.Kaftan@ba-mitte.berlin.de
Where to drop off?
Bärenzwinger Berlin
Rungestraße 30
10179 Berlin
oder an: hello@laurafiorio.com
When to drop off?
5/4 – 28/4/2024
Tue-Sun, 11am – 7pm
29/4 – 7/5/2024,
11am-5pm
Exception: The bear kennel is closed on 1 May.