Location: nGbK, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11/13, 10178 Berlin

Artists: Angelika Bartel, Sarah al Darwich, Rainer von Dziegielewski, Heidi Fassott, Wolfgang Fassott, Hannelore Gerdes-Kopal, Tim Hartung, Harald Krainer, Lutz Marx, Herbert Meyer, Veronika Patzuda, Pooja, Hildegard Wittur

Additional contributors:  Nak Nak Kunstlabor (Cologne), GoGo Trash (Berlin), Kirsten Schmidt and The Outward Group (London), Thikwa Werkstatt für Theater und Kunst (Berlin), Sandra Merseburger, Gabor Scenzi, Li Li Dinh Thi, Maren Haupt

nGbK work group: Sylvie Lazzarini, David Permantier, Susann Pönisch, Gisa Schraml and Eva Zulauf

Matters of Perspective brings together artistic practice, inclusion, and social participation. The exhibition features works by around 20 artists who work in supportive studio settings in Berlin and London and who, due to discriminatory structures, rarely have access to studios, exhibition spaces, or professional networks.

Most of the participating artists work at the Kunstwerkstatt Kreuzberg, which was founded in 1993 as an initiative of the assisted living program Lebenshilfe Berlin (Life Aid Berlin). These works are complemented by collaborations with Berlin’s Thikwa Workshop for Theater and Dance, where 42 artists work full-time to develop their artistic skills, as well as with the organization Outward, which operates in ten London boroughs to support people in leading dignified and meaningful lives. All of the artists are considered intellectually disabled – a reductionist label that quickly proves entirely inadequate for describing their individual personalities and lives. It fails to capture their individual abilities, limitations, illnesses, life paths, and strategies for dealing with life’s challenges. Accordingly, the exhibition views inclusion not as an add-on, but as a fundamental approach. It was developed, curated, and designed in collaboration with the artists.

The participating artists are looking forward to engaging with the audience. For it is not the “special” inclusive program that allows them to participate in a venue like nGbK, but rather the idea of working from within an established art institution to reposition themselves as artists with disabilities from a self-determined perspective. In this way, the exhibition not only carries political weight but also holds transformative potential for the institution itself.

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PROGRAM

Opening
Fri, 10.7.26, 6.00 pm

Look around, make your own prints, get to know us.
Exhibition opening with a bar, music, and sign language interpretation

Open Kitchen
every Tuesday, 12.00–3.00 pm

Cooking and eating together with Kunstwerkstatt Kreuzberg
Dates: 14.07., 21.07., 28.07., 04.08., 11.08., 18.08., 25.08.

Open Art Workshop
every Thursday, 3.00–6.00 pm

with the artists of Ansichtssache and guests
Dates: 16.07., 23.07., 30.07., 06.08., 13.08., 20.08., 27.08.

FilmSnippetNight
Thu, 23.7.26, 6.00 pm

Cinema featuring self-made films, animation videos, and documentaries by and about Kunstwerkstatt Kreuzberg

Action T4
Thu, 6.8. – Fri, 7.8.26, 12.00–3.00 pm

This inclusive workshop focuses on the persecution and murder of people with disabilities during National Socialism, on remembrance, and on dealing with history. Together we ask what these events mean for us today, create collages, and imagine what the future could look like.
With sign language interpretation.

GoGo Trash
Tue, 11.8.26, & Tue, 12.8.26, 3.00 pm

Augustine Otto vom Performance- und Kunstkollektiv GoGo Trash wird in einem zweiteiligen Workshop Plastikmüll in modische Accessoires verwandeln. Die Künstlerin arbeitet seit Jahrzehnten mit kuratiertem Müll und verwandelt ihn in farbenfrohe Kostüme und Installationen. Bringt also euren Lieblingsmüll mit und geht mit neuen Accessoires – Taschen, Schmuck, Perücken – nach Hause oder direkt weiter in die nächste Disco. 

BöcklerParkDisco

Wed, 12.8.26, 6.00 pm

A summer evening with drinks, dance & music

Art and Inclusion – What’s Possible?

Thu, 13.8.26, 6.00 pm

An open exchange with Kate Brehme from Berlinklusion (a network for accessibility in art and culture) to discuss art, inclusion, and the exhibition MATTERS OF PERSPECTIVE alongside the exhibition organizers.
With sign language interpretation

Nak Nak – The Art Lab

Thu, 20.8.26, 3.00 pm

The artists of Nak Nak are showcasing their work and inviting visitors to join in creating art together. The new works produced are intended to expand the exhibition. At the end, we’ll head to Alexanderplatz and the art will take off! Because Nak Nak is a walking spaceship that can fly and land anywhere.

The Nak Nak Art Lab is an inclusive studio in Cologne. Here, art is research. Here, everyone is an expert in new ideas and new forms. Artistically accompanied by Monica Pantel and Martin Obliers.

Afterwards, we always know more
Fri, 28.8.26, 6.00 pm

Reflections on the exhibition and on inclusive perspectives at nGbK
with a bar, music, and sign language interpretation