"I know how I got here, but I don't know how to leave"

In the organizer's words:

"This series expresses my feeling that for us humans, the best days might be behind us. It is a poetic exploration of the disappearance of optimism, a new deep melancholy that separates us from the people we might feel close to. When the political situation feels uncertain, the earth is warming and isolation is the new epidemic, we must struggle to find glimmers of hope. Beauty is often hidden behind a sad curtain and so here too we must go in search of it. Because in the complex stories that reveal themselves, an encounter takes place that only delicately makes its way through the darkness and yet has the power to be the beginning of a good turn."

Photographer Lara Wilde embeds this feeling in the metaphor of a party that has reached its low point, has passed its zenith and is standing still. In the standstill lies the freedom to explore it and make something new out of it. The dream of escaping reality shifts into a colorful parallel universe.

They are staged long exposures: Scenes, in the dark moments of life. The slow process allows the artist to arrive at the protagonists in a moment of stillness. Illuminating them by hand with the beam of light, bringing them out of the darkness and scattering a hint of hope somewhere in the scenes, gives her a moment of true joy.

The event space, the Forderzimmer, is a place for cultural encounters in Pankow. In addition to workshops and exhibitions, window performances and general nonsense also take place here.

The vernissage is on 02.05. from 19-22, the exhibition runs until 06.06.