Ausstellung "If my neighbour is okay, I'm okay" | Eröffnung

In the organizer's words:

"If my neighbor is okay, I'm okay"

Exhibition with Edna Al-Najar, Belia Zanna Geetha Brückner, Ece Cangüden, and Elvis Osmanović

Curated by Alin Daghestani, Philipp Hennch and Dr. Maximilian Krämer

Opening Thu, 6.3.2025 from 6 pm | 7 pm Welcome | DJ set by Hinna from 7:30 pm

Duration: 7.3.- 4.5.2025

Free admission

Invitation to the exhibition opening

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Why do we care for others at all? The title-giving assumption that it does me good when my neighbors are doing well may provide an initial answer, but it also raises new questions. To what extent does the reciprocity it claims apply? Who is close to us and why - and should we make our care dependent on this?

The spring exhibition introduces the 2025 annual program "HANDLE (with) CARE" with a focus on the ambivalences and overlooked aspects of care culture. The exhibition looks at care practices in which the inclusion and exclusion of people are interdependent - or those that restrict rather than support. Last but not least, it also addresses the question of what this means for curatorial work in a communal gallery such as the Bärenzwinger itself.

A special understanding of care is already inscribed in the architecture of the former animal enclosure. The exhibiting artists Edna Al-Najar, Belia Zanna Geetha Brückner, Ece Cangüden and Elvis Osmanović explore different forms and dimensions of neighborhood and care by engaging with these site-specific conditions of the Bärenzwinger. They use a wide range of artistic forms of expression, from expansive installations to paintings and photographs.

The exhibition is framed by a varied accompanying program that includes workshops, artist talks, performances, an exhibition tour, a neighborhood meeting and a discourse format. The finissage will take place as part of the Gallery Weekend (May 4, 2025).

DJ set by Hinna
Hinna is a DJ and producer from Berlin who combines house, Afro-Latin beats and disco. Her set curated for the Bärenzwinger will kick off the evening with spherical sounds that develop into danceable rhythms.

Outlook

16.3.2025, 2-4 p.m.
Workshop with the artist Belia Brückner
"turning societal problems into crimes": On the International Day of Political Prisoners, we write postcards to prisoners

25.3.2025, 6 pm
"Curating through Conflict with Care" (curator collective) as a guest at Bärenzwinger

3.4.2025, 7 pm
Curator guided tour (in German spoken language)

13.4.2025, 2 pm - 4 pm
Neighborhood meeting "Coffee, cake and recipes", without registration

26.4.202515
3-5 pm
"The Tides of Far Spheres: A Lore-Making Performative Game" with Aslı Dinç (in English and Turkish spoken language)
17:30 Artist Talk with Ece Cangüden

4.5.2025, Finissage of the Gallery Weekend
2pm-3pm Artist Talk with Edna Al-Najar and Elvis Osmanović
15:30-17"Consultation hour of the Minister for Compassion"

Details of events will be published on www.baerenzwinger.berlin