Schlaustärke. Klimaschutz statt Fake News

In the organizer's words:

Exhibition duration 4.7.2025 - 15.8. 2025

17 international artists from Lithuania, Greece, Germany and the USA show their critical stance on fake news in 20 works with graphics, installations, photos, objects, videos, paintings and performances.

Tom Albrecht, Thomas Behling, Carsten Borck, Merit Fakler, Stephan Groß, Norbert Hillwig, Šarūnė Kalininaitė , Tom Lane, Vera Leisibach, Diana Elena Paun, Stefanie Raetsch, Alexander Rommel, Lorina Speder, Anna Staffel, Tajda Stiplovšek-Jug, Emily Wisniewski, Nora Zang

Fake news is spread worldwide by politicians, the press and on social media and is usually defined as fabricated content that is intended to manipulate and influence opinion. Fake news often has a deliberately emotional character and is often difficult to distinguish from real news.

Newspapers from the Springer press in Germany headline: "Germany facing the solar debacle". This is fake news. The energy transition is going much better than the right-wing scaremongers from BILD, WELT and others would have us believe. Wind turbines and solar power complement each other well. We have enough power plants to generate enough electricity even during "dark doldrums". Generating, distributing and using renewable energy from the sun and wind instead of fossil fuels is the energy transition.

More fake news: "BATTERIES OF SHAME", "Germany lost in the solar dead end", "Germany in the dark doldrums. "We are the ghost drivers of Europe", "Windmills of shame", "Trembling before the blackout".

We focus here on the fake news against the transformation to sustainability, e.g. the energy transition. How do you debunk fake news? How do you set positive signals instead?

We invited artists from all over the world to submit their proposals. We are showing works that address the topic and conserve resources in terms of transportation and materials.

Jury Team GG3: Tom Albrecht, Stephan Groß, Maria Korporal, Vera Leisibach, John Maibohm, Andrea Striesova
Curator: Tom Albrecht
Co-curator: Katja Hock
Address: Leuschnerdamm 19, D 10999 Berlin, Germany
68th exhibition
Funding: Group Global 3000 e.V.

Program:

In the gallery on Fridays and Tuesdays 5-8 pm

Vernissage Fri., 4.7.2025, 7 pm
Welcome Tom Albrecht, introduction to the exhibition Katja Hock, Blues Kitchen play blues and folk with vocals and guitars.

Artists: Talk inside Fri. 11.7., 7 pm
Artists of the exhibition talk about their works on site and online with guests. Moderated by Katja Hock

Happy Fake News Party Fri. 25.7., 7 pm
Humor dispels rumors. Guests collect fake news and sort them by strength and subversion. Action by Tom Albrecht.

Simply plug in: solar power for tenants and owners. Fri. 8.8., 7 p.m.
Lecture with discussion: M.Sc. Hai Yen, Le, SolarZentrum Berlin. Law, financing, profitability, examples, advice.

Finissage, performance with voice and objects. Fri. 15.8., 7 pm.
Anna Staffel: FAKTEN ATTRAKTOR - an approach to reality or what Mandelbrot would have thought