11 November—
13 November 2022

Blind Vision
a temporary usable space at Wilhelminenhofstr. 83-85 in Oberschöneweide (12459 Berlin), Berlin

BLIND VISION Group exhibition initiated and realized by Maik Schierloh and Matthias Mayer Anyone who has moved to Berlin in the last decades has played a part in the development of this city. While for some it conveyed an atmosphere of departure (or "dependency") in an alternative and avant-garde sense, for others it was merely a projection surface for profane economic interests pushed by global market events. There was never a vision for all. Politicians merely tried to pick the pearls out of many alternative ideas. For example, the nightlife and the precarious life of artists were included in the marketing of Berlin. This blind vision is now reflected in a location. An unrenovated former industrially used hall and other rooms formerly used as offices, which were made available by an investor to the artists' community "Treptow-Ateliers" along with their cheaply rented temporary studios as a temporary playground. The community itself opened the space for third-party projects. The rawness of the historic site, the desire and spontaneity of the alternative users inevitably lead back to the aura of Berlin in the 1980s and 1990s. And of course Berlin still works that way. But the atmosphere is deceptive, the awakening already sits in the neck, like a drug that slowly loses its effect. Because it all ends, and without romanticism. The artists soon have to go back to their nomadic way. Only that they are not nomadic, but originally displaced from their cherished place of work. Their journey is already unique, because they stick together in solidarity in their seemingly hopeless situation. What could become, what could be? Why is it a blind vision?