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Dear Readers and Friends of the Arts,

We warmly invite you to the opening of the exhibition At the Threshold: Exile on Wednesday, 11 June 2025, at 6 PM at Kommunale Galerie Berlin.

Curated by Eleonora Frolov, the exhibition explores the existential condition of exile as a radical rupture and a forced new beginning. It sheds light on the state of being in-between – between loss and renewal, past and an uncertain future.

The exhibition features works by Sergey Bratkov, Ben Greber, and Atalya Laufer, who engage with themes of flight and foreignness, inner fragmentation, loss of identity, transgenerational trauma, and artistic practice in this transitional state. In each work, the threshold emerges as a central motif – a site of remembrance, reflection, and transmission to the next generation.

Sergey Bratkov and Ben Greber – whose works were previously presented in the Bublitz exhibition NEW MEMORIES – El Arbi Bouqdib Archive – explore historical and personal traces and causes of exile in their contributions to this show.

At the opening on 11 June at 6 PM, you will be welcomed by Heike Schmitt-Schmelz, District Councillor for Education, Culture and Social Affairs, and Norbert Wiesneth of Kommunale Galerie Berlin. Curator Eleonora Frolov will provide an introduction to the exhibition. Read more: click here

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As part of the accompanying programme, we invite you to a guided exhibition tour with the curator and participating artists on 2 July at 5:30 PM.

On 3 September at 5:00 PM, we will present the films Infinite War and EXILE, which offer further perspectives on states of transition and threshold experiences.

A special highlight is the two-week summer workshop Create Your City of the Future!, taking place from 28 July to 8 August 2025, for children and young people aged 10 to 14. In cooperation with Bublitz and under the artistic direction of Grigori Dor and Eleonora Frolov, participants will develop their own visions of a liveable, community-oriented, and environmentally friendly future city.

The project begins with visits to Futurium and the exhibition At the Threshold: Exile, where participants will engage with questions of arrival and adaptation in new environments. They will then translate their ideas into artistic works – using colour, form, and imagination. The results will be presented on 8 August 2025, in a final exhibition at the Atelier of Kommunale Galerie Berlin.

Register via: [email protected]
More information: https://www.kommunalegalerie-berlin.de/atelier/sommerferienworkshop
Workshop partners: Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Junges Engagement, Bublitz, Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung / Programm Kultur macht stark – Bündnisse für Bildung des BBK Bundesverbands Wir können Kunst

We look forward to welcoming you, to your participation – and to a shared exchange at the threshold.

Warm regards,
Eleonora Frolov & Julian Malte Hatem Schindele