RE-TURN
21.-22. August / 25.-26. September / 14. November
Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum 2021
“Return” can mean “to come back” as well as “profit” or “yield.” This dual meaning sets the tone in terms of content and program for this year’s exhibition series at Skulpturenpark Berlin_Zentrum. The artist collective KUNSTrePUBLIK, focused since 2012 on establishing its Center for Art and Urbanism (ZK/U) in Moabit, now returns to an area in the center of Berlin, which was razed by bombing in World War II then—as a part of the “death strip” or “no man’s land” along the Berlin Wall—separated East and West Berlin during the Cold War era. Following the reunification of Germany in 1990, this inner-city wasteland between Spittelmarkt and Moritzplatz remained unused for many years. Since 2006, this area of more than 5 hectares has established itself as the Sculpture Park...