Art Pops Up in a Former Prison in Berlin
The inaugural Berlin Art Week (through Sunday 16) has turned the German capital into a 24-hour art fair. But working outside the confines of the established art institution, a group of five young curators has taken over an abandoned women's prison for a one-week exhibition, "Platform 79,"
Chaney KwakTondo by aes+f
Chaney KwakParts of the film The Reader were shot here.
Chaney KwakFrom 1940, the jail held only female inmates. Among the prisoners Freedom fighters jailed for opposing the Nazi regime.
Chaney KwakA site-specific installation by Kite & Laslett features round mirrors rotating high above the courtyard.
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Chaney KwakIn Berlin's residential district Charlottenburg, Kantstrasse 79 was a prison from 1896 to 1985.
Chaney KwakClimbing a Broken Brown to Hot Pink by Julia Vogl is an abstract narrative of Berlin's history.
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Chaney KwakMind and Matter by Franz Reimer is a critique of the media representation of war.
Chaney KwakThis Is Where I Keep My Pride by Malin Holmberg, seen only through a peephole on a jail cell door
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Chaney KwakExist by Steve Rosenthal
Chaney KwakFrauenkiste by Marck
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