With works by Osías Yanov

An intervention by Osías Yanov incorporating the front window façade of the daadgalerie seeks a continual dialogue with the public and neighbourhood residents on the street in the form of text-based and performative activations, calling into question the state of what’s public and closed off at the same time.

The daadgalerie reopened on May 12 and will be transformed over the next several months into an open space for presentations and commentary. Current and former Artists-in-Berlin Program fellows are invited to activate the gallery in conjunction with existing networks and collaborative partners and to develop and implement improvised and ephemeral formats and ideas. The fragility of the current situation becomes not only a condition of production but also the focus of artistic examination in various ways. As invitations to experience collective forms of perception, contributing projects and their traces evolve into a collection of highly diverse testaments to physical presence.

Gallery boundaries between interior and exterior become permeable, speaking to the current state of uncertainty. Events presented by participating artists inside the spaces connect in an immediate and novel way to life on the street via the open façade, giving voice to a potential sense of levity and community.