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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ MIEKE ULFIG What’s my line? 25. – 29.4.2026 OPENING Saturday, 25 April 2026, 6 – 9 pm For the last 4 weeks, STATIONS has hosted Mieke Ulfig in residence. In this time, Mieke has been reflecting on her practice as an artist situated at the intersection of film, graphic design, and visual art, and on the economic realities of working between independent artistic work and freelance commissions. The residence offered a space in which her creative output can coexist, irrespective of its conditions of production – whether commissioned or self-initiated – while raising questions around the valuation and compensation of creative labour, in collaborative or individual contexts. These topics are particularly pressing today, in a climate in which many cultural workers are financially insecure, constrained, marginalized, censored. Mieke’s first work which she produced at the start of the residency was not in our space, but a public intervention on a billboard on Dresdener Str. at Kottbusser Tor. As it often happens with billboards, part of it was torn less than 24 hours later, which gave Mieke the opportunity to add a commentary: “Wo es Stadt gibt, da gibt es Stadttauben. Und wo es Stadttauben gibt, da gibt es Widerstand. Frei nach Fahim Amir, frei formuliert nach Foucault.” (Wherever there is a city, there are city pigeons, and wherever there are city pigeons, there is resistance. Paraphrased after Fahim Amir, paraphrasing Foucault.) The result of these reflections, What’s my line? is a five-day exhibition that showcases a selection of Mieke’s artistic as well as commissioned work, some of which were created on site. This is also an opportunity to come together before STATIONS takes a six-month break. (More soon!) As announced earlier this year, we remain committed to our programme and to the artists and peers we collaborate with, while trying to find a sustainable and fair financial model that allows us to carry the project forward.  Thank you for your support so far, and we hope to see you on Saturday! Opening times:  Sunday, 26.4., 2–6 pm Monday, 27.4., 6–9 pm Tuesday, 28.4., 6–9 pm Wednesday, 29.4., 1–4 pm #miekeulfig #stations #kotti #seeyousoon

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Mieke Ulfig in residence Throughout April, Mieke will develop her work in our space and present it at the end of the month. Seen here: Mieke’s public billboard intervention at Kottbusser Tor, in the passage between Dresdener str. and Adalbertstr., – a blown-up picture she took elsewhere, demonstrating pigeon camaraderie is universal. A passerby decided to rip off a piece of the billboard, which gave Mieke the opportunity to complete the intervention with a commentary: “Wherever there is a city, there are city pigeons, and wherever there are city pigeons there is resistance. Paraphrased after Fahim Amir, paraphrasing Foucault” A Berlin-based graphic artist, Mieke Ulfig has been engaged in a three-decade visual design practice, creating books, posters, collages from archival film materials, titles, interdisciplinary performances, and museum installations—both independently and in collaboration with fellow artists. She is a founding member of the graphic arts studio Riedel&Ulfig (since 2011) and the performance collective Superschool (since 1999). A central theme of her work is the relationship between humans and animals. Her latest projects are “Pets & Stars” and “Happy Peturday”, a series of image-based books about celebrities and their pets, combining endearing and grotesque imagery found on social media and reflecting on the absurdities and allure of image-making. Most recently she was part of the collective work “nothing personal, just everything” which premiered at Chocolate Factory Theater in New York City in November 2025. @miekeulfig #miekeulfig #resistance #kotti #pigeons

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ WEDNESDAY, 18.3., 6PM Join us for an informal conversation with Alex Bodea on sequential storytelling, graphic novels and Rococo influences, nomadism, bodies in movement, social commentary, and visual pleasure as a queer artistic approach. ALEX BODEA Full Cast Rehearsal Ending 18.3.2026 @alex_bodea_the_fact_finder #alexbodea #rococo #graphicnovels #pigmentpainting #naturalpigments

ALEX BODEA Full Cast Rehearsal 21.2.—18.3.2026 A traveller and a keen observer, Alex Bodea transfers her study of daily life – and the politics of its discontents and little joys – onto paper in visual narratives. Her images transition fluidly across genres and art historical eras, from the sequential storytelling of her sharp black-and-white graphic novels to a painting style that references 19th- and 20th-century cartoons or the whimsical theatricality of 18th-century Rococo. She engages with the latter in her newest paintings. Here, Bodea appropriates a style practiced prior to the French Revolution and associated with a privileged class that was, at the time, unaware of its imminent abolition. Bodea’s symbiotic compositions of bodies in undress – dancing or piling on top of each other in fragmentary fantasy architectures – evoke an atmosphere of insurrection – and resurrection. Organized asymmetrically and skin-to-skin, and sometimes just as silhouettes that merge with their backgrounds, these figures’ interactions produce what the artist calls a non-hierarchical dynamism. As with most of Bodea’s work, her approach to contemporary subject matter is oblique and refined. Her social commentary is presented through a veil of charm, humour, and flamboyance as devices intended to heighten the pleasure of looking. Adding to this effect, is Bodea’s use of self-made colours from natural, rare pigments and binding agents. Similarly, her appropriation and subversion of an art-historical style once considered decadent and “effeminate”, but arguably one with a higher number of well-known female practitioners than other comparable eras, reinforces her sensory approach. Bodea’s aesthetic and historical concerns are a queer visual strategy that aims to make visible the adversities faced by the socially disadvantaged and the dispossessed, while also reclaiming celebration and healing. A far cry from the fancifully dressed aristocrats of historical Rococo paintings — and naked, as most of Bodea’s figures are, they become actors in an egalitarian projection – a play that demands collective joining in a full cast rehearsal. @alex_bodea_the_fact_finder

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Please join us for the opening of Alex Bodea Full Cast Rehearsal 21 February – 18 March 2026 Opening on Saturday, 21 February 2026 6–9pm Visits by appointment and as announced on our Instagram page. Big thank you to Alex and Lumi! @alex_bodea_the_fact_finder @ave.canem @berlinprogramforartists #alexbodea #stationsberlin #stations

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Some impressions from the “Nomadic Assembly”, organised by Dilşad Aladağ together with Merve Çanakçı and Selen Solak. Thank you to everyone who joined us for each of the three events! @dilsadaladag @canakci_merve @selensolak_ #nomadicassembly

Pachet-Paket, Publication launch & presentation, at @stations.zone 18th December 2025 - 31th January 2026 “Vlad Brăteanu’s project and publication Pachet-Paket explores the ways in which food is intertwined with personal, cultural and political legacies. Approaching the subject through his own first-hand experience, as a caring gesture from his mother, each wrapped jar hides deeper micro-narratives of migration and displacement, emphasising the lingering dichotomy between Eastern and Western Europe. Set against a white background, the wrapped jars are photographed under identical natural light coming from the right, always casting a shadow on the left side as if suggesting movement. Whether this movement refers to geographical displacement or to the informal networks of shipping, the subtly animated jars allude to a precise sequence of actions. Each jar reveals a specific kind of packing, care, material use and repeated actions, transforming them into ephemeral monuments. Their sharp, frontal and sculptural framing emphasises the visible traces of labour, hands and affection contained within each jar. Underneath a seamless automated and efficient society, an infrastructure of invisible and affective labour resurfaces more than ever.” Text by @cristina0vasilescu Publication funded by Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe.

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “Nomadic Assembly” with Dilşad Aladağ Screening, Workshop, Conversation 6 / 8 / 15 February 2026 FRIDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2026, 7PM Screening of “Sideritis” A 45-minute journey following the rhythm of shepherds around Savrun Valley in the Amanus Mountains. Mountain tee will be served. SUNDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2026, 2–4PM Weaving Commons Workshop with Merve Çanakçı, exploring patterns, colours, commons, and engaging with textures of nomadic pastoralism. SUNDAY, 15 February 2026, 3–4.30PM On Fibres and Bonds Conversation with Selen Solak on wool, synthetics, and the landscapes of fibre across geographies. “Nomadic Assembly” is part of Dilşad Aladağ’s doctorate research ‘Weaving Reeds Between Two Rivers’ that she pursues at the Bauhaus University of Weimar Arts and Design program. The research focuses on material fragments, archival traces, and digital testimonies of nomadic pastoralism in southern Anatolia, transforming silenced histories into active agents that reclaim their situated knowledge and dissolve nationailst narratives. Aladağ approaches the remnants of pastoralist ecologies as an opportunity for collective dialogue and transcultural exchange on the commons of the nomadic pastoralism. The Assembly is centred around an assemblage of fragments, including institutional publications, fictional narratives, laments, images, and films, alongside animal and vegetal matters, that explore the local and yet planetary threads of pastoralist knowledge. Throughout the days the Assembly is presented, these materials will be activated through gatherings, workshops, screenings and readings. For further details about the program and for the text in Turkish and German, please see our website. @dilsadaladag @canakci_merve @selensolak_ #dilşadaladağ #nomadicassembly #merveçanakçı #selensolak #stations

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ With funding still unresolved, the long-term future of STATIONS is unclear. Even so, our dedication to the project and to the artists and peers we collaborate with persists. At the start of this new year, we’d like to look back and thank everyone who participated and supported our program in any way, including our visitors. Last year, we counted a total of 16 events which took the form of exhibitions, book launches, readings, concerts, screenings, performance, a listening evening and a record release, as well as collaborations with project spaces from Istanbul and Vienna. •Now is the Time, Dorje De Burgh •Now is the Time, zine launch with Una Mullally and Dorje de Burgh •Balkon 7, Annik Leroy’s Vers la mer, screening with Arindam Sen •Balkon 8, Emrah Gökmen, release and concert •Balkon 9, Federico Gargaglione, Book launch & screening •E.E.D.D., Katharina Marszewski •Katharina Marszewski, live action print •Balkon 10, Reading Roses in Constellation, book launch and reading •Non.Sight, residency, presentation •Nemesis, Mark van Yetter, exhibition •To Anybody at All, Ana Botezatu, exhibition exchange at Non.Sight, Istanbul •Listening evening with Mark van Yetter •Areal, Anna Holtz & Kathrin Wojtowicz, curated by •Schleuse, Vienna •Balkon 11, Istasyon Editions, reading & presentation •Ikili, concert •Pachet – Paket, Vlad Brăteanu, presentation and publication launch #dorjedeburgh #unamullally #arindamsen #annikleroy #emrahgökmen #federicogargaglione #katharinamarszewski #readinginconstellation #nonsight #mervedenizci #dogancanyilmaz #markvanyetter #anabotezatu #annaholtz #kathrinwojtowicz #schleuse #istasyoneditions #ikili #sedamimaroglu #andreasreihse #vladbrăteanu #stations #kotti #projectspace #artfunding

Please join us for our last event of the year! Vlad Brăteanu Pachet–Paket, 2020-2025 Publication launch and presentation Thursday, 18 December, 6-9 PM Monuments of mothering, care, and love. Sculptures produced by my mother, Liliana Brăteanu, sending me food from my hometown, from Bacău to Berlin. Vlad Brăteanu, born in Bacău, Romania, in 1986, currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Through his practice, he navigates the boundaries between public and private space, seeking signifiers of (in)visibility that raise questions about precarity, fragility, and (in)stability in neoliberal societies. Publication funded by Berlin Senat Department for Culture and Europe #vladbrăteanu @vladbrateanu #pachete #stationsberlin #mom #atlassib #sarmale #zacusca #vinete

Kathrin Wojtowicz Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, black nickel steel Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 45.7 × 22.7 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, black nickel steel Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 30 × 40 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, black steel chain, nickel plated steel Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 30 × 40 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, black nickel steel Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 40 × 60 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, nickel plated Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 36.5 × 19.5 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, antique brass steel Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 29 × 35.5 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, nickel plated steel Chicago screws, mirror clip, 31 × 21.5 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, steel chain, titan neo-chrome Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 39.6 × 65.5 cm Untitled, 2025, UV print on pre-owned mirror, black steel chain, black steel Chicago Screws, mirror clip, 27 × 39.5 cm -- Anna Holtz, Kathrin Wojtowicz – Areal 25.10. – 13.12.2025 Curated by Schleuse Stations, Adalbertstr. 96, 10999 Berlin www.stations.zone @schleuse1040 @stations.zone @kathrinwojtowicz -- Full documentation on the website – www.schleuse.biz Photos by repro-photo.net

Anna Holtz „Macht das Tor auf“, 2025, ceiling panels, variable dimensions „Ein Zentrum ist das nicht“, 2025, printouts, variable dimensions -- Anna Holtz, Kathrin Wojtowicz – Areal 25.10. – 13.12.2025 Curated by Schleuse Stations, Adalbertstr. 96, 10999 Berlin www.stations.zone @schleuse1040 @stations.zone @kathrinwojtowicz -- Full documentation on the website – www.schleuse.biz Photos by repro-photo.net