On 5 July, the second exhibition of the program DISLOCATIONS––within reach opens, placing (post-)migrant perspectives on historiography at its center. As the second chapter of the program curated by Natalie Keppler and Agnieszka Roguski, within reach explores the occupation and departure of spaces and the resulting spatial in-betweens that emerge from these acts. The stories of the communal gallery Kunst Raum Mitte, originally founded as galerie weisser elefant in the late GDR, are linked to the group exhibition featuring works by Daniela Kneip Velescu, Songhak Ky, and Mila Panić, a talk with Sarnt Utamachote, and a collective intervention by Anguezomo Nzé Mboulou Mba Bikoro, thereby socio-geographically including Southeast European and Southeast Asian perspectives.
Kunst Raum Mitte is shaped by the legacy of Berlin’s division, ongoing processes of displacement and speculation around future uses of its space. DISLOCATIONS 2025 takes up these spatial dimensions programmatically, dedicating itself to different forms of localization and dislocation.DISLOCATIONS 2025 explores these spatial dynamics and examines varying forms of dislocation and relocation. As the second chapter of the year-long program, within reach focuses on (post-)migrant environments and connects them to the spatial and historical context of the exhibition site.
While the story of Kunst Raum Mitte—formerly galerie weisser elefant—has often been told through the lens of East-West migration within Germany, the exhibition draws connections across post-Soviet, Southeast European, and transcontinental contexts.
The works by Daniela Kneip Velescu, Songhak Ky, and Mila Panić open up transitional spaces shaped by the everyday experiences of migration. These works situate themselves in moments of passage, marking and subverting national, historical, and geopolitical boundaries. The installations reveal biographical narratives as layered processes in which diverse places contribute to a fragmented sense of home, absorbing dominant narratives as much as challenging them.
An accompanying archival display features invitations issued by the gallery since the 1990s, drawing attention to who was included—and who was excluded. within reach asks which invisible connections bring places within reach while keeping them elusive at the same time.
