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Alice Adams PROTOTYPICAL TRIANGLE: BERLIN CHURCH ROOF DESTROYED ON APRIL 3, 1945, REIMAGINED, Foto @ Juan Saez
Anna Szaflarski:
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Anna Szaflarski, “Crying face, Don’t tell anyone smile, Thinking smile, Broken heart, Wilted rose” (2021), Foto: Juan Saez
“Recession Grimace” (2020), Ausstellungsansicht, Foto: Juan Saez
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“Recession Grimace” (2020), Ausstellungsansicht, Foto: Juan Saez
James Noël,
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James Noël, “Unfinished Histories Vol. VIII” (2021), Foto: Juan Saez
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Creamcake, “Paradise Found” (2019), Foto: Ink Agop
Klosterruine Marlene Burz
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Foto: Marlene Burz
Jake Kent,
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Jake Kent, “Recession Grimace” (2020) Foto: Juan Saez

The ruin of the Franciscan monastery church is one of the last remaining testimonies to Berlin’s founding history and is one of the city’s most important architectural monuments that is open to the public and used for cultural purposes. Located in the historical and present-day centre of Berlin and in the immediate vicinity of Alexanderplatz, it is considered an outstanding monument of medieval architecture. Its changing function and usage reflect the eventful history of the city.


Klosterruine

Every year since 2016, artists and curators have been invited to draw the monastery ruins into the light of the present and open up new perspectives. These site-specific formats reflect on the architecture and history of the former Franciscan monastery church and form a radically contemporary exhibition and performance programme, thus making the monastery ruins, along with Bärenzwinger, “one of the most exciting places for contemporary art” (Kunstforum 2020).

Detailed information on how it is used – expressed in concepts that bring together contemporary artistic perspectives and the historical circumstances of the monastery ruins, as one of the last remaining testimonies to Berlin’s founding history, with current debates about the historical centre of Berlin and city planning surrounding the Molkenmarkt – can be found here.

 


Address

Ruine der Franziskaner Klosterkirche
Klosterstr. 73a,
10179 Berlin

Free entry

www.klosterruine.berlin


Opening Hours

Mon -Sun, 10am-6pm


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