Is silence the same as stillness and the absence of words, or is there more to the inaudible?

There is an abundance of high-quality work produced in Neukölln’s vibrant art sce-ne. The Neukölln Art Prize reflects this richness and professionalism with applica-tions from nearly 170 artists working or living in Neukölln. Eight of those applicants have been nominated for the art prize, worth a total of 6000 euros, by a jury of sev-en experts. Their works feature in a group exhibition at Galerie im Saalbau.

Can the Earth be considered a sculptural body in motion? Artist Kati Gausmann deals with geological processes. She recognises our planet as a material in which structural forces are at work and which is in constant flux.

Franca Wohlt takes the many ways humans shape and transform their environment as a jumping-off point for her photographic work. Three very different series by Wohlt produced over the past ten years document traces left by past and current social visions.

The “Think positive!” exhibition by Saeed Foroghi and Thilo Droste is a challenge not just to the spirit, but also to looking. And to being looked at. Pessimism has become part of the artistic program here rather than a signifier of any spiritual failing.

Artistic interventions transform the gallery space to create an imaginary sphere that oscillates between present and future.

The works presented in the exhibition ask about freedom and control in public space: Does movement mean freedom or is there an (in) arbitrary choreography, a restriction of urban movement space through repression, structural obstacles, political, social and economic processes? Different artistic approaches show the physical presence in urban space and its aesthetic expression from a variety of perspectives.

By instinctively ingesting material and spiritual food, which is essential for survival, and chewing it, humans internalize and assimilate the outside world. An elaborate transformation process takes place in which new material is broken down and processed.

Ina Wudtke takes the 100th anniversary of the German November Revolution as an opportunity to focus on artistic methods of working-class culture.

After producing work on Cairo and Berlin, Claudia von Funcke imagines in this exhibition a fictional urban development of London, whereby she shows its disruptive totality and constant vibration. With a walk-in video installation, photographs and “spatial folds” in metal and paper, the artist explores new approaches to urbanization and reflects the city as a utopian montage space.