Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, virgil b/g taylor, Christopher Kline, Luzie Meyer, Nguyễn + Transitory and Bussaraporn Thongchai, Andrea Pichl, Neda Saeedi, Melanie Jame Wolf

With the exhibition Caught in a Landslide, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and the KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art present recent works by international artists who were awarded the 2024 visual arts work stipend of the Berlin Senate. Spanning two venues, the exhibition features works across the mediums of video, sound, painting, sculpture, installation, and performance.

Curator: Sadaf Vasaei

12.3., 18:00
Curator's tour with Sadaf Vasaei
In German
Free admission

3.5., 14:00
Curator's tour with Sadaf Vasaei
In English
Free admission

18.6., 18:00
Andrea Pichl in conversation with Sadaf Vasaei (cancelled)
In German
Free admission

18.6., 19:30
Ballads of Outlaw Feelings (Finite Jest edition)
Performance by Melanie Jame Wolf as part of the exhibition Caught in a Landslide
In English
Free admission

5.7., 15:00 – 19:00
Finissage Caught in a Landslide
Free admission
15:00
Federico
Performance by Alex Baczyński-Jenkins
Duration: 8 min.
15:30
virgil b/g taylor, Nguyễn + Transitory and Neda Saeedi in conversation with Sadaf Vasaei
In English
17:00
Federico
Performance by Alex Baczyński-Jenkins
Duration: 8 min.
17:15
What Justice Just Is
Performance Lecture by Luzie Meyer
In English
18:00
Early Labyrinth
Concert

Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.)
2.3.25 – 4.5.25
Özlem Altın, Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, Stephanie Comilang, Kristina Paustian, Babette Semmer, Jasmin Werner
Curators: Feben Amara, Krisztina Hunya
Chausseestraße 128/129, 10115 Berlin
You can find the discursive programme of n.b.k. at nbk.org

KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art
2.3.25 – 6.7.25
Alex Baczyński-Jenkins, virgil b/g taylor, Christopher Kline, Luzie Meyer, Nguyễn + Transitory and Bussaraporn Thongchai, Andrea Pichl, Neda Saeedi, Melanie Jame Wolf 
Curator: Sadaf Vasaei

Scholarship holder exhibitions can hardly be based on curatorial concepts, not least because the selection of artists inevitably results from the choice of a jury responsible for the scholarship. However, this circumstance sometimes has the quality that this potpourri makes it possible to read the current trends in the art world. This is precisely the case with the exhibition ‘Caught in a Landslide’, which can be seen simultaneously at Berlin's n.b.k.and the KINDL - Centre for Contemporary Art. (...) The fact that this year's exhibition is taking place in two renowned art venues in Berlin does it a world of good.
[Dass Stipendiat:innen-Ausstellungen kaum auf kuratorischen Konzepten basieren können, liegt nicht zuletzt daran, dass die Zusammenstellung der Künstlerinnen und Künstler sich zwangsläufig durch die Auswahl einer für das Stipendium zuständigen Jury ergibt. Dieser Umstand aber hat zuweilen die Qualität, dass diesem „Kessel buntes“ die gerade in der Kunstwelt angesagten Trends ablesbar sind. Genau dieses gilt jetzt auch für die Ausstellung „Caught in a Landslide“, die gleichzeitig im Berliner n.b.k. und dem KINDL – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst zu sehen ist. (...) Dass die Ausstellung der Stipendiat:innen dieses Jahr in gleich zwei renommierten Kunstorten Berlins stattfindet, tut ihr überaus gut.]
Raimar Stange, artmagazine.cc, 17.3.25

'Caught in a Landslide' makes clear that uncertainty is not just an external force but a state woven into lived experience, highlighting precarity as something that permeates both the personal and the collective. In Berlin, where cultural institutions face budget cuts and the future of its artistic landscape feels increasingly unstable, these themes take on an added weight. Yet rather than framing uncertainty as something to be overcome, the exhibition acknowledges it as a persisting condition – one that is neither inherently hopeful nor hopeless, but simply a fundamental part of life.
Nadia Egan, frieze.com, 2.4.25

Further Material:
Room Guide Caught in a Landslide

The exhibition Caught in a Landslide is a project by Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) in cooperation with the KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, supported by the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion.