Kyiv Perenniale

The Kyiv Perennial will open in Berlin from February 23–25, 2024, symbolically marking the 10th anniversary of the Maidan Revolution and the 10th year of the Russian war against Ukraine. It is a continuation of the pan-European edition of the Kyiv Biennial 2023 with exhibitions at various venues and public programs in a number of Ukrainian and EU cities.

The newly conceived exhibition and an event program reinterpret the idea of the biennial as a collective, long-term endeavor against the backdrop of political, social and cultural survival: “Perennial” means “lasting”, “enduring”, or “persisting”. By incorporating investigative, research-based, and documentary artistic practices, the Kyiv Perennial engages the multi-layered realities of war. The artistic and discursive contributions address the social and political polarization in European societies, ecological destruction caused by military conflict, decolonial tendencies in contemporary Eastern European culture and politics, as well as war trauma, flight and displacement.

The Berlin edition of the Kyiv Biennial commences with a three-day opening weekend: On February 23, the Kyiv Perennial opens at nGbK on Alexanderplatz, two further openings follow at Between Bridges and nGbK Hellersdorf on February 24 and 25. The fourth part of the exhibition opens with a symposium organized by Prater Galerie in May 2024.

Locations

nGbK am Alex
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11/13, 10178 Berlin
Feb 24–Apr 1, 2024
Opening: Feb 23, 2024
Opening hours: Tue–Sun 12–6 pm, Fri 12–8 pm

station urbaner kulturen/nGbK Hellersdorf
Auerbacher Ring 41, 12619 Berlin
Feb 26–Jun 9, 2024
Opening: Feb 25, 2024
Opening hours: Thu and Sat 5–7 pm

Between Bridges
Adalbertstraße 43, 10179 Berlin
from Feb 25, 2024
Opening: Feb 24, 2024
Opening hours: Wed–Sat 12 am–6 pm

Prater Galerie
Kastanienallee 7–9, 10435 Berlin (currently under re-construction)
May 25–August 25, 2024 (expected)
Opening and symposium: May 24–25, 2024

The project is a cooperation between the Visual Culture Research Center, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst and the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation), together with Between Bridges and the communal Prater Galerie. The Kulturstiftung des Bundes is funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media).