Meinblau Opening 28.02.25 at 6pm

13.03.25 – 7pm Meinblau, Berlin

Sociologists in conversation with the artist about Capitalization and digitalization of space, airbnb, googlemaps and co

Stefan Kirchner, Professor of Economic and Labour Sociology BTU Cottbus, Ingo Schulz-Schaeffer, Professor of Sociology of Technology and Innovation, TU Berlin and Stefanie Bürkle, Professor of Fine Arts TU Berlin, all members of the CRC 1265 Re-Figuration of Spaces. (German/English)

Venice Be Real

All the images Venice has spread around the world for centuries, what ideas and expectations has it triggered and how do these images and expectations shape the city of Venice today?

Berlin-based artist Stefanie Bürkle has been photographing Venice on her travels for the last 30 years. In 2022-2025, she realized Imaginations of Venice, an artistic research project as part of the CRC 1265 Re-Figuration of Spaces at the TU Berlin.

The artist sees her own image production as part of the global circulation of images, a loop in which Venice is fixed, reproduced, reduced and multiplied as a projection foil for diverse spatial imaginations. With Venice BeReal, she is now presenting the results of the project for the first time. Her Venice Atlas, an artistic archive of images of Venice, is at the core of the exhibition. In addition to analog and digital photographs, video excerpts from project interviews provide insights into Venice’s realities. A central video work transcends the artistic archive from Stefanie Bürkle’s studio into the exhibition space amidst the visitors.

Mestre, 2023 © Stefanie Bürkle – VG Bild-Kunst

Pool of the Grandhotel Excelsior Lido, 2011 © Stefanie Bürkle – VG Bild-Kunst

Selfie Vaporetto, 2022 © Stefanie Bürkle – VG Bild-Kunst