Auf dem Karussell (On the Carousel)

On the Carousel Childhood Fragments, images, memories, shadowy, in the mist, a taste, a smell, a feeling, a dream, a fantasy. Stories, photographs, overlays Appropriation of images. Manipulating the truth, overwriting the experience, blurring the contours. The image spins, it staggers. Retrospect, Dizziness, Vertigo The exhibition explores what memories evoke within us. Whether as a distant image, a narrative, or an emotional state, how does looking back shape our present and our future? Without ignoring the turbulence of the present, the exhibition addresses the power of the past: how it shapes, blurs, and sometimes even erases our sense of being. It also explores the narrative—the story we tell about ourselves—that shapes, overwrites, relativizes, and transforms our memories. The artistic works created for this exhibition attempt to confront this dizzying subject. The exhibition takes place both indoors and outdoors. The indoor space features artists who grew up in countries other than Germany. The outdoor presentation showcases artists who grew up in Kreuzberg or moved there at a young age. Their works are presented on screens in the shop windows surrounding BLOCK 57, the residential block that SCOTTY is part of. Today, all the participating artists are based in Berlin. The exhibition venues alongside SCOTTY are: Die Stiege, Bioladen Brandenburger Landwaren Oranienstr. 47A | Copy Tiger Oranienstr. 44 | Boxen Gross Oranienplatz 5 As part of the exhibition, we invite you also to a series of events, including an artist talk, an artist walk, and a talk on "Working with Communities." We will also be hosting an exchange with EG 22, a young project space in Schöneberg. As part of this collaboration, the films featured in the exhibition "Auf dem Karussell" will be presented in a film screening.