Kunst-Werke e.V. - KW Institute of Contemporary Art

On February 21nd, 2024 the WIB Executive Committee organized a guided tour of the group exhibition at the "Kunst-Werke e.V." (KW) in cooperation with the WiB Kunst-Gruppe. KW Institute for Contemporary Art is a place in Berlin where artists, institutions and people come together to exchange ideas, discuss social and political issues and experience art. Most of us had never heard of Kunst-Werke e.V. before. The event was of great interest to the members and was fully booked.

Dr. Martin Heller, Chairman of the KW Friends, welcomed us and introduced the building, its history and financing. Dr. Nadim Samman, Curator of Digital Space, then introduced visitors to the complex and forward-looking exhibition material. The exhibition is entitled "Poetics of Encryption" and can be seen from February 17th until May 26th, 2024. Some of the themes were unfamiliar to us and the vocabulary was also very progressive.

The complexity of the new themes and the artistic approach were very stimulating and moving, and provided us with plenty to discuss at the subsequent get-together in Cafe Bravo on the exhibition grounds.