2 March, 4–5 pm, in English

16 March, 4–5 pm, in German

30 March, 4–5 pm, in English
13 April, 4–5 pm, in German

27 April, 4–5 pm, in English

Venue: KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Meeting Point at the Counter 

Registration on site. Participation included in the exhibition ticket.

In cooperation with Museumsdienst Berlin.

Information on accessibility can be found below.

Each Sunday afternoon, our mediators invite you to delve deeper into an exhibition of our program. 

The research-driven artistic practice of Sung Tieu (* 1987, VN) examines the inextricable tensions between individual lived experiences and the overarching mechanisms of systemic regulation, with a critical lens on Germany’s divided history. Moving between installation, sculpture, photography, drawing, text, video, and sound, her work unveils the hidden structural logics that shape social inclusion and political existence, deconstructing categories of legality and illegality, inclusion and exclusion.

In her new body of work, 1992, 2025, Tieu deepens her ongoing critical engagement with the 1980 recruitment agreement between the German Democratic Republic (GDR) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which led to the migration of approximately 60,000 Vietnamese contract workers to the GDR during the 1980s. While previous exhibitions focused on the living and working conditions of these workers up to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, this exhibition shifts its lens to the far-reaching consequences of the GDR’s collapse. Tieu investigates how the political and social upheavals, along with the pervasive racialised structures and discrimination of that era, have impacted the identities, roles, and social networks of the Vietnamese community in Germany—and continue to shape them to this day.

Information on Accessibility

Venue:
The event will take place in the exhibition rooms of KW (1st floor, 2nd floor). The exhibition rooms are accessible via stairs and an elevator. Please send us an e-mail in advance to reservation@kw-berlin.de so that we can reserve the elevator for you.

Recording:
The event will not be recorded.

Time:
The event might start with a delay.
Late entrance is possible.
The duration of the event is approximately 60 minutes.
The event is held without breaks.

Seating:
Seating (stools without backrests) will be available on request. If you wish seating, please contact our staff on site.

Language:
Written text will be available in English as a document on site and digitally.

Content notes:
The event addresses or contains representations of: death, physical violence, racism, Deportation.

Assistance:
There is free admission for assisting persons.
Service dogs can be brought along to the event.

Contact persons:
If you have any further questions regarding accessibility, please send an e-mail to mediation@kw-berlin.de.
If you have any questions on-site or need support, please approach the entrance staff.
If you have any questions on-site or need support, please approach the event facilitator(s).