FIGHT OR FLIGHT II: An Exhibition About Money
StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg•Jun 12, 2025 — Jun 22, 2025
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In times of crisis, culture is often the first thing to be cut. This has become strikingly evident in Berlin over the past months: the Senate’s austerity measures have hit freelance artists particularly hard. That’s why the second edition of the exhibition series fight or flight turns its attention to something essential for artistic work and livelihood – and at the same time, painfully lacking: money.
Curated by Julie Legouez and Evelina Reiter, the exhibition brings together 33 artistic positions. Their works reflect lived realities where creative labor is inseparable from economic pressure. At the core is the everyday life of the art world. These works dismantle the myth of artistic labor and expose the often harsh realities beneath. They address classism, marginalization, and the biographical factors that shape access and visibility. The spectrum ranges from job centers to luxury goods, from rejected grant applications to predatory landlords. The works orbit around…
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FIGHT OR FLIGHT II: An Exhibition About Money
StadtWERKSTATT Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg•Jun 12, 2025 — Jun 22, 2025
Press Release
In times of crisis, culture is often the first thing to be cut. This has become strikingly evident in Berlin over the past months: the Senate’s austerity measures have hit freelance artists particularly hard. That’s why the second edition of the exhibition series fight or flight turns its attention to something essential for artistic work and livelihood – and at the same time, painfully lacking: money.
Curated by Julie Legouez and Evelina Reiter, the exhibition brings together 33 artistic positions. Their works reflect lived realities where creative labor is inseparable from economic pressure. At the core is the everyday life of the art world. These works dismantle the myth of artistic labor and expose the often harsh realities beneath. They address classism, marginalization, and the biographical factors that shape access and visibility. The spectrum ranges from job centers to luxury goods, from rejected grant applications to predatory landlords. The works orbit around…
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