On the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the painter Norbert Bisky occupies the spaces of Villa Schöningen with early and current works, as well as installation objects that convey an atmospheric impression of everyday life in the GDR.

The rooms on the ground floor, kept in prison gray, predominantly feature paper works that thematically deal with enduring a claustrophobic existence and the ever-present desire for escape. Parts of Villa Schöningen’s permanent exhibition have been integrated into the current exhibition, including the living room installation by video artist Stefan Roloff, which Bisky complemented with a zombie Sandman character. This serves as a reminder that horror often lurks in the familiar.