Exhibition: BORDER IMAGES - IMAGE BORDERS at "48h Neukölln", 3–5 July 2026
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Address: TOIZ Motorcycle Workshop, Thiemannstr. 1, Gate 4, Building 6. 12059 Berlin
As part of the ‘48 Stunden Neukölln’ arts festival 2026, Maria Klessmann from the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION organized the exhibition ‘BORDER IMAGES - IMAGE BORDERS’ with an interdisciplinary group comprising social and cultural scientists, art historians, visual studies scholars, curators and artists.
The exhibition stems from the publication project entitled “Staging Borders: On the Visual Representation of Nation-State Borders”, which will soon be published in the Working Paper series of the Viadrina Center B/ORDERS IN MOTION.
On display are well-known and lesser-known works of art, photographs and moving images, which are contextualised through accompanying texts to demonstrate how borders are made visible and socially mediated. In doing so, the exhibition not only highlighted diverse visual aesthetics but also explored the limits of visual representations in the context of current border regimes.
Image Credits:
1st row: Josh Begley “Best of Luck with the Wall”, Filmstill, USA, 2016; Paul Heinicker, Svea Bräunert, Winfried Gerling „Overlay: Die simulierte europäische Außengrenze“, Fotografie, 2024/2025; Filmstill, Kamil Bembnista, Opolno Zdrój, 2024
2nd row: Photograph from Maria Austria (Photographer), MAI, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (around 1939); Frontex – European Border and Coast Guard Agency: „Planes and Drones deplayd by Frontex to support EU Member States […]” https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=810314659993935; Biggs Army Airport Field in ElPaso, Texas. Foto: US Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
3rd row: Jerusalem – Mt. Zion, Palphot Postcard, 1960s. David Pearlman Holy Land Postcard Collection, The Folklore Research Center at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Manuela Klotzbücher, „Kapıkule 3“, Fotografie, 2023; Frontex, „Border guards on patrol – Joint Operation in Albania“, Cover image for the risk analysis 2020; Paula Kaniewska, „The Polenmarkt is Back“, digital collage, 2025.