9 October 2026 — 17 January 2027

Christoph Schlingensief: Es ist nicht mehr mein Problem, macht eure Scheiße alleine

Throughout his artistic career, Christoph Schlingensief (1960–2010) relentlessly confronted the absurdities of the present. The exhibition Es ist nicht mehr mein Problem, macht eure Scheiße alleine (It’s not my problem anymore, deal with your own shit) at Gropius Bau sheds light on his visionary, genre-defying body of work, ranging from striking political actions to projects spanning theatre, opera, film and the visual arts. In the Gropius Bau atrium, the exhibition opens with the large-scale installation Kaprow City, a work closely associated with Schlingensief’s time in Berlin. From there it unfolds across eight rooms, bringing together installations and video works, contextualised by documentary film and archival material. This is not a retrospective in the classic sense. Instead, the exhibition sets Schlingensief’s central bodies of work in conversation, showing how his artistic strategies permeate one another and constantly challenge audiences to take an active stance. In the most comprehensive presentation of his work in Germany in over a decade, the focus is not on the finished work but on the processes of questioning, doubting and failing that characterise his practice. The film Ausländer Raus! Schlingensiefs Container is screened daily (except Tuesdays) at 4 pm in the cinema. Content note: the exhibition addresses colonial violence, racism and discrimination against people with disabilities, and contains racist and ableist language. Some works include visual stimuli such as strobe effects and rapid image sequences. Curated by Raphael Gygax, with Dalwin Kryeziu and Christopher Wierling, in collaboration with Aino Laberenz of the Christoph Schlingensief Estate. A joint project of Gropius Bau / Berliner Festspiele, Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien, and MAK – Museum of Applied Arts.

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