Readings
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A literary series to accompany the exhibition
Monthly readings will accompany the current exhibition Wohnkomplex: Art and Life in Plattenbau, inviting visitors to engage in a literary exploration of architecture, prefabricated buildings in the GDR, and their critical reflection in the present day.
Picking up on the exhibition’s question of how East German Plattenbau complexes are addressed in visual art, authors provide literary inspiration, explore new narratives, and situate stories about life in prefabricated buildings in the GDR within a contemporary context.
Renowned authors such as Katja Oskamp, Florentine Anders, Hendrik Bolz, and Grit Lemke present their books in a variety of ways.
The readings, moderated by Maria-Christina Piwowarski, take place once a month in Café Hedwig or in the foyer of DAS MINSK. The event ticket includes a visit to the exhibition from 5 PM. The events are in German.
Dates:
September 18, 2025, 7 pm
Katja Oskamp, Marzahn mon Amour. Geschichten einer Fußpflegerin, 2019, Hanser Berlin
October 17, 2025, 7 pm
Florentine Anders, Die Allee, 2025, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch
November 20, 2025, 7 pm
Hendrik Bolz Nullerjahre. Jugend in blühenden Landschaften, 2022, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch
December 10, 2025, 7 pm
Grit Lemke Kinder von Hoy. Freiheit, Glück und Terror", 2021, Suhrkamp
Florentine Anders © Galiani Berlin
October 17, 2025, 7 PM
Florentine Anders, Die Allee, 2025, Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch
Short biography Maria-Christina Piwowarski
Maria-Christina Piwowarski was born in Haldensleben in 1982 and grew up in a small village in the Magdeburger Börde. She is a trained bookseller and most recently managed the Berlin bookshop ocelot. Together with Ludwig Lohmann, she has been running the blauschwarzberlin literature podcast since 2019, which has been broadcast as a livestream from the Staatsbibliothek Berlin since the fall. She moderates readings and events in the cultural sector and writes. In fall 2024, she published the anthology Und ich - 20 Geschichten von Wendepunkten des Lebens.
Maria-Christina Piwowarski © Andreas Schmidt
