In a world where political crises are multiplying, climate urgency is growing, and social inequality and the suffering of minorities are becoming an everyday reality, the prospect of a better life encounters limits and contradictions inherent in human history. Through modernization, humanity destroys much, and through innovation, it strives to repair the damage. This is the paradox that the artists invited to Fotohaus Berlin 2025 have addressed.
The exhibition »Controversy & Paradoxes 2 or How to Re-Enchant the World« will be on view at the Institut Français Berlin and the Berlin gallery world in a room from Nov 1/6, 2025 – Feb 14, 2026.
The exhibiting artists & their series:
At Institut Français Berlin in Charlottenburg:
Hannah Goldstein — Wo geht es hin?
Claire Laude — When Water Comes Together With Other Water, und mehr…
Tatiana Vdovenko — The Night Before
Martin Lamberty & Jann Höfer — One Million Years
Alexandre Dupeyron — Ashes of the Future – Überreste einer Welt, Auftakt zu einer anderen
INLAND — Thrutopia (Projektion)
At the world in a room gallery in Berlin-Schöneberg:
Andrea Durán — Mi hermana tiene miedo del fin del mundo
Oded Wagenstein — Like Last Year’s Snow
Doro Zinn — Future Kids
Framework program
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Thursday, Nov 6, 2025, 6:30 – 10 pm
Opening reception @ Institut français Berlin
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Thursday, Jan 22, 2026, 6:30 pm
Artist talk (de) @ Institut français Berlin
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Second venue: world in a room, Berlin-Schöneberg:
Sein und Werden
Artists: Andrea Durán, Oded Wagenstein, Doro Zinn
Opening reception @ wiar: Friday, Nov 7, 2025, 7 pm
Exhibition: Nov 1, 2025 — Feb 14, 2026
