EastUnBloc – group exhibition with accompanying program (screenings, discussions, performances, online presentations)
Reclaiming Experimental and Subversive Media Practices
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin
New Society for Visual Arts
nGbK am Alex
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11/13, 10178 Berlin
Opening: 28 November 2025
Exhibition: 29 November 2025 – 15 February 2026
Curated by Zsuzsa Berecz, Natalie Gravenor, Sarah Günther, Dušan Barok, Friedemann Bochow (nGbK work group)
Opening hours:
Tue–Sun, 12:00–20:00
↓ Igor Štromajer participates with his work: 101.72 MB (1996–2007; 2024):
The work was first exhibited at the 10th Triennial of Contemporary Art U3 at Moderna galerija in Ljubljana, curated by Tevž Logar.
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Gallery Surfing Session
live & online: Igor Štromajer in conversation with Sakrowski
nGbK am Alex, Berlin
Thursday, 11 December 2025
19:00
↑ Sakrowski (left) & Štromajer (right)
↑ 101.72 MB (1996–2007; 2024)
EastUnBloc
35 years into the post-socialist transition in Europe, images of the “Former East” are still rendered in shades of gray. Only recently, Cold War scholarship is moving away from a view of two monolithic opposing blocs, instead exploring the concept of alternate or parallel modernities. To add color to these images, and to explore the ruptures and permeability of the Iron Curtain, the group exhibition EastUnBloc presents subversive and experimental media art and practices by more than 30 artists and collectives: experimental film, video art, TV broadcast experiments, net art, computer games, and installations, stemming from socialist and transition-era Central and Eastern Europe. The show seeks to reclaim these works as artistic intelligence: inspiration and toolkits to respond to current challenges.
A cooperation with Wiki-based arts online library Monoskop provides background information, which is interconnected with the exhibits, such as more detailed texts about works, the creators, explored topics, cities and countries of origin, and a historical timeline. The exhibition is accompanied by discussions, screenings, workshops and performances.
With contributions by Sarah Alberti, Zemira Alajbegović & Neven Korda, Art Servers Unlimited, Tilman Baumgärtel, Andreas Broeckmann, Radúz Činčera / Alena Činčerová, C.U.K.T., D’epog, Aleksandra Domanović, Eclectic Tech Carnival, Marina Gržinić & Aina Šmid, Gusztáv Hámos, Tereza Havlíková, Benjamin Heidersberger, Mike Hentz, Brendan Howell, Infermental, Laibach, Dalibor Martinis, MetaForum, Pneuma Szöv. / TV Free Europe, Pneuma Vizuál, Lucia Repašská, Zbigniew Rybczyński, Sakrowski, Satori, Slovak Game Developers Association, Igor Štromajer, Szilárd Matusik, Vákuum TV, Van Gogh TV / Piazza Virtuale, Vašulka Kitchen Brno, Sabine Vogel & Mike Steiner, Krzysztof Wodiczko and many more.
intima • Igor Štromajer 