Report from the Outside (2022-2025)
On the corner of the street, an old mattress leans against a tree. Its color gradually changes from mottled yellow to grey-brown, tainted by the puddle in which it stands. A motorcycle is wrapped in a rain cover on the sidewalk. The mild breeze blowing makes it look like a balloon, hiding the heavy metal under a different kind of silver. Against a wall a metal square practices the unexpected red theory. Its previous function, unknown, now all by itself.
What parts make up our surroundings? Which themes can be read in the city-landscape? What do we (over)see? ‘Report from the Outside’ is an ongoing inquiry into the urban landscape of Berlin. It practices noticing and re-evaluating our daily sceneries. It uses found objects, photography and poetry to ask: what is it that we value? What has meaning to us?
On the corner of the street, an old mattress leans against a tree. Its color gradually changes from mottled yellow to grey-brown, tainted by the puddle in which it stands. A motorcycle is wrapped in a rain cover on the sidewalk. The mild breeze blowing makes it look like a balloon, hiding the heavy metal under a different kind of silver. Against a wall a metal square practices the unexpected red theory. Its previous function, unknown, now all by itself.
What parts make up our surroundings? Which themes can be read in the city-landscape? What do we (over)see? ‘Report from the Outside’ is an ongoing inquiry into the urban landscape of Berlin. It practices noticing and re-evaluating our daily sceneries. It uses found objects, photography and poetry to ask: what is it that we value? What has meaning to us?
The project was exhibited at Kanapé, Berlin -Neukölln 25.05.2025 – 05.06.2025
As part of the exhibition, we hosted a Noticing & Description Workshop and Walk through the neighborhood. Together, we gathered impressions, wrote, and distilled what could be found along Hobrechstraße. From these collective observations, we created a communal report from the outside.
Special thanks to:
Helin Ulas, Célestin Murier, Rita Eperjes, Mario Guzzman, Madison Moore, Jamie Szkarupa & Lukas Horn
