Exhibition opening "HALBE STADTansichten" in St. Mary's Church

The project "HALBE STADTansichten" shows the development of Frankfurt's residential area Halbe Stadt (from the Pablo Neruda Block to Poetensteig). Photographs, planning materials, artworks and current views are presented to give insights into the historical development as well as the current lifestyles on site.

The first part of the project already took place in May 2023. The current exhibition is now supplemented by the results of the further events as well as by newly opened materials.
In addition, the exhibition "To make art a plate" on the pedestrian zone in the Great Scharrnstraße, which was first shown in 2021, can be seen. Here, art provides an occasion to enter into conversation about change and quality of public space.

The exhibition will be opened by Mayor René Wilke and the managing director of the Brandenburg Society for Culture and History gGmbH (Kulturland Brandenburg) Katja Melzer. Afterwards, the curators Magdalena Scherer and Antje Wilke will guide visitors through the exhibition.

Both exhibitions on Frankfurt's urban development in the GDR and its transformation are from 16 September to 21 November 2023 in St. Mary's Church to be seen.

The exhibition project is a cooperation between the Cultural Office Frankfurt (Oder) and the Institute for Applied History e. V. and takes place within the framework of the theme year "Baukultur leben - Kulturland Brandenburg 2023".

Kulturland Brandenburg 2023 is sponsored by the Ministry of Science, Research and Culture and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Regional Planning of the State of Brandenburg, with the support of the Brandenburg Savings Banks and the Investment Bank of the State of Brandenburg.

The events were organized by the Institute for Applied History e. V. in cooperation with the Cultural Office Frankfurt (Oder). The action period in May 2023 was supported by Demokratie leben!, the Sparkasse Oder-Spree, the individual project funding of the city of Frankfurt (Oder) and the neighborhood management.