- Open Format
At the Window of Sonnenallee
Sabine Skott
3 July 2026 19:00–21:00
4 July 2026 15:00–19:00
5 July 2026 15:00–18:00
The exhibition presents 11x11 artistic images of the Neukölln District Heating Plant (FHW). The historic industrial building in Neukölln was always photographed from the same vantage point – the photographer's window on Sonnenallee. Through changing focus, varying lighting conditions, and diverse compositions, ever-new perspectives on the same subject emerge.
The industrial building near Sonnenallee becomes the silent protagonist of the exhibition. Its massive industrial architecture appears to the photographer as a still point in a constantly changing urban and natural environment. While the surroundings, weather, and perception shift, the building remains a constant presence. The photographs translate this external stability into an internal visual language. The often fleeting view from the window becomes a secure frame within which the chaotic can be contemplated anew.
The photographs depict the exterior and are exhibited inside the district heating plant. In this way, inside and outside begin to merge, both spatially and mentally. In their visual language, the works explore how the stability of functional industrial architecture becomes a symbol of security – and what effect this fixed point of reference can have on an inner self searching for support.
The series asks:
- How different can the same external view from the same vantage point be when looking at the same subject?
- What influence do urban landscapes and nature have on the photographic perception of static industrial buildings?
- What happens to the feeling of security when focus, perspective, and/or pictorial space change?
- Where do inside and outside merge in the photo exhibition?
- And just how colorful is the FHW (Neukölln District Heating Plant)?
Find out at the photo exhibition "At the Window of Sonnenallee" at the Neukölln District Heating Plant.
The industrial building near Sonnenallee becomes the silent protagonist of the exhibition. Its massive industrial architecture appears to the photographer as a still point in a constantly changing urban and natural environment. While the surroundings, weather, and perception shift, the building remains a constant presence. The photographs translate this external stability into an internal visual language. The often fleeting view from the window becomes a secure frame within which the chaotic can be contemplated anew.
The photographs depict the exterior and are exhibited inside the district heating plant. In this way, inside and outside begin to merge, both spatially and mentally. In their visual language, the works explore how the stability of functional industrial architecture becomes a symbol of security – and what effect this fixed point of reference can have on an inner self searching for support.
The series asks:
- How different can the same external view from the same vantage point be when looking at the same subject?
- What influence do urban landscapes and nature have on the photographic perception of static industrial buildings?
- What happens to the feeling of security when focus, perspective, and/or pictorial space change?
- Where do inside and outside merge in the photo exhibition?
- And just how colorful is the FHW (Neukölln District Heating Plant)?
Find out at the photo exhibition "At the Window of Sonnenallee" at the Neukölln District Heating Plant.
Biography
Sabine Skott
Sabine Skott works on languages, cultural transfer, systems of injustice, and the culture of remembrance, both in Germany and abroad. Since 2023, she has been working professionally as a photographer based in Neukölln.
The daily view from her window on Sonnenallee of the district heating plant became a constant visual counterpoint in an otherwise unstable everyday life. This gave rise to the idea of interpreting industrial architecture photographically as an external point of calm within turbulent internal systems.
The opportunity to take these photographs inside the district heating plant, which had previously been observed from the outside, creates a unique spatial resonance with the annual theme IN/SIDE/OUT of 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival.
The daily view from her window on Sonnenallee of the district heating plant became a constant visual counterpoint in an otherwise unstable everyday life. This gave rise to the idea of interpreting industrial architecture photographically as an external point of calm within turbulent internal systems.
The opportunity to take these photographs inside the district heating plant, which had previously been observed from the outside, creates a unique spatial resonance with the annual theme IN/SIDE/OUT of 48 Stunden Neukölln Art Festival.
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