At a time when incidence rates and new infection numbers dominate the news, Mathias Völzke releases a photographic work entitled No News Today. Presented on newsprint are twenty photographic images taken at night and saturated with ink. Plastered around the urban space of Berlin, the images seek the visibility denied them during the lockdown of exhibition halls and project spaces.

No News Today explores public space as shared space during our pandemic reality. The newspaper is not experienced by turning pages as usual, but on poster walls plastered with its printed sheets. The news bulletin only features a single line of text; there are no headlines, page numbers or sections here. The images alone hold sway over the paper and, freely configured and arranged, are repeatedly recombined in various ways. Plastered with abandon, they take over spots where adverts would otherwise rule. How long the images remain there is as uncertain as the numbers in the news.

»No News Today« will be on display at the following venues (from February 11, 2021):

Holzmarktstraße 23-25, 10179 Berlin-Mitte
Weinbergspark / Weinbergsweg 14-20, 10119 Berlin-Mitte
Friedrichstraße 112, 10117 Berlin-Mitte
Neue Promenade / S-Bhf Hackescher Markt, 10178 Berlin-Mitte
Schönhauser Allee 140A, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Gleimtunnel / Gleimstraße / Schwester Straße, 10437 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg
Nettelbeckplatz / Lindower Straße, 13347 Berlin-Wedding
Gerichtsraße 23, 13347 Berlin-Wedding
Wildenbruchstraße / Weigandufer / Wildenbruchbrücke, 12045 Berlin-Neukölln
Weserstraße 38, 12045 Berlin-Neukölln
Weserstraße / Ecke Reuterstraße, 12047 Berlin-Neukölln
Lausitzer Platz / Ecke Eisenbahnstraße, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Oberbaumstraße / Ecke Falckensteinstraße, 10997 Berlin-Kreuzberg
Boxhagener Platz, Krossener Straße, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Wismarplatz, Ecke Boxhagener Straße, 10245 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Jungstraße, 10247 Berlin-Friedrichshain
Maybachufer / Ecke Lohmühlenbrücke, 12435 Berlin-Treptow

Mathias Völzke is a photographer based in Berlin. He works for institutions such as documenta, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart and Berlin Biennale. During the lockdown he devotes himself to his personal projects.

Photographer: Mathias Völzke
Curatorial support: Maxie Fischer

Feb 11, 2021 — open end

Multiple venues throughout Berlin

Details see above
[Districts: see above | Boroughs: see above]

Opening hours: visible 24/7 (Outdoor exhibitions in public space, freely accessible)

Admission free