Hybrid Exhibtion, Cult. Illusion. Tyranny. by Mihai Grecu

View Trailer Nicolae
Kino Krokodil

This Hybrid-Exhibtion combines cinema with an exhibition at our gallery.
Friday 14.03.25, 19:00 - 20:30 at Kino Krokodil Berlin we show Mihai Grecu's film Nicolae.
Mihai Grecu's provocative documentary “Nicolae” takes you on a journey into a post-factual era.
Experience how the return of the hologram dictator puts the villagers of Rahau - witnesses of times long past - in a state of uncertainty and reflection. The reactions reveal how close the past and present are to each other and how technology functions today as an instrument of political influence.
Supporting film: The Reflection of Power, by Mihai Grecu

Saturday 15.03.25 opening 17:00 - 21:00 at Art Claims Impulse
Markgrafenstraße 86, 13355 Berlin.


The exhibition presents haunting works that deconstruct the iconization attempts of autocratic rulers such as Kim Il-sung and Nicolae Ceaușescu.  Mihai Grecu takes up propagandistic imagery and transform it by alienating and restaging it. This critical examination enables visitors to question the control mechanisms of propaganda systems in the post-truth era.
The artworks presented confront the audience with an aesthetic that aims to manipulate the masses. This sharpens understanding of the dangers of simplistic promises of solutions and the quasi-religious exaltation of political leaders
This exhibition invites visitors to sharpen their critical eye for visual propaganda and to see through the mechanisms of personality cults in authoritarian systems.