Nothing New in Berlin

Nothing New in Berlin (In Berlin Nichts Neues) focuses on the underground publications made mostly by various Turkish and Kurdish migrant activist groups in the 1990s. The visual material stems from pek Buraks archival research project, which includes a public space installation that serves as a speculative reconstruction of these publications. Publications ranging from nisiyatif, Yrekat, diyalog, Widerstand, Ekin, Lubunya, Palstina Info, Mahfel, Kxz, and Solidaritt mit zgr Gndem among other pamphlets draw on the struggles, existence, and organizing despite/against state repression in Berlin and Germany with the rise of neoliberalism, showing striking parallels with today. In his writing, Carlos Kong examines the role these publications play within post-migrant society. In the postscript, Kong reflects on the censorship of this work by the nGbK , presenting it as a sign of growing repression in Germany compared to the 1990s.