![Ulrich Vogl Film 2014 detail](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3808/12776579695_fd909015c1_o.jpg)
![Illusionary Spaces_Installation View 1](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3777/12776717873_e0d8ab3ef6_o.jpg)
![Shan Blume, OT_Echo 2, 2008 & Prima_Materie 01](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3688/12777026474_a64452b6f2_o.jpg)
![Lars Bjerre Untitled, 2014](http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2878/12776581025_07237aa872_o.jpg)
![Paolo Bottarelli Chess Cube Mind Project](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3760/12776580975_85a0d4ccbf_o.jpg)
![Alona Rodeh Barking Dogs Don't Bite, 2012](http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/12776581425_95cfb98957_o.jpg)
From the top: Ulrich Vogl "Film" / Installation View "Illusionary Spaces" / Steve Schepens "Untitled" and "Kornkammer" / Shan Blume "OT_Echo 2" (Sculpture) and "Prima_Materie 01" (Animation) / Lars Bjerre "Untitled" / Paolo Bottarelli "Chess Cube Mind Project Rooms" / Alona Rodeh "Barking Dogs Don't Bite" / photos by Point Project / courtesy the artists
The post-war architecture of the former German Democratic Republic was dominated by peripheral simplistic apartment blocks – a cheap and uncomplicated construction technique with industrially prefabricated building elements. Employed as all-consuming visual key- points, they were also established in the historical core of eastern Berlin, in order to emphasise the socialistic appearance of the city center. Despite their monumental presence, the multi-storey buildings are commonly sensed as depressive and dismal: Their aesthetic reflects a political mind-set, which is no less rational and austere than the buildings’ design. They represent a functionality, which originally does not provide any space for illusions. Curated by Point Project, the exhibition Illusionary Spaces introduces different artistic strategies, which juxtapose imaginary and illusionary spatial concepts as a contrast to the rational aesthetic of socialistic architecture. Intervening in the space, the works of six installation artists are exhibited in several rooms of a central multi-storey building, which used to be home to an old cinema and has been abandoned since 20 years.