1 – 24 May 2026

The group exhibition Gravity Ease Contract curated by David Douard, brings together artists who tell intimate stories that draw on their own experiences and focus on the outside world, as if seen through the cracks in their very own private rooms. From this perspective, the artists capture echoes of the outside world, such as music, videos, and fragments of popular culture, which seep through the walls and invade their daily lives. 

Although reality and the news are only present in the form of crackling fragments, presented for themselves without additional commentary, they attempt to make an incision in the exhibition. In response to this confrontational reality, chimeras, creatures, and avatars emerge and are projected outward—beings that seem to come to life and bear witness to a unique relationship with the world; an imaginary metamorphosis that corrupts reality as an act of political resistance. 

Identity is expressed through both the contemplation of thoughts in motion and a body filled with density and gravity, searching for balance. This reveals a multiplicity, whether embodied or expressed metaphorically through doppelgängers, ventriloquists, or puppets. This relationship weaves reflections on architecture and lifestyles, on what constitutes a refuge, a nest, or a threshold, and on what protects us from the outside. It reveals something dormant: a latent presence in the midst of transformation.

David Douard

Location
Halle am Berghain
Am Wriezener Bahnhof, 10243 Berlin

Public Opening
1 May: 12 – 3 pm
Opening Hours during Gallery Weekend Berlin
1 May: 4 – 8 pm
2 + 3 May: 12 – 8 pm

Regular Opening Hours
4 – 24 May: Friday – Sunday, 2 – 8 pm and on request

Tickets
10 € / reduced 8 €
Card payment only

The second chapter of HOUSE is created in cultural partnership with the Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris. 

The exhibition is financially supported by the Fondation Pernod Ricard, the
Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Autotelic Foundation, the Berlin auction house Grisebach, konzept live, LaFlor Studios and the private donors Yoram Roth, Christopher Seagon, and others.

Various others supported with creativity, skill, craft, labour and dedication: Georgina Pope, Yann-Vari Schubert, Celeste Burlina, Frederick Hornof, Joao Tinen, Leonie Chelsea Lang, Marie Steinmann, Daniel Bornmann, Baptiste Perotin, Lou Ferrand, Krischan Makswitat, Team MWB, Team FMP Agency, Team LaFlor Studios, Schopp Competence, the respected galleries of the represented artists and Team Berghain OstGut.