The research-driven work of Sung Tieu (b. 1987, VT) reflects on nuanced dynamics between individual lives and overarching systemic forces. Through installation, sculpture, photography, drawing, text, video, and sound, she investigates archival, bureaucratic, and institutional frameworks that govern inclusion and exclusion, legality and illegality.
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Sung Tieu, 1992, 2025. Grafik von Dan Solbach.
In 1992, 2025, the artist interrogates the post-Wall repercussions for the Vietnamese contract workers of the former GDR and migrants like herself, examining how the socio-political conditions of the time shaped social roles and communities with lasting impact. Tieu foregrounds 1992 as a pivotal reference point—the year of her arrival in Germany, which is also marked by a wave of nationwide right-wing extremist violence, further exacerbated by the actions of state institutions, including the police.
Frequently adopting a critical perspective on her immediate working environment, Tieu takes a new commission as an opportunity to implement institutional changes at KW, set to take effect in 2025.
Sung Tieu is the recipient of the Schering Stiftung Award for Artistic Research 2024, which has been awarded jointly since 2020 with the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. In addition to prize money, the award includes an exhibition for which the artist creates new work as well as a publication.
- Curator: Léon Kruijswijk
- Assistant Curator: Linda Franken
The Schering Stiftung Award for Artistic Research is supported by the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion and awarded in cooperation with KW.
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Price: €10.00
Reduced price: €6.00
Reduced price info: Berlin Welcome Card holders 4,50 €
Free admission to visitors up to and including 18, Friends of KW and Berlin Biennale, and KW Lover* cardholders, Thursday evenings from 18:00–21:00, every first Sunday of a month as part of Museum Sunday Berlin (please book a time slot ticket for Museum Sunday in advance via the booking system. Remaining tickets can be purchased on-site), Berechtigungsnachweis holders (former berlinpass), Recipients of ALG II, students of Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin and Universität der Künste Berlin, ICOM Members and Museumsbund Members
