all pictures © Sophie Kirchner. From the series: Träume aus Papier | Paper Dreams

Exhibition from November 28th, 2021 to March 4th, 2022 (on the ground floor)

What did East Germans buy with their welcome money? Photographer Sophie Kirchner explores this question in her work " Paper Dreams".

The welcome money was a subsidy of 100 DM that was granted to every citizen of the GDR entering the Federal Republic of Germany after the Wall was opened. Sophie Kirchner photographed the things bought with the money and portrayed the respective buyers. She conducted intensive conversations with the protagonists; these interviews can be heard in the exhibition. In combination with the photographs, the exhibition offers very personal memories and reflections from an East German perspective.