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Step into the world of @gracielaiturbide Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mex) with "Eyes to Fly With" at C/O Berlin, the first major retrospective of the Mexican photographer in Berlin. Spanning over five decades, the exhibition brings together iconic series and rarely seen works, tracing a practice that has shaped how Mexico and other cultural landscapes are visually understood.

Iturbide’s photographs explore intimate relationships between identity, ritual, and society. Combining documentary precision with a poetic sensibility, she turns her attention to communities and everyday worlds where questions of belonging, cultural diversity, and female autonomy take center stage—from Juchitán and the nomadic Seri community in northern Mexico to her long-term project White Fence in East Los Angeles. Her images of Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, as well as works from India and Bangladesh, reveal recurring themes of spirituality, transience, and the tension between tradition and modernity.

Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With
Feb 7 – Jun 10, 2026

Supported by Karin und Uwe Hollweg Stiftung

Mujer Ángel, Sonoran Desert, 1979 © Graciela Iturbide

"Photographs are like whales that are capable of carrying entire islands," writes @doerteeissfeldt Dörte Eißfeldt (b. 1950, GER), whose work has explored the world and the medium of photography itself with a gaze that is tender, poetic, and endlessly curious.

With "Archipelago", C/O Berlin presents a long-awaited major institutional exhibition by one of Germany’s most important experimental photographers. Spanning nearly five decades, the show brings together large-format series, key works from her archive, unpublished sketches, artist books, and notebooks. Nothing in Eißfeldt’s images is as it seems: she works with fragments of reality, experiments with analog and digital processes. Surfaces shift, objects transform, and each photograph carries its own life, revealing new relationships between past and present.

Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago
Feb 7 – Jun 10, 2026

Supported by C/O Berlin Friends,@scheringstiftung

Dörte Eißfeldt, Schneeball 01, 1988 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026

What can a face reveal about the future?
In "(Inter)faces of Predictions", Finland-based artist and researcher @sheungyiuphoto Sheung Yiu (b. 1991, HKG) explores the hidden histories and emerging technologies that shape how we see and interpret human faces. C/O Berlin presents the first institutional solo exhibition in Germany by Yiu, winner of the C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025.

Through photographs, found footage, object-based installations, and a video essay, Yiu investigates how faces have been used across cultures and technologies to predict character and destiny—from traditional East Asian face reading and Western physiognomy to contemporary facial recognition. His work reveals the growing influence of algorithms on our identities while inviting viewers to question what we consider an "objective" gaze, whether spiritual, scientific, or computational. The exhibition is accompanied by insights from arts writer, editor, and researcher @himeganwilliams Megan Williams (b. 1995, UK), this year’s C/O Berlin Talent Award winner in the category Theorist.

Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions . C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025
Feb 7 – Jun 10, 2026

Made possible by @alexander.tutsek.stiftung

The Ouroboros of Facial Data, Video Still, 2025 © Sheung Yiu

C/O Berlin recommends: An evening with @sheungyiuphoto at @encounters.hongkong

Together with researcher @felix.ansmann, the artist reflects on predictive systems, facial recognition, synthetic data, and algorithmic governance—tracing how technologies of prediction shape visual culture, digital identity, and contemporary forms of surveillance.

The program brings together a screening of Sheung Yiu’s video essay "It’s a Face-Eat-Face World", presentations by Sheung Yiu and Felix Ansmann, a conversation moderated by writer Mary Lee @leewanlingmary, and the launch of the publication "(Inter)faces of Predictions", introduced by Chloe Chow @chloechowcls, curator at WMA.

📅 May 27, 2026, 19:00–20:30
📍 encounters bookspace, Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin
💬 In English
🎟️ Admission free

© Sheung Yiu

C/O Berlin recommends: An evening with @sheungyiuphoto at @encounters.hongkong

Together with researcher @felix.ansmann, the artist reflects on predictive systems, facial recognition, synthetic data, and algorithmic governance—tracing how technologies of prediction shape visual culture, digital identity, and contemporary forms of surveillance.

The program brings together a screening of Sheung Yiu’s video essay "It’s a Face-Eat-Face World", presentations by Sheung Yiu and Felix Ansmann, a conversation moderated by writer Mary Lee @leewanlingmary, and the launch of the publication "(Inter)faces of Predictions", introduced by Chloe Chow @chloechowcls, curator at WMA.

📅 May 27, 2026, 19:00–20:30
📍 encounters bookspace, Prinzenallee 60, 13359 Berlin
💬 In English
🎟️ Admission free

© Sheung Yiu

Join us for a special Closing Weekend at C/O Berlin celebrating the final days of "Eyes to Fly With" by Graciela Iturbide, "Archipelago" by Dörte Eißfeldt and "(Inter)faces of Predictions" by Sheung Yiu. Across two days, artist talks, tours, music, and conversations invite you to experience the exhibitions together with the artists and curators before they close on June 10.

Sat, Jun 6
12:00 + 13:00 + 14:00
Express Tours through "Archipelago"

19:30
Artist Talk with Dörte Eißfeldt @doerteeissfeldt, Inka Schube @inka_schube, and Sonia Voss @sonia.voss (sold out)

20:00–00:00
Open House with free admission

21:00–23:00
DJ set by DJ Flashdance aka Jan Delay @jandelayofficial

Sun, Jun 7
11:30
Artist Talk with Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide and Alejandro León Cannock @alejandroleoncannock

from 13:00
Book Signing with Graciela Iturbide

Full program and tickets via link in bio 🔗

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker; © Catherine Peter; © C/O Berlin Foundation, Justus Lemm; © Thomas Ledig; © Graciela Iturbide

Join us for a special Closing Weekend at C/O Berlin celebrating the final days of "Eyes to Fly With" by Graciela Iturbide, "Archipelago" by Dörte Eißfeldt and "(Inter)faces of Predictions" by Sheung Yiu. Across two days, artist talks, tours, music, and conversations invite you to experience the exhibitions together with the artists and curators before they close on June 10.

Sat, Jun 6
12:00 + 13:00 + 14:00
Express Tours through "Archipelago"

19:30
Artist Talk with Dörte Eißfeldt @doerteeissfeldt, Inka Schube @inka_schube, and Sonia Voss @sonia.voss (sold out)

20:00–00:00
Open House with free admission

21:00–23:00
DJ set by DJ Flashdance aka Jan Delay @jandelayofficial

Sun, Jun 7
11:30
Artist Talk with Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide and Alejandro León Cannock @alejandroleoncannock

from 13:00
Book Signing with Graciela Iturbide

Full program and tickets via link in bio 🔗

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker; © Catherine Peter; © C/O Berlin Foundation, Justus Lemm; © Thomas Ledig; © Graciela Iturbide

Join us for a special Closing Weekend at C/O Berlin celebrating the final days of "Eyes to Fly With" by Graciela Iturbide, "Archipelago" by Dörte Eißfeldt and "(Inter)faces of Predictions" by Sheung Yiu. Across two days, artist talks, tours, music, and conversations invite you to experience the exhibitions together with the artists and curators before they close on June 10.

Sat, Jun 6
12:00 + 13:00 + 14:00
Express Tours through "Archipelago"

19:30
Artist Talk with Dörte Eißfeldt @doerteeissfeldt, Inka Schube @inka_schube, and Sonia Voss @sonia.voss (sold out)

20:00–00:00
Open House with free admission

21:00–23:00
DJ set by DJ Flashdance aka Jan Delay @jandelayofficial

Sun, Jun 7
11:30
Artist Talk with Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide and Alejandro León Cannock @alejandroleoncannock

from 13:00
Book Signing with Graciela Iturbide

Full program and tickets via link in bio 🔗

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker; © Catherine Peter; © C/O Berlin Foundation, Justus Lemm; © Thomas Ledig; © Graciela Iturbide

Join us for a special Closing Weekend at C/O Berlin celebrating the final days of "Eyes to Fly With" by Graciela Iturbide, "Archipelago" by Dörte Eißfeldt and "(Inter)faces of Predictions" by Sheung Yiu. Across two days, artist talks, tours, music, and conversations invite you to experience the exhibitions together with the artists and curators before they close on June 10.

Sat, Jun 6
12:00 + 13:00 + 14:00
Express Tours through "Archipelago"

19:30
Artist Talk with Dörte Eißfeldt @doerteeissfeldt, Inka Schube @inka_schube, and Sonia Voss @sonia.voss (sold out)

20:00–00:00
Open House with free admission

21:00–23:00
DJ set by DJ Flashdance aka Jan Delay @jandelayofficial

Sun, Jun 7
11:30
Artist Talk with Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide and Alejandro León Cannock @alejandroleoncannock

from 13:00
Book Signing with Graciela Iturbide

Full program and tickets via link in bio 🔗

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker; © Catherine Peter; © C/O Berlin Foundation, Justus Lemm; © Thomas Ledig; © Graciela Iturbide

Join us for a special Closing Weekend at C/O Berlin celebrating the final days of "Eyes to Fly With" by Graciela Iturbide, "Archipelago" by Dörte Eißfeldt and "(Inter)faces of Predictions" by Sheung Yiu. Across two days, artist talks, tours, music, and conversations invite you to experience the exhibitions together with the artists and curators before they close on June 10.

Sat, Jun 6
12:00 + 13:00 + 14:00
Express Tours through "Archipelago"

19:30
Artist Talk with Dörte Eißfeldt @doerteeissfeldt, Inka Schube @inka_schube, and Sonia Voss @sonia.voss (sold out)

20:00–00:00
Open House with free admission

21:00–23:00
DJ set by DJ Flashdance aka Jan Delay @jandelayofficial

Sun, Jun 7
11:30
Artist Talk with Graciela Iturbide @gracielaiturbide and Alejandro León Cannock @alejandroleoncannock

from 13:00
Book Signing with Graciela Iturbide

Full program and tickets via link in bio 🔗

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker; © Catherine Peter; © C/O Berlin Foundation, Justus Lemm; © Thomas Ledig; © Graciela Iturbide

C/O Berlin Asks… what can we see in the exhibition?

Curator @boazmlevin introduces "Archipelago" by Dörte Eißfeldt @doerteeissfeldt, offering a closer look at the structure and key ideas of the exhibition.

From our C/O Berlin Asks series. Watch the full interview 🔗 link in bio

Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago
Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10,2026

© C/O Berlin Foundation, @studio.schaack

Feliz cumpleaños, @gracielaiturbide!

For more than five decades, her photographs have shaped the visual understanding of Mexico and its people, moving between documentary observation and poetic sensitivity. "Eyes to Fly With", currently on view at @coberlin, brings together key works from across her career.

We are delighted to welcome Graciela Iturbide to Berlin on June 7 for an artist talk and book signing—join us and secure your ticket online.

Part of Graciela Iturbide . Eyes to Fly With
Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026

Untitled, Rome, Italy, 2007 © Graciela Iturbide

How do we read a face?

In this Desktop Lecture Performance, artist Sheung Yiu @sheungyiuphoto traces the links between ancient face-reading traditions and contemporary facial recognition technologies. Moving between spiritual belief systems and algorithmic logic, the work opens up questions around how identity and prediction are constructed. Drawing on historical references and current debates around AI, the performance reveals how systems of meaning are shaped rather than simply discovered.

📅 29.05.2026, 18:00–19:00
💬 English
🔗 12/6€ incl. exhibition (tickets online)

Part of Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions
C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025
Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026

© C/O Berlin Foundation, Sheung Yiu

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT.

A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation

In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired.

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT.

A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation

In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired.

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT.

A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation

In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired.

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT.

A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation

In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired.

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT.

A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation

In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired.

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of VALIE EXPORT.

A pioneering artist and one of the most influential voices in feminist and media art, her work challenged conventions and reshaped the way we think about the body, image, and representation. @valieexportfoundation

In 2024, we had the honor of presenting her work at C/O Berlin. We remember her as a radical thinker and artist whose legacy will continue to resonate.

Our thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those she inspired.

© C/O Berlin Foundation, David von Becker

Today, Joseph Beuys would have turned 105. I’m looking forward to seeing this print on the wall soon: 16° Pisces, from June 20, at @coberlin

Joseph Beuys, 1980. Sponge development, silver gelatine print, vintage, 125 x 150 cm.
#walterschels #josephbeuys #beuys #analogphoto #16gradfische #16degreespices @fcgundlachfoundation

"I wanted to capture the moment of moving from one medium to another, from air into water," says @doerteeissfeldt.

Taken in a swimming pool, the image captures a precisely timed jump, where body and light meet at the water’s surface. A familiar setting becomes the stage for a subtle shift in perception.

Dörte Eißfeldt . Archipelago
Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026

Supported by C/O Berlin Friends, @scheringstiftung

Dörte Eißfeldt, Großer Flieger, 1986 © Dörte Eißfeldt, VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2026

C/O Berlin Asks… @sheungyiuphoto, what is your exhibition about?

Artist Sheung Yiu introduces "(Inter)faces of Predictions", reflecting on how faces are read, interpreted, and understood across different contexts.

From our C/O Berlin Asks series. Watch the full interview 🔗 link in bio

Sheung Yiu . (Inter)faces of Predictions
C/O Berlin Talent Award 2025
Daily on view, 11:00–20:00, until Jun 10, 2026

Made possible by @alexander.tutsek.stiftung

© C/O Berlin Foundation, @studio.schaack