Special exhibitions

“Here Comes the Night”, an exploration of Munich’s cultural history, takes a nocturnal journey through the city and its club culture from the post-war period to the present day. It explores urban planning and economic issues and focuses on the clubbing hotspots and leading lights of Munich’s after-hours scene and nightlife both then and now. With the Atomic Café, in a sense a fata morgana, a treat to be rediscovered in all its glory at Münchner Stadtmuseum, and a host of memorabilia from venues like Ultraworld, Ultraschall, Flughafen Riem, Kunstpark Ost, Registratur – to name just a few – the exhibition offers an experience akin to a modern-day pilgrimage.

Forum 053 is pleased to present two complementary photography projects that explore a part of Munich frequently absent from the public eye. The city outskirts, or "Rand" in German, are located on the periphery between downtown Munich and the surrounding countryside, yet they belong to neither. What better place to explore the opportunities and challenges of urban living while, at the same time, questioning our relationship with nature. This area, once predominantly rural, is now caught up in in the throes of urbanization. Verena Hägler’s "SALTROAD" photographs and Nicola Reiter’s "Agglomerationen" home in on this area, its individual nature, its inherent tensions and the stories it has to tell.