Art in the City
Public group show to mark the 30th anniversary of art residency Villa Aurora / Los Angeles

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, the artist residency has invited former fellows to design large-scale posters as individual artistic contributions to Berlin’s urban landscape. Displayed across diverse public locations in the city, the works forge a connection between art, urban society, and international perspectives.

Art in the City reflects the rich diversity of both Berlin and Los Angeles. The artworks draw on the unique character of specific neighborhoods, building symbolic and aesthetic bridges between urban life in Berlin and the Californian metropolis, while also engaging with pressing social and political issues.

The project seeks to make art more accessible to a wider audience and to strengthen the visibility of the cultural scene. Art in the City offers an inviting and unpretentious glimpse into the vibrancy and international relevance of Berlin’s arts landscape: Art for everyone – art in the city.

From May 12 to 25, works by six artists will be on view throughout Berlin. A second edition is planned for October. Participating artists: Werner Amann, Ulu Braun, Anna Haifisch, Paul Hutchinson, Karin Apollina Müller and Siska."

Paul Hutchinson’s collage Schöneberg 30 brings together texts and images from 2016 to 2025. Much of the material originates from the very neighborhood where the collage is on display—the northern section of Berlin’s Schöneberg district, once known by its postal code: Schöneberg 30.

In this work, Hutchinson references the different realities that come together in the immediate surroundings of Kurfürstenstraße, the street where the large-scale poster is exhibited: migrant biographies, street culture, architectural attempts to solve social problems, luxury development and gentrification. Amid the somewhat somber mood of the collage, moments of optimism and solidarity can be sensed. A flock of birds circles above Kleistpark junction, a red-lit hand opens up. “[…] wir stehen hier nicht allein (transl.: we are not alone here),” it says at one point. Hutchinson himself was born and raised in the northern part of Schöneberg.“