A new exhibition will open at the Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank on 10 September to coincide with Berlin Art Week 2025. In the exhibition Paradies (Paradise), artist and curator Christian Thoelke explores landscapes and urban scenes from the Kunstsammlung der Berliner Volksbank. He interprets these works as reflections of subjective worldviews shaped by a culturally and politically divided Germany. Thoelke juxtaposes them with his own works, in which he traces the profound changes of his surroundings in the aftermath of reunification, drawing on personal experience. His reflections engage with broader societal shifts, the fading significance of certain places, and the temporal dimension of change itself. Through this interplay, a striking connection to the present emerges, offering a layered and nuanced perspective on landscape as a mirror of both individual and collective transformation.