Group Exhibition with Tomás Martínez, Elena Mücke, YunXuan Yang
Between logistics, domesticity, and gender, three video works explore how space, movement, and identity are constructed
09 & 10 MAY 2026 / 14:00–20:00
ZK/U BerlinSiemensstr. 27, 10551, Berlin, Germany
The exhibition brings together three video works that explore how bodies, objects, and identities are shaped by spatial, social, and infrastructural systems. A plastic figure of a Maneki-Neko moves through Berlin’s logistics network, uncovering hidden networks of commodity flow, labor, and control behind the smooth surfaces of global trade. Questions of time, mobility, and perception unfold in interior and exterior spaces, where human presence and objects negotiate the shifting boundaries of the domestic. Drawing on the legacy of the witch trials, another work reflects on the construction of gender identities and reveals how social norms give rise to roles, boundaries, and lived realities. Together, the works lay bare the forces that organize movement, meaning, and becoming.
Tomás Martínez: I am an architect and spatial researcher based in Berlin, working at the intersection of architecture and visual research. In my work, I examine urban infrastructures as political and material systems, with a focus on logistics architecture and global trade networks. I completed my education in Argentina and recently finished my studies in Berlin. I use ethnographic observation, 3D scanning, and animation to examine spaces that are typically invisible, restricted, or overlooked, viewing architecture as a situated and contested field rather than a purely formal discipline.
Elena Mücke (1998, DE) is a multidisciplinary artist who works with video, sound, notation, and performance. Her work explores questions of space, the position of women in society, migration, as well as critical engagement with social norms and standards and climate change.
YunXuan Yang is a Taiwanese video artist and writer based in Berlin. Drawing on residencies in Japan, Iceland, Switzerland, and Germany, her work explores cultural collisions through moving images. Her work centers on identity, as she examines the core of human existence beyond nationality, gender, and social conditioning. Recently, she has integrated AI and algorithms to demonstrate how digital data shapes social symbols. Through persistent inquiry, Yang seeks to challenge and loosen the rigidity of social norms by using art to stimulate deeper reflection on our collective identity.