curated by Sigrun Drapatz and Florian Wüst

BLOCK 57 is a typical Kreuzberg block between Oranienstraße, Luckauer Straße, Sebastianstraße, Dresdener Straße and Oranienplatz. It serves as a model for the eventful history of a neighborhood in which living and working are close together. The neighborhood is still characterized by the alternative period of the 1980s, in which work, grassroots organization and political identity accompanied each other and experimental ways of life were explored. In addition to the evidence of “clear-cut renovation”, residential restoration and cautious urban renewal, the history of labor migration contributes to the appearance of the district: This year marks the 60th anniversary of the German-Turkish labor recruitment agreement.