In an interview, Huxtable said that she was “excited to do this show,” but had some reservations.
“It’s probably not ideal for artists that there’s a new, really expensive development being built in what was formerly a squat,” she said.
campaign.”Jochen Sandig, a co-founder of the Tacheles squat who now runs two Berlin art spaces, said he had similar concerns about the project’s conflation of art and commerce.
“Tacheles, the highest symbol of Berlin creativity, is now a shopping mall,” he said.
“The ideals are ruined, save the ruins,” was the slogan of the occupying artists, who Sandig said engaged in a “social experiment” for “anyone to join if they were active.”
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