july 3rd 6pm – 10pm
runway, art exhibition and pop up store @pandora artgallery
Open to Public
Location: PANDORA ART GALLERY Basement, Mittenwalder Str. 6, 10961 Berlin
The event starts at 6 PM and ends at 10 PM.
Press accreditation via email to support@ignorantfashion.de
KaiserEngel and HeroinKids are renowned fashion brands from Berlin, founded by Corinna Engel and Christian Kaiser. Inspired by illegal rave parties, Berlin’s techno club scene, and punk attitude, these brands create a nihilistic vision of beauty, grace, decadence, and fragility.
In addition to their clothing line, the label also hosts KAISERENGEL/HEROINKIDS parties and art exhibitions at venues like the Kantine am Berghain, Kit Kat Club Berlin, and Le Clan Prag.
The brand has gained recognition through successful collaborations, including working with director Andrew Ruszala (known for projects with AUDI, MERCEDES, Deutsche Bank, Media Markt, and Focus), models like Ania Chiz (Elite Paris, Chanel), and Julia Wulf (GNTM), as well as prominent influencers such as Yana Kryukova and Maximilian Seitz.
KaiserEngel and HeroinKids’ fashion and art exhibitions are regularly covered in national and international press, including outlets like PRO7, RTL, INTOUCH, BILD, SPIEGEL, BRAVO, FOCUS, TAGESSPIEGEL, STERN, SÜDDEUTSCHE Zeitung, BERLINER KURIER, NOIZZ, KALTBLUT Magazin, and NSS Magazin.
About the artwork and the exhibition
The works of Corinna Engel and Christian Kaiser create a nihilistic vision of beauty, grace, and fragility – a dangerous, immoral portrayal of decadence and neglect. They depict the almost life-hostile beauty of a time and a world shaped by mass media and the internet, by superficiality, amateur pornography, and ridicule, by drugs, techno parties, sex, violence, loneliness, and vulnerability, not as a warning or outcry, but as something very rare, special, narcissistic, and fragile, as the transient, glittering beauty of „getting lost.“
They reflect youth amidst feelings of unacceptance and unlovability. They portray young women amidst neglect, drugs, group sex, violence, nudity, and prostitution. They reflect the mindset of the „Snapchat generation,“ the „cool kids,“ who grow up in this very fast-paced world with a persistent „I-don’t-care“ attitude and try to get as many likes as possible on their TikToks and Insta accounts.
They tap into teenagers‘ desires for boundary-pushing and underline a naive sense of life.
However, they do not articulate problems or provide solutions. The world reflected in the works is a sick, broken, superficial, and pornographic world – but also a world full of aesthetics.
Their photographs turn the young women into sickly dolls. They question individuality and self-determination; illnesses become fashion accessories. Intimate and vulnerable aspects of the subject’s personality are used to deliver these characteristics in a condensed and intensified manner, into an unstable, insecure, inconsistent, and capricious world. Thus, the photographs appear superficial, blatant, aggressive, the people interchangeable, exhibited, devoid of individuality – yet strangely intimate and vulnerable. In the works, staging and reality blur.
Since its inception in 2016, Untergeschoss der Pandora has been a captivating haven for art enthusiasts, a hub for creativity, and a pulsating epicenter for the underground art scene in the heart of Kreuzberg, Berlin.
UnterGeschoss der Pandora is not your typical art gallery. We are a space where innovation, intrigue, and imagination merge to create an electrifying atmosphere. Our gallery has provided a platform for over 700 artists, showcasing a dynamic fusion of both emerging and established talent.
Our art is unapologetically dark, but it’s also undeniably smart. We specialize in curating exhibitions that are not just visually striking but conceptually profound. Each piece on display at Untergeschoss der Pandora challenges the norm, and sparks conversations that linger long after you leave.
Nestled in Kreuzberg, a neighborhood renowned for its artistic vitality, our gallery stands as an uncommercialized sanctuary. It’s a place where authenticity and art flourishes without the constraints of commercial pressures.
Our diverse and passionate audience is a testament to our gallery’s magnetic appeal. 70% of our visitors are artists themselves, making Untergeschoss der Pandora the ultimate rendezvous point to meet artist living and producing in Berlin.
VISIT: https://pandora-berlin.com/