The exhibition in the robotron canteen takes a look at the IX. and X. Kunstausstellung as the largest and most visited survey exhibition of the GDR as well as the alternative culture of the 1980s as a resonance space for social change.

Based on the historical collections of the ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, the exhibition, in which over 40 artists are involved, opens up a dialogue between the generations and offers insights into the special relationship between art and the public.

An exhibition in cooperation with the ifa Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations and the Wüstenroth Foundation. Further partners are Kunstfonds / Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and Art in Networks – a research project of the Chair of Visual Studies and Art History at TU Dresden.

“Produktive Unruhe” in the robotron canteen is the first exhibition in 2026 in the “Publik Machen” exhibition series organised by ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen in cooperation with the Wüstenrot Foundation in Berlin and Dresden.