Die Tödliche Doris

The exhibition presents the multimedia oeuvre of the artists’ collective Die Tödliche Doris. It is the first comprehensive survey show dedicated to the group, which was active from 1980–1987. Die Tödliche Doris arose to equal degree in the surroundings of the punk movement and amid the art academy in West Berlin. Structured as an artists’ collective, it worked conceptually with various media in the areas of music, performance, video, painting, object art and literature. In particular, it repeatedly put to question our habits of seeing and hearing.

When the collective broke up in 1987, Die Tödliche Doris was internationally recognized. Exhibitions, film screenings and concerts led to numerous cities within Germany and to New York, Amsterdam, Brussels, Basel, Helsinki, Budapest, Warsaw, Vienna, Paris, Bordeaux and Tokyo.

The exhibition is taking place in close collaboration with the archive of Die Tödliche Doris, which has been located since 2020 in the spaces of the Galerie K Strich in Bremen.

Curated by Radek Krolczyk and co-curator Charlotte Uekermann.