Their provocative installation T.G.I.Freiheit, housed in our East German guardhouse, puns on the German word for freedom. It highlights the ironies and contradictions around the post-communist embrace of “freedom” in Eastern Europe.

The piece transforms the guardhouse, an instrument of control, into a satire of an American-style chain restaurant, run by a dummy with a suspicious resemblance to a certain Russian leader. The work highlights the dark side of post-communist Eastern Europe's liberalization, and the consequences of attempts to rapidly privatize formerly socialist economies via so-called “shock therapy.”

We hope you’ll join us to hear from the Tylevich siblings on T.G.I.Freiheit, a piece that problematizes conventional narratives about progress, freedom, and the “End of History.”