Special Film Event: „Nicolae“ by Mihai Grecu
Join us for a special and thought-provoking film evening as we present “Nicolae”— a documentary by artist Mihai Grecu, who will be present in person and available for an exclusive Q&A after the screening!
21.06.25 | Starting at 20:00
Art Claims Impulse, Markgrafenstraße 86, 10969 Berlin
Tickets: €10, please show your ticket confirmation at the door. (Only 20 tickets available!)
The ticket includes a welcome drink (Aperol Spritz / Non-alcoholic sparkling wine with syrup).
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About the Film:
Mihai Grecu’s provocative documentary “Nicolae” takes you into a post-factual era. Experience how the return of dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu—as a hologram—throws the inhabitants of Rahau, witnesses of a bygone era, into a state of uncertainty and reflection. Their reactions reveal how thin the line between past and present is, and how technology today can be wielded as a powerful instrument of political influence.
In 2021, the dictator who died in 1989 returns as a hologram to address the inhabitants of a small Romanian village. What follows is captured in a hybrid documentary that observes the impact of this extraordinary encounter on those involved—many of whom experienced Ceaușescu’s regime firsthand. “Nicolae” challenges viewers with a post-fact experiment in which the dictator serves as a catalyst for reflection. The reactions it provokes offer profound insights into how the people of Rahau—the village where Grecu grew up—view contemporary politics and democracy in general. Grecu’s film is a disturbing meditation on the potential consequences of technologies already being used for political purposes and propaganda—an issue we are certain to encounter more frequently in the years to come.
Film Details:
France 2022 | 45 min | Romanian original with English subtitles
Director: Mihai Grecu
Event Highlights:
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Special Guest: The artist Mihai Grecu will be present and available for an exclusive conversation after the film.
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Welcome Drink: All ticket holders will receive an Aperol Spritz or non-alcoholic sparkling wine with syrup as a thank you.
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Affordable Drinks: Additional beverages will be available at moderate prices.
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Start: 20:00 (doors open earlier), with a post-screening discussion.
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Post Eden
Contemporary video art with a critical gaze.
Presented by Gallery Art Claims Impulse, Markgrafenstraße 86, 10969 Berlin
Wed-Sat 12:00 - 18:00, 07.05.- 28.06.25
At a time when screens have become the dominant lens through which we experience both intimacy and crisis, Post Eden—a contemporary video art exhibition—brings together a selection of powerful new works that question, reframe, and reimagine the current state of human progress. Curated by Gallery Art Claims Impulse, this exhibition presents works by renowned contemporary video artists Anna Anders, Mihai Grecu, Kathrin Hunze, Nadja Verena Marcin, and Jörg Piringer. Rather than prescribing dystopia, Post Eden positions itself in the aftermath of an ideal that never fully materialised. These video works are less concerned with declaring decline than with exploring what emerges in its wake—spaces of friction, beauty, resistance, and transformation.
Anna Anders’ Old Days Clip reflects on the transition from professional identity to a less defined role in later life, questioning the societal invisibility and latent potential of aging through a quiet, poetic lens. Mihai Grecu’s Shockwave renders digital space as both spectacular and unstable—an aesthetic of echo and collapse.
The contributions by Kathrin Hunze, wellNet and Two legs or six: dec-ANT-structing social behavior, dissect patterns of control, cooperation and surveillance through immersive digital choreography. Nadja Verena Marcin's Orphelia and Zero Gravity engage in a kind of feminist myth-making, combining art and philosophy to question the cultural systems that shape identity and desire.
Finally, Jörg Piringer’s Klangfarben des Zufalls explores the intersection of language, algorithm, and chance—creating audiovisual compositions where randomness becomes structure, and structure becomes open to chance.
Together, these works inhabit a liminal space between critique and imagination. They do not simply ask what went wrong, but how contemporary video art can render the complexity of our condition both visible and audible.
Post Eden offers a space of resonance for those seeking not just commentary, but the kind of abstraction and articulation that only art can create.
Old Days Clip, Anna Anders, 2025, 4,25min
Shockwave, Mihai Grecu, 2022, 4,45 mins.
wellNet, Kathrin Hunze, 2025, 7,06 mins.
wellNet, Kathrin Hunze, 2025, 7,06 mins. (Projection)
Ophelia, Nadja Verena Marcin, 2018, 4,51 mins. (Projection)
Zero Gravity, Nadja Verena Marcin, 2013, 2,04 mins. (Projection)
Klangfarbe des Zufalls, Jörg Piringer, 2025, 3,15 mins
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