By Daniel Hopp

Transit spaces like train stations and public squares make social fractures particularly visible – for example around Leopoldplatz in Berlin or the Drob Inn near Hamburg’s central station. Here, addiction, homelessness and acute survival strategies meet urban mobility, consumption, art and culture.


At the centre of Daniel Hopp’s first institutional solo exhibition is the multi-part film installation *Fictional Healing*. It questions stigmatizing narratives around addiction and proposes images of care that open new possibilities for action. Developed together with people affected by addiction, the work combines documentary and (docu-)fictional scenes, filmic portraits and AI-generated images within a monumental spatial architecture, accompanied by an immersive soundscape that unfolds across the entire hall.