Lost and found : in BERLIN
Lost & Found: Berlin is an exhibition that explores the emotional and cultural narratives embedded in lost and found objects. Developed during a residency at Litchtenberg Studios, as part of Goethe Institut Bangalore's bangaloREsidency Expanded programme, this project investigates a city through the lens of what has been misplaced or left behind. What can lost objects reveal about a city? What can they tell us about the people who move through its spaces?
I see these items not as mere remnants, but as fragments of a larger, collective portrait - intimate entry points into the psyche of a place. I’m particularly drawn to the afterlives of objects: how they shift in meaning and emotional weight once removed from their original context.
The exhibition features a curated selection of documented, unclaimed items alongside personal stories, both gathered and contributed. Visitors will be invited to take part in an evolving archive by sharing their own oral histories of lost possessions - layering the exhibition with new voices and memories over time.
What excites me most is the possibility of tracing shared human experience through the quiet presence of everyday objects - to see how the mundane becomes meaningful, and how loss can offer unexpected insight into belonging, memory, and identity.
Welcome, traveler, to Lostkreuz, the station beyond the map.
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This isn't just an old, abandoned stop; it's the final destination for everything misplaced; a terminus for objects adrift in time. The silent tracks echo with the memories of those who once held these items.
Through this exhibition, I am exploring the emotional and cultural narratives embedded in lost and found objects.
In Lostkruez, you'll see two wallets - one lost, and one found - orbit each other, suspended in time and space.
At Lostkreuz, pay your respects to
the Shrine Of Our Lady Of Lost Things.
Is there something you’ve lost - an object, a piece of your past, even if it’s something small - something that you still think about from time to time? You’re invited to light a candle in its memory.
Let the flame hold your thought, your memory, your feeling.
You don’t have to let go. Just remember.
Immerse yourself in the stories about the objects others have lost. Because these stories are housed here, in Lostkreuz.
Exhibition visitors shared personal histories of lost objects, thus adding to the living catalogue.