COVID-19: Berlin's shut-in artists show their work

Berlin's art galleries are closed, but the art scene is rising to the occasion as around 50 artists join a community exhibition from their balconies. | An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition is seen in Berlin

An art installation featuring fabric tied together to make a rope.

An art installation featuring unfurled rolls of toilet paper.

An art installation featuring a photograph of a balcony in Athens and a quote by Rosa Luxemburg.

An art installation featuring a strip of fabric hanging from a balcony.

An art installation featuring a balcony made of cardboard.

A poem with the title "Lockdown" hangs on a clothes line, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition, in Berlin.

An art installation featuring a sign reading: "It's not radical to critique our current society, it's radical to build a better one"

An art installation featuring a video screen, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition.

An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition. Curated by Ovul Durmusoglu and Joanna Warsza, the exhibition boasts "zero budget, no openings, no crowds, just a proposition of a stroll that would connect dots in solidarity and togetherness".

An art installation alluding to the work of Japanese conceptual artist On Karawa, featuring a sign reading: "12,4,2020 I got up at 7:45 am".

An art installation featuring an arrow pointing towards a hole in a wall where starlings are nesting.

An art installation featuring a swing hanging from a balcony.

An art installation, part of the "Balconies, Life, Art, Pandemic, and Proximity" exhibition is seen in Berlin.

Berlin-based Polish artist Isabella Sedeka stands on her balcony as she displays her work.