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The Filing Cabinet

mammasONica (Italy)

The artists' collective mammasONica transforms the courtyard of the former Stasi headquarters (Matthäikirchhof) into a monumental projection surface. A seemingly sober filing cabinet appears – a symbol of a system that collected information and shaped reality. Drawers open, archives begin to move, order starts to dissolve. From rigid structure emerges a poetic image of change. Digital animation meets handmade Plasticine stop-motion – technical precision encounters visible deformation.

The work does not reconstruct events; rather, it makes tangible how systems shape perception – and how collective imagination can change them. 

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The Filing Cabinet at a glance

Matthäikirchhof, courtyard of the former Stasi headquarters

Location

Video installation

Project type

mammasONica, Italy

Artists' collective

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Artist collective mammasONica in profile

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mammasONica is an Italian creative studio working in the fields of audiovisual performance, lighting design and interactive installations. Its large-scale projects are presented internationally at renowned venues, including the European Parliament in Strasbourg, the Wadi Namar Waterfalls in Riyadh and the Buchenwald Memorial. The studio's site-specific works are regarded as exemplary in their approach to places with a complex or challenging identity and have received numerous international awards.