
THE SOUL STATION
Episode 1
YOU CAN’T HIDE ANYTHING
12 July – 1 September 2024
Episode 2
ARE YOU SOULLESS, TOO?
13 September – 13 October 2024
In the artist’s game-based installation, you are the player in a speculative universe. Facing choices that contend with biases and exclusions, you gain insights into an archive of voices past and present.
THE SOUL STATION is Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s first solo presentation in Germany, featuring a newly commissioned work and a survey of earlier video games. Through game-based installations and fictional universes, THE SOUL STATION invites you to explore your ethical, political and moral decision-making, and considers the broader structures and histories of . A newly commissioned work is presented in two episodes; a second episode is revealed on 13 September 2024, during Berlin Art Week.

Offering a comprehensive survey of Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s , THE SOUL STATION includes key works from the past five years. Together they trace the artist's practice, which combines lived experience with speculative fiction in order to shed light on positions and histories that are often simplified or disregarded. The newly-commissioned game, played collaboratively in an installation reminiscent of a public arena, is the culmination of a journey through the exhibition space, which invites you to contend with your own experience, choices and biases. The first episode, YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYTHING, tells the story of a cataclysmic event in a parallel society, where a revolution has been waged against globalised slavery and the enslavers have been overthrown. In the second episode, ARE YOU SOULLESS, TOO?, the audience witnesses the conversations of a new group of characters who have migrated from one universe to another, while also providing a behind-the-scenes look at the real people and conversations that brought the first episode to life.
THE SOUL STATION is complemented by a public programme that includes youth workshops, in-site performances and a thematic library at Halle am Berghain.
THE SOUL STATION: Extended Guide
This guide offers the opportunity to delve deeper into the artist’s game-based installation.
Your soul may be dirty. Would you like to clean it?
SOUL STATIONS are available online and throughout the installation at Halle am Berghain. They accompany you on your journey through Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s games. To register, simply enter your name. You will then receive your personal code, which will allow you to embark on an introspective journey to cleanse your soul. You may access any SOUL STATION in the installation at Halle am Berghain and online before or after your visit by entering your five-digit code. Keep your eyes open for clues, as they will help you to decipher the codes and symbols you are looking for.
As the artist states:
YOU ARE ENTERING A SPACE
THIS SPACE WILL SHOW YOU YOUR SOUL
ALLOWING YOU TO
REFLECT ON YOUR PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE
YOU MAY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE
YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HOLD YOURSELF TOGETHER
BUT THAT IS WHERE THE REAL WORK IS DONE RIGHT?
NONE OF YOU ARE PERFECT
ALL OF YOU CAN DO BETTER
BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR FAILURES
BE HONEST ABOUT YOUR REGRETS
BE HONEST ABOUT WHERE YOU ARE
BRING YOUR DESPAIR, FEAR, HOPES, DEPRESSION, EXCITEMENT, TEARS, INTOLERANCE, JOY, DESPERATION, UTOPIA, MISTAKES, ANGER, PAIN, PLEASURE
JUST BRING YOURSELF
Biographies
02
Artist
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

Guest Co-Curator
Mawena Yehouessi
Press
03
Ausstellung von Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley

"Deine Seele braucht eine gründliche Reinigung"

Brathwaite-Shirley tackles racism and transphobia
Credits
Commissioned by LAS Art Foundation
THE SOUL STATION © Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley
Danielle brathwaite-shirley team
Exhibition team
Organised for LAS by
With thanks to:
LAS team, Connecting the Dots, Norbert Thormann, André Jürgens, Krischan Makswitat, ostgut-Team, Studio Karhard, X:hibit Projects and the visitor service team, Ode, Lifta, Jennifer Brathwaite, Christoph Lehner, Angharad Probert, Vigour Li, Janine Armin, Harriet von Froreich, Aaron Levin Zielinski, Moïse Youmba, Joaquín Villarroel Echaiz, Van at Short Notice, Wisag, Robert Müller-Grünow, SCENTCOMMUNICATION