Artists in isolation brighten Berlin's streets with balcony art

The Art showcased on balconies across Berlin came in different shapes and sizes. /Reuters

Some got inventive like this household, who hung a swing off their balcony. /Reuters

This artist hung images on their balcony, including of German film actor Volker Spengler and American art historian Douglas Crimp. /Reuters

Poems and song lyrics are hung on a washing line between one balcony and another. /Reuters

If you are out doing your daily exercise allowance in Berlin, you might come across a piece of innovative art hanging from a balcony.

That's because artists, prevented from displaying their work in shut-down galleries and museums, are resorting to hanging it from balconies instead.

More than 50 artists have taken part in the project in Berlin's tourist-driven Prenzlauer Berg district so far, with the aim of getting people to take a walk in their own neighborhood rather than being tempted to travel elsewhere.

Organizers of the project see the art as a statement of solidarity in the face of isolation and COVID-19.

Those taken part so far include Serbian video artist Marta Popivodia, German-Italian filmmaker Rosa Barba and conceptual artist Olaf Nicolai.