Originally, the Plattenbau was the centrepiece of GDR social policy, a place of socialisation and a symbol of real socialist progress – until 1989. With the fall of communism, it became the scene of painful transformations and a symbol of social decline and racist violence. As ruins, the buildings awaited demolition, were renovated or remodelled. How are the East German prefabricated housing estates dealt with in art? The group exhibition Wohnkomplex. Art and Life in Prefabricated Housing by guest curator Kito Nedo at MINSK from autumn 2025 will present installations, paintings, drawings, photographs and films created between the 1970s and today. The Plattenbau has never become a monument, but has remained a living presence. It is a place of GDR remembrance where living continues.