Miji Ih: Mouths: On Water and Whisky

Preview: written before the show opened

One picture here is an American military archive card typed on Okinawa on 30 April 1945. It records ten Korean girls, "sold into prostitution by their destitute families", found by a Marine patrol after a skirmish with Japanese soldiers. Miji Ih, a Korean-born Berlin artist, began this work in 2020, when Moabit's Ari Statue of Peace for the "comfort women" drew Japanese government protests.

Her largest solo show yet starts with Bae Bong-gi, who lived unnoticed on Okinawa for decades after the war and is often cited as the first "comfort woman" to testify publicly. It ends in today's entertainment districts around former US bases in Japan, South Korea and Germany. Photographs hang with archive material, text, sound and video. You get the scenes first, and the story comes together gradually.

It's an Emerging Berlin show, in the graffiti hall. Tickets are €15, or €10 for 19 to 25s, students and over-65s, and it's open daily until 23:00 (last entry 22:00). Tuesday online tickets are two for one.