# *Too Much Is Better Than Too Little: Alfred Hilsberg, ZickZack & the Invention of the German Underground* Oct 8 – Nov 7, 2026 · on view, just opened - Tue, Oct 13, 2026: German Tape Delinquents: Rise of the German Home Recording Tape Scene, 1980–1990, with Felix Kubin, 6:30–8:30 pm - Mon, Oct 26, 2026: Help Yourself: East German Punk on Record, Tape, and Celluloid, talk by Seth Howes, 6:30–8:30 pm Records, badges, flyers, posters, photographs and Super-8 films on Alfred Hilsberg and his German punk label ZickZack. The show traces Hilsberg (1947–2025), the Hamburg journalist and promoter who championed German punk and ran ZickZack, which issued over a hundred post-punk, minimal synth and proto-industrial records from 1980. It is the first exhibition on him and the label outside Germany. It draws on rare records and ephemera from Christian Iffland’s collection, photographs and documentation by Sabine Schwabroh, and early Super-8 films by Klaus Maeck. Curated by Sukhdev Sandhu with the Goethe-Institut NY. Full details: [variousartistsrecords.com](https://www.variousartistsrecords.com/zickzack) ## At [Various/Artists](https://onview.so/manhattan/various-artists.md) Gallery in Lower East Side, New York City. - Address: 19 Essex Street, New York, NY 10002 - Hours: Thu–Sun 3–8 - Website: https://www.variousartistsrecords.com - Directions: - On the map: https://onview.so/manhattan/map/various-artists --- On View's listing, as of Tuesday, October 13, 2026. This page: https://onview.so/manhattan/various-artists/too-much-is-better-than-too-little-alfred-hilsberg-zickzack-the-invention-of-the. Every gallery and museum in New York City: https://onview.so/manhattan.md. All of On View: https://onview.so/llms.txt