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DISCOVER CONTEMPORARY ART FOR CHILDREN: HAUS KUNST MITTE —RECOMMENDED BY MARIANNA HILLMER

DISCOVER CONTEMPORARY ART FOR CHILDREN: HAUS KUNST MITTE —RECOMMENDED BY MARIANNA HILLMER

At Gedanken spielen Verstecken (“Thoughts Play Hide and Seek”), an exhibition curated by non-profit organization Ephra, all questions are allowed. Getting up close to the works in a playful way, children, young people and adults alike are able to experience contemporary art. Twenty works are presented from artists including Paula Anke, Olafur Eliasson, Ali Kaaf, Wie-yi T. Lauw, Dafna Maimon, Wolfgang Karl May, Ayumi Paul, Yorgos Sapountzis, Tomás Saraceno, Nadine Schemmann and Vlado Velkov. Visitors can experience art in very different ways: there are spaces to play loudly, but also areas of rest. Jeppe Hein, for example, asks visitors to paint their current emotional mood as a self-portrait on the wall. At the “Limelight” installation by Ulrich Vogl, it’s party time and you can perform your favorite songs with your children and friends. There are many hands-on stations and the children’s own works become part of the exhibition, which grows and increases in diversity with each visitor. The exhibition runs until 11.6.2023 and is recommended for everyone who wants to explore contemporary art with little ones.

Text: Marianna Hillmer / Credit: Bernd Borchardt; Christian Jankowski; Claudia Hill; HKM; Jeppe Hein

Marianna Hillmer lives with her family in Schöneberg. A native of Hamburg with Greek roots, she is the publisher of the independent travel book imprint Reisedepeschen.

Haus Kunst Mitte, Heidestr.54, 10557 Berlin–Moabit; map
Thu–Sun 12–18 Uhr (Tue–Fri mornings for student groups by appointment)

@reisedepeschen
@hauskunstmitte

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EXILE HERE AND BEYOND — BERLINER FESTSPIELE’S “PERFORMING EXILES” PROGRAM OF CONCERTS, ACTS AND TALKS ON THE SUBJECT OF DISPLACEMENT

EXILE HERE AND BEYOND — BERLINER FESTSPIELE’S “PERFORMING EXILES” PROGRAM OF CONCERTS, ACTS AND TALKS ON THE SUBJECT OF DISPLACEMENT

In June, the Performing Exiles interdisciplinary festival will take place across several Berlin locations. From 15th to 25th, a program of artistic performances will question, explore and reflect on the concept of exile. Berlin is a place well suited to the topic: a city from which artists were forced into exile in the last century, it now draws artists from all over the world. This is reflected in the festival’s diverse program: its artistic references to exile occur against the backdrop of the Russian war in Ukraine and crises in Iran and Lebanon. In their play Hartaqāt, Lina Majdalanie and Rabih Mroué tell the stories of three authors driven to leave Lebanon. Meanwhile, Iranian director Amir Reza Koohestani deals with the acute situation in Iran in his work Blind Runner, which describes constant struggles against social conditions in the country. Also in the line-up is Stas Zhyrkov and Martín Valdés-Staubers’ Ukrainian-German play News from the past, which considers how we can document violence without reproducing it.

The subject is all-embracing, and the contributions far-reaching: Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s search for pan-African identity in his debut production Ancestral Visions of the Future, the Exile Promenade performative walk by director Ada Mukhína, and Marlene Monteiro Freitas’ choreography idiota, which is dedicated to Pandora’s box and comprehensive questions about evil and death. Curious? The festival takes place at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele as well as various other venues across the city. Particularly recommended is the opening concert by Zhadan I Sobaky followed by a party in the Kassenhalle, where the Senegalese curator and multidisciplinary artist Alibeta resurrects the Pinguin Bar after more than 70 years. It was a place for jazz, resistance and black activism for a short time in 1949. The line-up is curated by Matthias Lilienthal with curatorial advice from Rabih Mroué.

Text: Hilka Dirks / Credit: “Exile Promenade” von Ada Mukhína, Grafik von Nikoleta Markovic, Foto von Mathias Drücker ; “Blind Runner” von Amir Reza Koohestani, Mehr Theatre Group, Benjamin Krieg; “Depois do silêncio” (Nach der Stille) von Christiane Jatahy, Nurith Wagner-Strauss, Wiener Festwochen

Performing Exiles (15–25.06.2023)

Check out the full program here.

@berlinerfestspiele

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TENSION AND RESISTANCE — HANNAH HALLERMANN AT “DIE MÖGLICHKEIT EINER INSEL”

TENSION AND RESISTANCE — HANNAH HALLERMANN AT “DIE MÖGLICHKEIT EINER INSEL”

Berlin has many project spaces. And the one run by Stephanie Kloss – Die Möglichkeit einer Insel (“The Possibility of an Island”) at the end of Inselstraße between the Märkisches Museum, the bridge and the historic harbor – is certainly one of the most beautiful. Everything looks fantastic in the washed concrete slab building, with floor-to-ceiling window panes that give the impression – especially on the opening evenings – that the art stretches right into the urban landscape. Tomorrow evening (09.06.2023) it will once again be time for an opening – this time of Hannah Hallermann’s new solo exhibition Change in Suspense, curated by Alexia Timmermans who is also responsible for this year’s Art Biesenthal (where Hallermann’s work can also be seen). The Berlin-based artist’s vacuumed carpet beater achieved almost iconic status during the pandemic as a strong, feminist work. She explores the relationships between resistance and tension and material and potential in her works – on material, theoretical and social levels. Sculptural, fictional tools enter into dialogue with wall works that expand the exhibition to include text. Material, form, medium. Hallermann’s works provoke several questions: how do we act in times of change? How does being static relate to being spontaneous? And when is the right time?

Text: Hilka Dirks / Credit: BG, Archiv Studio HAHA; Die Möglichkeit einer Insel

Die Möglichkeit einer Insel, Inselstr.7, 10179 Berlin–Mitte; map

Until 09.07.2023 Fri–Sun 14–18h. Opening: Change in Suspense by Hannah Hallermann, Fri 09.06.2023 18–22h

@diemoeglichkeiteinerinsel
@hannah_hallermann

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ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD — POESIEFESTIVAL BERLIN AT THE AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE

ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD — POESIEFESTIVAL BERLIN AT THE AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE

The Akademie der Künste on Hanseatenweg, built by Werner Düttmann, is unquestionably one of the most beautiful buildings in the city. The grasses gently sway in the atrium on the second floor, the natural stone of the outside creeps harmoniously into the building, wood becomes floor, handrail and wall. It’s architecture like poetry – what better place, then, to host the poesiefestival berlin? The 24th edition (09-16.06.2023) will take place along Tiergarten with this year’s title: “no one is an island”. We all live, feel and resonate in relationships with each other. Many-voiced and diverse, we always create common ground, even when the lonely in us sometimes seems larger: no one is an island. This can be reassuring and frightening. A shared speaking, a poetic togetherness, a polyphonic being can explore this, experience it, alleviate it – and be celebrated. The festival will open with the Night of Poetry: “Weltklang”, where invited international poets will read in original languages – the audience can read along: in German or English.

The three big festival evenings deal with the themes of violence, identity and motherhood. “Writing Violence / Identities / Motherhood.” It’s about resistance, resilience, grief, anger and protest (Ramin Mahzar (AFG), Kholoud Charaf (SYR), Yevgeniy Breyger (DE)). Around radicality, marginalization, experience, perspective and feeling (Kemi Alabi, Kay Gabriel, Julian Talamantez Brolaski and Eileen Myles (!) (all USA). Around society and the individual, birth, abortion, pregnancy, childlessness and experience (TJ Dema (BWA), Alice Notley (USA) and Athena Farrokhzad (SWE). And so much more. Spoken word, poetic interventions, numerous poetry talks, the poetry market of independent publishers, poetry education, and awards ceremonies. No poem is an island. You can discover the whole continent of the poetry program here. And if you can’t wait until the festival starts, Poets’ Corner is on this Sunday (04.06) with readings by Berlin writers, including at Cashmere Radio and the Pablo Neruda Library.

Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Mirko Lux

poesiefestival berlin (09–16.06.2023) at the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin–Hansaviertel; map

Poets’ Corner (04.06–08.06.2023). The program can be found here.

@hausfuerpoesie

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ALTERNATIVE AND INDEPENDENT — PROJECT SPACE FESTIVAL IS BACK WITH A MONTH OF ART EVENTS

ALTERNATIVE AND INDEPENDENT — PROJECT SPACE FESTIVAL IS BACK WITH A MONTH OF ART EVENTS

With delightful regularity, the Project Space Festival ushers in the summer. Now in its seventh edition, the program has stood the test of time: for one month, independent art spaces in the city show why Berlin is still a place of choice for those who want to exhibit art outside of the commercial scene. Five jury members jointly made their selection out of 79 submissions. The formats include readings, performances and screenings, while the exhibition venues are as diverse as the projects: Kleine Humboldtgalerie will play host to the Tieranatomisches Theater in Mitte, while Salve Berlin will be setting up in Goethepark. In addition to old acquaintances like Sonntag – the space that presents exhibitions and favorite cakes by various artists – newcomers will also be there.

Among them is the Cultural Workers Studio, which has been bringing together cultural workers from Ukraine since 2022. They will open the festival (01.06. from 18h) in the Flutgraben. Worth checking out too is the “Public Cinema” exhibition curated by Hendrike Nagel at Scherben, which starts next Monday. Another highlight is the performance on 25.06. at Tempelhofer Feld by Jens Pecho and Arkadij Koscheew, who were invited by CCCCCOMA as part of the “Couples” exhibition format. In it, a pair of lovers create an artwork and explore questions about collaborative work, intimacy and the private in public space. One thing is certain: every day there is something new to discover – so it’s best to mark your own highlights in the calendar now and get ready to spend a balmy summer evening walking through the city!

Text: Laura Storfner / Photos: Paula G. Vidal, PSF 2022; Joe Clark, PSF 2022; Julien Gremaud & Bureaucracy Studies, Lausanne

Project Space Festival Berlin
01–30.06.2023. You can find the full program here.

@projectspacefestival
@kleinehumboldtgalerie
@salve_berlin
@sonntag_berlin
@culturalworkers_studio
@scherben.scherben
@cccccoma_berlin

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