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LIVE CONCERTS & DJ SETS AT THE HUMBOLDT FORUM COURTYARD — DURCHLÜFTEN OPEN-AIR MUSIC SERIES (RETURNS)
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LIVE CONCERTS & DJ SETS AT THE HUMBOLDT FORUM COURTYARD — DURCHLÜFTEN OPEN-AIR MUSIC SERIES (RETURNS)

It’s back! Returning for its annual run at the Humboldt Forum courtyard, the Durchlüften open-air music series has lined up another round of vibrant performances that have made it a fixture of the summer cultural calendar. For the next four weekends (until 10.08.2024), an eclectic program of contemporary sounds will be lighting up the grounds of the neo-historic cultural center. The angle: head on a world-spanning musical trip without setting foot outside Berlin. There are 24 live performances and 12 DJ sets lined up, starting tonight (18.07, 19h15) with viral Pakistan-based musician Ustad Noor Bakhsh, who plays a version of a stringed instrument called the taishōkot, originally a Japanese children’s toy. DJ Sadhana Singh closes the evening with a set of South Asian and Punjabi disco cuts (22h). Next up, Brazilian singer, songwriter and activist Bia Ferreira will showcase her genre-blending soul sounds which address themes of racial and gender equality – check it out tomorrow (19.07, 20h30). 

Also this weekend: summer vibes courtesy of Ghanaian reggae duo Y-Bayani & Baby Naa who appear alongside the seven-piece “Band of Enlightenment, Reason and Love” for a mix of dub and African rhythms (20.07, 20h30). Tunisian singer and voice of the Arab Spring Emel Mathlouthi will be on stage next Friday (26.07, 20h30) performing songs from her new album MRA, with style-shifting reggaeton and hip hop elements paired with her trademark empowering lyrics. Head to the event website for the full program, which – and here’s the kicker – is completely free of charge. All the more reason to grab your friends, lace up your dancing shoes and hit the courtyard…

Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Camila Tuon & Xander Heinl

Schlüterhof at the Humboldt Forum, Schlossplatz, 10178 Berlin–Mitte; map

Durchlüften runs for the next four weekends until 10.08.2024, free admission.

@humboldtforum

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MUSIC, DANCE, POEMS, HISTORY & FEELING — THE FIRST FRAMED FEST AT THE PRENZLAUER BERGER WASSERTURM
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MUSIC, DANCE, POEMS, HISTORY & FEELING — THE FIRST FRAMED FEST AT THE PRENZLAUER BERGER WASSERTURM

Dark, cool and powerful, the water tower looms above Prenzlauer Berg. A monumental yet down-to-earth building that looks as if it has always been there. It was the city’s first water tower, it saw the First and Second World Wars, the GDR, the fall of communism. It was a coal depot, hiding place, refuge, living space. The complexity of its history is embedded in its walls. It’s no wonder the tower and its past have inspired a whole festival. Framed Fest is the title of the festival’s first edition, which will take place in the tower from 19.–28.07.2024. The program is dynamic with concerts, performances, workshops and a poetry exhibition curated by Noam Gal. Central to the festival are musicians such as Keren Ann and Roni Alter, Sophy Soulvau, Marcin Masecki, Yael Nachshon Levin and Sebastian Studnitzki with dancers and choreographers Sally Cowdin, Annick Schadeck, Natalia P, Sally Cowdin, Annick Schadeck, Natalia Palshina, Giorgia Bovo, Yuya Fujinami and Tong Xiaoyi, who have been commissioned by Framed Fest to create one-hour performances. The performances feature extraordinary duets of dance and music created specifically for the festival and will be performed there for the first time ever.

To break down barriers between artists and the audience, the doors of the water tower will be open between 12-16h, and visitors invited to walk through the exhibition and listen to the rehearsals of the international performers. Attentive listening, giving and taking are also at the forefront of the poetry exhibition with the beautiful title “Addresses”. The art of creation and the creation of art — this is how the circle is completed in the round tower.

Text: Alina Herbel / Photos: Amit Israeli, Élodie Martial, Katha Mau

Framed Fest
19.–28.07.2024. Find the full program and tickets here.

@framedberlin

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“WISH THIS WAS REAL” BY TYLER MITCHELL: A HOMAGE TO THE LIVES OF BLACK PEOPLE
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“WISH THIS WAS REAL” BY TYLER MITCHELL: A HOMAGE TO THE LIVES OF BLACK PEOPLE

In his exhibition “Wish This Was Real,” Tyler Mitchell maneuvers us into a parallel reality — a reality in which Black people are not a minority. This was particularly important to the photographer and filmmaker, as he explained the day after his opening ceremony at a live artist talk with Christoph Amend (Und was machst du am Wochenende?) at the Delphi Filmpalast. At that very event, he painted a mental picture of Georgia and its capital, Atlanta. The state in the southeastern USA is known for its high number of Black residents. Atlanta occupies a special position in that, as Mitchell, who was born there, explains, African Americans are not relegated to the outskirts of the city, as is the case in other large cities, but instead make up the social core of the city, which is important in terms of civil rights. For the 29-year-old Mitchell, it is not just a matter of giving his home city a greater presence, just as important is giving his favorite artists a supra-regional platform. Practically an entire room of his exhibition is dedicated to these icons.

There are works by fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner and the multi-talented Gordon Parks, among others. Portraits of stars such as Steve Lacy and Donald Glover can be viewed in other rooms. Mitchell’s ambition to celebrate and disseminate Black art and real life beyond his own creations and experiences shows that the young artist is not only a renowned creator but a visionary. He dreams of a world that offers unlimited space for BIPOC. Strong Black communities are an essential concept of this vision and are therefore constantly at the forefront of his works. Bathing areas, backyards, gardens and houses are the setting for a familiar, intimate life — profound yet enduring snapshots that speak to the connections we all desire. The exhibition can be seen until 05.09.2024.

Text: Alishia Jackson / Credit: Tyler Mitchell / Installation view: Sophie Doering

C/O Berlin, Hardenbergstr.22–24, 10623 Berlin–Charlottenburg; map

@coberlin

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EVENTS AGAINST FORGETTING — READING AND EXHIBITION AT THE DOCUMENTATION CENTER FOR DISPLACEMENT, EXPULSION, RECONCILIATION
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EVENTS AGAINST FORGETTING — READING AND EXHIBITION AT THE DOCUMENTATION CENTER FOR DISPLACEMENT, EXPULSION, RECONCILIATION

In times of political and social upheaval, it’s worth looking at the past. One of Berlin’s most important institutions for education and remembrance of flight, expulsion and forced migration is the Documentation Center for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation at Anhalter Bahnhof. Guided tours, workshops and events take place regularly in the building, which houses a library with a witness archive and a Room of Silence. The musical reading of “Großonkel Pauls Geigenbogen” on 10.06.2024 (19h), where musician and civil rights activist Romeo Franz will talk about his family’s life since the end of the 19th century together with author Alexandra Senfft, is one of these events. The book presentation will be accompanied musically by Franz’s son and his Sunny Franz Duo (violin & guitar).

The evening will tell a story of Prussia and Nazi Germany, full of meticulous historical research and family memories, including the self-determined history of the European Sinti and Roma — a story that is rarely told, like so many. Incidentally, the Documentation Center will be collecting a few of the otherwise unheard present day biographical stories until mid-October in the current special exhibition “Becoming Who You Are – Studying Despite Displacement,” which uses personal stories of flight to show how much education gives hope for a better future — just like the Documentation Center’s program.

Text: Alina Herbel / Photos: DokZ

Documentation Center for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, Stresemannstr.90, 10963 Berlin–Mitte, map

@flverver

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RADICAL PLAY AS RADICAL ART — “RADICAL PLAYGROUNDS” BY BERLINER FESTSPIELE LETS EVERYONE JOIN IN
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RADICAL PLAY AS RADICAL ART — “RADICAL PLAYGROUNDS” BY BERLINER FESTSPIELE LETS EVERYONE JOIN IN

Playing is a constant process. Society is a constant process. Art is a constant process. The city is a constant process. Research is a constant process. So the idea of combining all of this seems both obvious and ingenious. Radical Playgrounds is the name of the participatory summer program of the Berliner Festspiele, whose name has been taken quite literally here for a change. “From Competition to Collaboration” is the motto of the multi-week art trail that has been open in the parking lot of the Gropius Bau for several weeks. Curated by Joanna Warsza and Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius, it features artistic positions by Florentina Holzinger, Raul Walch, Tomás Saraceno, Joar Nango, The Playground Project and many others. The focus is always on the questions of “game” and “play”, competition and free play, playful research and exploratory play, cooperation and collaboration, learning and unlearning. Céline Condorelli’s large-format playing field “Play for Today”, for example, deals with gender equality in sport, while Massimo Furlan’s re-enactment of the historic 1974 World Cup soccer match between East Germany and West Germany, which ended with a score of 1:0, will be shown. For the first time, it will not be re-enacted in a stadium, but on Niederkirchnerstraße between the House of Representatives and the Gropius Bau, where the Berlin Wall once stood.

For all its opulence, this artistic amusement park is open and in constant motion as a public meeting space that will be continuously added to until 14.07.2024. Every museum deserves a playground, architect Lina Bo Bardi once said. Berliner Festspiele now started – let’s hope that other museums/institutions will follow suit.  

Text: Hilka Dirks / Photos: Camille Blake

Radical Playgrounds on the parking area in front of Gropius Bau, Niederkirchnerstr.7, 10963 Berlin–Kreuzberg; map

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