Because Gilgamesh stole my water – Performance von Ayat Najafi

Building upon an image of a violent dust storm in my father’s home city of Ahvaz in Iran, the talk will present a series of dust storms—both real and imagined—to explore the unexpected transformations and agential force of this poetic, mercurial, and unstable, but nonetheless potent material to reflect upon notions of diaspora, environmental crisis, memory, mobility, and time.

A docu-fictional evening that celebrates the emerging bond of a Kurdish-Brazilian wedding. A shared experience with encounters, dance, music, food and storytelling.

The artistic positions of Kerem Ozan Bayraktar and Sinem Dişli trace dust in different ways and show us a world of the outside and the inside. From a macro view of huge sand-bearing whirlwinds to the question of what dust is actually made of, they plan to talk about ecology, agriculture, borders and pieces of lovers.

Wellcome: Karin Korte, City Councilor for Culture

Greeting: Pia Entenmann, artistic director of Tarabya Academy of Culture

Introduction to the exhibition: Sarah Maske, curator

Icelandic curator and architect Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir talks with Maria & Natalia Petschatnikov, the artists of the exhibition “Hidden People”, about their journey and the wondrous encounters in Iceland.

Theremin concert by Dorit Chrysler for the exhibition opening of “Hidden People”.

Isabel Lewis’ occasions can be thought of as a ritual of gathering for the 21st century, offering a liberalized form of attendance that allows visitors to linger for hours or just pass by.

Viviana Druga and Dafna Maimon are creating an installation in the form of a kind of support center as a laboratory of their own, in which somatic experiential strategies are being tested.

Magical illusions by Ben Blu at 48 Stunden Neukölln “BOOM” - a bang, sparks fly and things are gone - where did they go? Changing, disappearing, fading, forgetting - not only the OTTTO group of artists is taking a stand in the current exhibition “Invisibilities. Panorama of Disappearance” with these topics, but also the magician Ben Blu.