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URBAN NATION – Lange nacht der Museen und weitere Highlights
URBAN NATION verbindet urbane Kunst und gesellschaftliche Teilhabe: mit Jim Avignon, der Langen Nacht der Museen, Tape Art, Urban Sketching und THE URBAN SKIN.
Liebe URBAN NATION Community,
der Sommer gehört der Kunst im urbanen Raum. Wir feiern eine neue ONE WALL von Jim Avignon. Zur Langen Nacht der Museen wirft das URBAN NATION einen Blick auf das Spannungsfeld von Kunst, Regelbruch und gesellschaftlichen Normen.
Im September laden wir euch ein, mit Tape Art eure Visionen für ein demokratisches Miteinander sichtbar zu machen, und ab Oktober heißt es wieder: Stifte raus und Styles entwickeln beim Urban Sketch Circle mit Dejoe und Gästen der Berliner Graffiti-Szene.
Außerdem lohnt sich ein Besuch unseres Projektraums, in dem die Ausstellung THE URBAN SKIN den Spuren von Zeit, Geschichte und Wandel im urbanen Raum nachgeht.
ONE WALL von Jim Avignon
Nach zwei Communtiy Walls von Jim Avignon im Falkenhagener Feld freuen wir uns auf die Einweihung seiner ONE WALL als künstlerische Auseinandersetzung mit dem sozialen Miteinander im Quartier. Durch die Beteiligung bei der Motivfindung ist das neue Wandbild ein identitätsstiftender Ausdruck kollektiver Teilhabe und sichtbares Zeichen dafür, dass Nachbarschaft im öffentlichen Raum nicht nur dargestellt, sondern aktiv mitgestaltet werden kann.
Wann: 28. August 2026, 15–18 Uhr
Wo: Kraepelinweg 3, 13589 Berlin-SpandauDer Künstler ist anwesend.
Lange Nacht der Museen: Crime in Berlin
Die Lange Nacht der Museen steht dieses Jahr unter dem Motto „Crime in Berlin“. Das URBAN NATION Museum greift das Thema aus Sicht der Urban Contemporary Art auf und beleuchtet das Spannungsfeld von Kunst, Regelbruch und gesellschaftlicher Teilhabe. Freut euch auf Kurzführungen durch die aktuelle Ausstellung „Love Letters to the City“ sowie eine Kieztour entlang der Bülowstraße zu den Murals der URBAN NATION Initiative.
Im Museumshof interpretieren die Graffiti-Künstler Age Age und Tomsta den Begriff „Crime“ beim Live-Painting auf ihre eigene Weise und lassen ein gemeinsames Werk entstehen, dessen Ausgang bis zum letzten Sprühstoß offen bleibt.
Zum Late-Night-Special ab 23 Uhr lädt der Berliner Graffiti-Künstler Dejoe mit einem DJ-Set zum „No Crime! – Train Sketching und Beats“ ein. Auf Papier und einer vorgesprühten U-Bahn-Fläche könnt ihr eigene Buchstaben, Styles und Motive gestalten – ganz nach dem Motto: No Crime, just Style.
Wann: Samstag, 29. August 2026, 18–2 Uhr
Wo: URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 BerlinTape for Democracy – Tape-Art-Workshop mit ENNICOLOR
Demokratie lebt von Vielfalt, Teilhabe und dem Austausch unterschiedlicher Perspektiven. Der offene Workshop „Tape for Democracy“ lädt dazu ein, Wünsche, Ideen und Visionen für ein demokratisches Miteinander kreativ in Wort und Bild festzuhalten.
Gemeinsam mit dem Berliner Künstlerduo ENNICOLOR entstehen aus farbigem Tape individuelle Werke, die zeigen, wie vielfältig Demokratie gedacht und gelebt werden kann. In kurzen Einführungen geben Enni und Kerim Einblicke in die Technik der Tape Art und ihre künstlerische Arbeitsweise. Der Workshop ist offen für alle Generationen, Vorkenntnisse sind nicht erforderlich und der Einstieg ist jederzeit möglich.
Wann: 6. September 2026, 14–16 Uhr
Wo: URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin
Teilnahme: kostenfrei, keine Anmeldung erforderlichUrban Sketch Circle: Letters & Beats mit Dejoe & Guest
Ab Oktober startet der Urban Sketch Circle in eine neue Runde. Gemeinsam mit Dejoe und wechselnden Gästen aus der Graffiti-Szene taucht ihr in die Welt des Stylewritings und Urban Sketchings ein. Schritt für Schritt entstehen aus ersten Linien individuelle Buchstaben, Motive und Styles – begleitet von Tipps und Feedback der Künstler*innen.
Dejoe prägt die Berliner Hip-Hop- und Graffiti-Szene seit mehr als 30 Jahren und verbindet visuelle und musikalische Ausdrucksformen dieser Kultur. Als Writer und DJ liefert er nicht nur Inspiration für dein Sketchbook, sondern auch den passenden Soundtrack für den kreativen Flow.
Ob jung oder alt, allein oder gemeinsam mit Familie und Freund*innen, alle sind eingeladen mitzumachen, zu experimentieren und ihren eigenen Style zu finden.
Termine:
4. Oktober 2026
1. November 2026
6. Dezember 2026
7. Februar 2027
7. März 2027
4. April 2027Wann: 14–16 Uhr
Wo: URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin
Teilnahme: kostenfrei, keine Anmeldung erforderlichTHE URBAN SKIN. Pietro Ruffo und Jan Bauer
Welche Geschichten schreiben sich in Mauern, Fassaden und urbane Räume ein? Die Ausstellung THE URBAN SKIN versteht Architektur als lebendige Oberfläche, die von Zeit, politischen Systemen, Nutzung und menschlichen Eingriffen geprägt ist.
Der italienische Künstler Pietro Ruffo und der deutsche Künstler Jan Bauer betrachten die Stadt als Archiv aus Schichten, Spuren und Transformationen. Ihre Arbeiten machen sichtbar, wie Geschichte in Materie eingeschrieben bleibt und wie urbane Räume fortwährend neu gelesen werden können.
Ausstellung: 4. Juli – 18. Oktober 2026
Wo: URBAN NATION Projektraum, Bülowstraße 97, 10783 BerlinKuratiert von Janine Arndt und Chiara Zampetti Egidi.
Unter der Schirmherrschaft der Italienischen Botschaft in Berlin.URBAN NATION – Long Night of Museums and Other Highlights
Dear URBAN NATION Community,
This summer belongs to art in urban spaces. We are celebrating a new ONE WALL by Jim Avignon. For the Long Night of Museums, we take a closer look at the tension between art, rule-breaking, and social norms.
In September, we invite you to make your visions for a democratic society visible through Tape Art, and starting in October it’s time again to grab your pens and develop new styles at the Urban Sketch Circle with Dejoe and guests from Berlin’s graffiti scene.
We also recommend a visit to our project space, where the exhibition THE URBAN SKIN explores traces of time, history, and transformation in urban spaces.
ONE WALL by Jim Avignon
Following two Community Walls by Jim Avignon in Falkenhagener Feld, we are looking forward to unveiling his new ONE WALL as an artistic exploration of social interaction and community life in the neighborhood. Through the participatory process of developing the motif, the new mural has become an expression of collective engagement and a visible sign that neighborhoods in public spaces are not only represented but can be actively shaped.
When: August 28, 2026, 3–6 pm
Where: Kraepelinweg 3, 13589 Berlin-SpandauThe artist will be present.
Long Night of Museums: Crime in Berlin
This year’s Long Night of Museums is dedicated to the theme “Crime in Berlin.” URBAN NATION Museum explores the topic from the perspective of Urban Contemporary Art, highlighting the tension between art, rule-breaking, and social participation. Look forward to short guided tours through the current exhibition “Love Letters to the City” as well as a neighborhood tour along Bülowstraße featuring murals created by the URBAN NATION Initiative.
In the museum courtyard, graffiti artists Age Age and Tomsta will interpret the term “Crime” in their own way through a live painting session, creating a collaborative artwork whose final outcome remains open until the last spray stroke.
For the late-night special starting at 11 pm, Berlin graffiti artist Dejoe invites you to “No Crime! – Train Sketching and Beats” with a DJ set. On paper and a pre-sprayed subway surface, you can create your own letters, styles, and motifs – following the motto: No Crime, just Style.
When: Saturday, August 29, 2026, 6 pm–2 am
Where: URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 BerlinTape for Democracy – Tape Art Workshop with ENNICOLOR
Democracy thrives on diversity, participation, and the exchange of different perspectives. The open workshop “Tape for Democracy” invites participants to creatively capture their wishes, ideas, and visions for a democratic society through words and images.
Together with Berlin-based artist duo ENNICOLOR, participants will create individual artworks using colorful tape, showing the many ways democracy can be imagined and experienced. In short introductions, Enni and Kerim will share insights into the technique of Tape Art and their artistic approach. The workshop is open to all generations, no previous experience is required, and participants can join at any time.
When: September 6, 2026, 2–4 pm
Where: URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin
Participation: Free of charge, no registration requiredUrban Sketch Circle: Letters & Beats with Dejoe & Guests
Starting in October, the Urban Sketch Circle returns for a new series. Together with Dejoe and changing guests from Berlin’s graffiti scene, you will dive into the worlds of style writing and urban sketching. Step by step, first lines turn into individual letters, motifs, and styles – accompanied by tips and feedback from the artists.
Dejoe has shaped Berlin’s Hip-Hop and graffiti scene for more than 30 years and connects the visual and musical expressions of this culture. As a writer and DJ, he not only provides inspiration for your sketchbook but also the perfect soundtrack for the creative flow.
Whether young or old, joining alone or with family and friends – everyone is invited to participate, experiment, and find their own style.
Dates:
October 4, 2026
November 1, 2026
December 6, 2026
February 7, 2027
March 7, 2027
April 4, 2027When: 2–4 pm
Where: URBAN NATION Museum, Bülowstraße 7, 10783 Berlin
Participation: Free of charge, no registration requiredTHE URBAN SKIN. Pietro Ruffo and Jan Bauer
What stories are written into walls, facades, and urban spaces? The exhibition THE URBAN SKIN understands architecture as a living surface shaped by time, history, political systems, use, and human intervention.
The Italian artist Pietro Ruffo and German artist Jan Bauer view the city as an archive of layers, traces, and transformations. Their works reveal how history remains inscribed in materials and how urban spaces can be continuously reinterpreted.
Exhibition: July 4 – October 18, 2026
Where: URBAN NATION Project Space, Bülowstraße 97, 10783 BerlinCurated by Janine Arndt and Chiara Zampetti Egidi.
Under the patronage of the Italian Embassy in Berlin.Save the Dates!
Bis bald / See you soonFotos/Photos: Felix Seyfert (1,2), Nika Kramer (3), Aurelio Schrey (4), Diana Paun (5), Hirschberg Studios (6)
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fotografiska: Thomas Billhardt – Die Augen weit offen
Thomas Billhardt’s “Die Augen weit offen” traces a lifetime of documentary photography, from Berlin to Vietnam and Cuba, at Fotografiska Berlin.
From FDJ events in Berlin and chance encounters on the fringes of Alexanderplatz to dispatches from Vietnam and Cuba, Thomas Billhardt’s images capture a world in perpetual motion. The Berlin photographer, who passed away in 2025, viewed the camera as an instrument of radical curiosity. With a sharp eye, he focused his lens on the vitality pulsing beneath rigid structures of everyday life.
The exhibition Die Augen weit offen (“Eyes Wide Open”) will open on 28 August at Fotografiska Berlin. It will showcase a selection of Billhardt’s most important works. The exhibition highlights his lasting impact on modern documentary photography.
“It is woven into the very DNA of Fotografiska Berlin to present seminal local photographers, and this exhibition seeks to deepen that commitment. Our aim is to evoke the essence of what made Billhardt singular: to show how he moved through the world with an ever-sharpening gaze, never averting his eyes from reality. He remained deeply attuned to both geopolitics and the quiet, poetic fragments of everyday life.”
Claire Ducresson-Boët, Exhibitions ManagerThe exhibition showcases key series from several decades, with a focus on the years from 1959 to 1972, illustrating the vast range and international scale of his work. Even in the 1960s, an era often viewed in retrospect as hermetically sealed, Billhardt traveled the world as a photojournalist covering global flashpoints.
Alexanderplatz, Berlin, 1961 © Thomas Billhardt / CAMERA WORK GalleryFollowing the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, he worked for UNICEF, among other organizations, documenting various aid projects across Asia. Throughout his life, he balanced two important aspects. On one hand, he stayed close enough to the authorities to continue working. On the other, he maintained his independence. This independence shaped his humanistic approach to photography.
Billhardt’s documentation of Vietnam And Cuba
The exhibition focuses, among other things, on his documentation of Vietnam, which brought him international renown, as well as his striking images from Cuba, which captured life in the socialist state beyond all preconceptions. Ultimately, his work centers on a fundamental question: How do people preserve their humanity when the structures around them threaten to crush it?
“Even though I photographed several prominent politicians during my travels, I did not see it as my role. Politicians come and go, I thought back then. Instead, I was interested in social topics and developments. I wanted to tell stories with my images.”
Thomas BillhardtBillhardt was approached by the Stasi on several occasions, who saw him as a potentially valuable informant because of his work as a photographer and his extensive network. However, he always refused to work for them.
Left: Fuß der Kolussalstatue »Mutter-Heimat«
Wolgograd, Sowjetunion, 1966; Right: Havanna, Kuba, 1961 © Thomas Billhardt / CAMERA WORK GalleryHis Berlin photographs offer a stark contrast, above all his vivid street scenes of Alexanderplatz, which capture the raw urban energy of a city in flux. These photographs challenge the familiar clichés of the GDR by illuminating the nuances and vitality behind the official facade. They reveal that life, however rigid the system, ultimately finds its way.
Thomas Billhardt – Die Augen weit offen
Opening: 27 Aug 2026
Runtime: 28 Aug 2026 – 7 Feb 2027ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in 1937, Thomas Billhardt is one of the most important German documentary photographers of the postwar era. His photographic training began at age fourteen with his mother in Chemnitz, who was an important contemporary portrait photographer.
Following his studies in Magdeburg and Leipzig, he initially worked as an industrial photographer and as a publisher’s photographer for postcards. His thesis project on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz marked the beginning of a lifelong engagement with this historic space. As a freelance photojournalist, Billhardt traveled to forty-nine countries, occasionally accompanying official state visits of high-ranking politicians. He achieved international renown for, among other things, his dispatches from the Vietnam War.
Over the course of his life, numerous books were published documenting his extensive body of work. Major international exhibitions in cities such as London, Moscow, Hanoi, and New York showcased his photographs. Billhardt died in 2025.
OPENING
We invite you to the opening of Die Augen weit offen by Thomas Billhardt on 27 August 2026, 19:00. In conversation with Jan Burghardt, who worked closely with the photographer for many years and, as Collection Manager at CAMERA WORK Gallery, oversees the photographer’s estate, the focus is on the defining years of Billhardt’s work, from around 1959 to 1972.
Deutschlandtreffen – Er.ffnungsveranstaltung im Walter-Ulbricht-Stadion
Berlin, 1964 © Thomas Billhardt / CAMERA WORK GalleryTogether with Claire Ducresson-Boët, Exhibition Manager at Fotografiska Berlin, Burghardt discusses the making of the exhibition, Billhardt’s photographic approach, and the stories behind the images. They offer a personal perspective on his early work, his artistic vision, and his enduring legacy.
ABOUT FOTOGRAFISKA
Fotografiska is the global destination for photography, visual art, and culture. Guided by its mission to inspire new perspectives as the foremost gathering place for photography and visual storytelling – with locations in Stockholm, Berlin, Shanghai, and Tallinn – each Fotografiska museum serves as a dynamic hub where culture and community intersect, transforming the way audiences engage with photographic and visual art.
Founded in Stockholm in 2010, Fotografiska is dedicated to inspiring new perspectives through world-class rotating exhibitions and a dynamic events programme. More than a museum, Fotografiska creates cultural spaces that celebrate creativity, innovation, and diverse artistic voices through the unparalleled power of photography.
INSTAGRAM
@fotografiska.berlinFotografiska Berlin
Oranienburger Str. 54
10117 BerlinOpening hours: daily from 10:00 to 23:00
CREDITS:
This exhibition is curated by Claire Ducresson-Boët (Exhibitions Manager at Fotografiska Berlin) in collaboration with CAMERA WORK Gallery.Taged as/in; Alexanderplatz, berlin, Contemporary Culture, Cuba, Die Augen weit offen, documentary photography, Fotografiska Berlin, Photography Exhibition, photojournalism, Thomas Billhardt, Vietnam#writtenby:
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Konsequenzen nach Terroranschlag auf dem Berliner CSD
LSVD⁺ fordert nach dem Anschlag auf den Berliner CSD den Schutz vor queerfeindlicher Gewalt – ohne rassistische Instrumentalisierung und weiterer Spaltung.
LSVD⁺ fordert effektiven Schutz statt rassistischer Instrumentalisierung
Nach dem tödlichen Vorfall auf den Berliner CSD vom Abend des 25. Juli 2026 gehen die Sicherheitsbehörden von einem islamistischen Terroranschlag aus. Eine Demonstrantin ist gestorben, viele weitere wurden verletzt. Der mutmaßliche Täter, deutscher Staatsbürger, wurde am Folgetag von der Polizei beim Versuch der Festnahme erschossen. Inzwischen ist auch bekannt, dass er bereits in der Vergangenheit versucht hatte, sich dem sogenannten Islamischen Staat in Syrien anzuschließen.
Alva Träbert aus dem Bundesvorstand des LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt kommentiert:
Der Schock in der queeren Community nach dem Berliner CSD, dem Tod einer Demonstrantin und den vielen Verletzten sitzt weiterhin tief. Viele von uns empfinden dabei eine Mischung aus Trauer, Angst und Wut. Inzwischen scheint klar, dass es sich bei dem tödlichen Attentat um einen islamistisch motivierten Anschlag handelte.Folge muss sein, dass der Staat konsequenter als bisher gegen queerfeindliche Hetze und Hassgewalt – ob nun von Rechtsaußen oder aus radikal-religiösen Milieus – durchgreifen muss. Es darf nicht sein, dass ein polizeibekannter Terrorist einen solchen Anschlag verüben kann. Es darf nicht weiter geduldet werden, dass der sogenannte Islamische Staat junge Menschen in Deutschland radikalisiert und gegen unsere Community aufhetzt.
Gewaltprävention und effektiven Schutz
Der LSVD⁺ fordert daher: Gewaltprävention und effektiven Schutz für alle LSBTIAQ* statt rassistischer Instrumentalisierung.
Unsere Gedanken sind weiterhin bei den Opfern des Anschlags und ihren Angehörigen. Wir als Community, wir als liberale Gesellschaft sollten im Lichte dieses Angriff auf unsere Sichtbarkeit, Sicherheit und Freiheit enger denn je zusammenstehen. Wir müssen uns gemeinsam jeder Form gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit entgegenstellen. Viele Stimmen aus der Community haben davor gewarnt. Auch wir haben davor gewarnt, dass rechtspopulistische und rechtsradikale Parteien und Medien den Anschlag missbrauchen. Sie nutzen diesen Moment, um rassistischen Hass zu schüren. Genau das sehen wir jetzt vor allem von rechten bis rechtsextremen Akteur*innen.
Gerade diejenigen, die sonst keine Gelegenheit auslassen, um uns LSBTIAQ* anzugreifen und den Einsatz für unsere Menschenrechte als Identitätspolitik zu diskreditieren, heucheln nun Solidarität. Gleichzeitig sind die Kommentarspalten voll von Häme – es habe immerhin die Richtigen getroffen. Die Erfahrung zeigt, dass Rechtsaußen hierdurch für seine menschenverachtenden Positionen in breiten Wähler*innenschichten Anschluss findet. Aber: Wir gehen der rassistischen Instrumentalisierung nicht auf den Leim.
Islamismus ist nicht gleich zu setzen mit der Religionsfreiheit von Christen, Muslimen, Juden und anderer Religionen
Denn: Dieser Hass zersetzt unsere plurale Gesellschaft, er bedroht die Sicherheit aller Muslim*innen in Deutschland, und er gefährdet damit gerade queere Muslim*innen und queere People of Colour. Durch diese Hetze soll die Akzeptanz weiterer Verschärfungen der Migrations- und Asylpolitik in der Mitte der Gesellschaft verankert werden. Dabei werden Menschen, die bei uns vor Verfolgung Schutz suchen, allzu oft und systematisch allein gelassen.
Erste Leidtragende sind gerade auch LSBTIAQ* Personen, die vor islamistisch motivierter Verfolgung fliehen müssen, und denen dann keine Fluchtwege mehr offen stehen. Wir lassen daher unseren Schmerz und unsere Angst nicht vereinnahmen von Akteur*innen, die sonst nicht an unserer Seite stehen und zeitgleich mit den Taliban über Abschiebungen verhandeln wollen. Wir brauchen wirksamen Schutz vor queerfeindlicher Gewalt und Diskriminierung, der nicht auf Kosten von Migrant*innen und People of Colour geht. Im Zuge der aktuellen Debatte wird der LSVD⁺ in den nächsten Tagen einen Maßnahmenkatalog vorlegen.
Update: 10 Sofortmaßnahmen für queere Sicherheit
Berlin, 28.07.2026.
Drei Tage nach dem mutmaßlich islamistischen Terroranschlag auf den Berliner CSD, bei dem eine Frau starb und 29 weitere Menschen verletzt wurden, diskutiert ganz Deutschland über politische Konsequenzen.
Dazu erklärt Andre Lehmann aus dem Bundesvorstand des LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt:
Wir appellieren an alle demokratischen Entscheidungsträger*innen: Nach den Solidaritätsbekundungen müssen nun konkrete politische Konsequenzen folgen. Alle sicherheitspolitischen Maßnahmen müssen der gesamten LSBTIAQ* Community in ihrer Vielfalt gerecht werden und deren verschiedenen Diskriminierungserfahrungen Rechnung tragen, so insbesondere auch LSBTIAQ* mit Migrations-, Rassismus- oder Fluchterfahrung.
LSVD⁺ richtet sich mit Appell an Politik
Wir erwarten, dass bei den anstehenden Entscheidungen die vom Anschlag betroffene LSBTIAQ*-Community einbezogen wird. Bloße Forderungen für höhere Strafen greifen zu kurz. Stattdessen sollten nun unter anderem die folgenden zehn Sofortmaßnahmen ergriffen werden:
- Verbindliche Gespräche zu politischen Maßnahmen und engere Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Ressorts Justiz, Innen, Soziales, Gesellschaft und Bildung auf höchster politischer Ebene, Queerbeauftragter und queerer Zivilgesellschaft
- Vollständige Umsetzung der Handlungsempfehlungen zur Bekämpfung homo- und transfeindlicher Gewalt der Innenministerkonferenz durch Polizei, Justiz, Bildungs- und Sozialbehörden sowie wiederkehrende Evaluation und Weiterentwicklung
- Nachhaltige Förderung von Aufklärungsprojekten gegen gruppenbezogene Menschenfeindlichkeit wie dem Bundesprogramm „Demokratie leben!“ und Aktionsplan „Queer leben“ sowie auskömmliche Finanzierung queerer Community- und Beratungsstrukturen wie das Jugendnetzwerk Lambda und die unabhängige Asylverfahrensberatung
- Ergänzung von Artikel 3 Absatz 3 des Grundgesetzes um den expliziten Schutz aller LSBTIAQ* als klares Zeichen in die gesamte Gesellschaft
- Jährliche Erarbeitung einer umfassenden Sicherheitsstrategie zur Pride-Saison zwischen Sicherheits- sowie Versammlungsbehörden und den Veranstaltenden zur besseren und queersensiblere Bewertung der Gefährdungsbewertung durch die Landeskriminalämter
- Auskömmliche Finanzierung sämtlicher Extremismuspräventionsprogramme auch in den Ländern
- Bundesweite Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildung von Polizist*innen und Justiz zu queerfeindlicher Hasskriminalität und zum diskriminierungssensiblen Umgang mit queeren Menschen
- Ergänzung der Rechtsanwendung explizit um queerfeindliche Hasskriminalität als Tatmotiv, namentlich in den Richtlinien für das Strafverfahren und das Bußgeldverfahren sowie der Strafprozessordnung
- Flächendeckende und verpflichtende Schulaufklärung über die Lebensrealitäten von LSBTIAQ*, damit sich queerfeindliche Einstellungen nicht verfestigen, durch Absicherung in Bildungsplänen
- Einrichtung hauptamtlicher LSBTIAQ*-Ansprechpersonen bei allen Polizeibehörden mit klar definierten Zuständigkeiten und ausreichenden finanziellen sowie personellen Ressourcen
Abschließend:
Hören Sie den Forderungen nach einer besseren Bekämpfung queerfeindlicher Hasskriminalität endlich zu, die wir seit Jahren stellen. Wirksamer Schutz vor queerfeindlicher Gewalt und Diskriminierung muss endlich umgesetzt werden, ohne verschiedene gesellschaftliche Gruppen gegeneinander auszuspielen und damit die gesellschaftliche Spaltung voranzutreiben.
Der Schutz von LSBTIAQ* steht nicht im Widerspruch zu Menschenrechten von Geflüchteten, Migrant*innen und People of Color. Konkrete politische Handlungen, die explizit auf die Bekämpfung von Queerfeindlichkeit abzielen, senden der queeren Community jetzt das Zeichen, dass ihre Angst und ihre Sorgen endlich ernst genommen werden.
Zum Hintergrund für die einzelnen Forderungen:
- Bewertung des Evaluationsberichts zur Umsetzung der Empfehlungen des Arbeitskreises „Bekämpfung homophober und transfeindlicher Gewalt“
- Zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement und „Demokratie leben!“ stärken
- Bundesregierung begreift Aktionsplan „Queer leben“ als abgeschlossen
- BMI streicht Mittel für bundesweite Asylverfahrensberatung und besondere Rechtsberatung für queere und andere vulnerable Geflüchtete
- Mehr Mut zur Vielfalt in Artikel 3,3
- Queersensible Bildung
- Verbandstagsbeschluss „Frei und sicher leben“ zum Thema Bekämpfung von queerfeindlicher Hasskriminalität
Weiterlesen:
- Pressemitteilung 27.07.: Konsequenzen nach Terroranschlag auf Berliner CSD
- Pressemitteilung 26.07.: Attentat auf Berliner CSD trifft in das Herz der Community
Der LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt
Der LSVD⁺ – Verband Queere Vielfalt ist ein Bürgerrechtsverband und vertritt Interessen und Belange von lesbischen, schwulen, bisexuellen, trans* und intergeschlechtlichen, a_spec sowie weiteren queeren Menschen (LSBTIAQ*).
Menschenrechte, Vielfalt und Respekt – wir wollen, dass LSBTIAQ* als selbstverständlicher Teil gesellschaftlicher Normalität akzeptiert und anerkannt werden. Wir sind präsent in der Öffentlichkeit, den Medien und der Politik. Der LSVD⁺ nimmt Stellung und wird angehört, wenn die Belange von LSBTIAQ* berührt sind: von der Bundesregierung, vom Bundestag und vom Bundesverfassungsgericht.
Mit einer Spende und/oder Mitgliedschaft können Sie uns und unsere Arbeit für “Menschenrechte, Vielfalt und Respekt” unterstützen. Vielen Dank.
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Jijo Kuriakose Explores Queer Cinema in Berlin
Berlin Art Institute welcomes Jijo Kuriakose for an artist talk and the premiere of AS WE SEE US, exploring queer visibility, activism and cinema.
Berlin Art Institute: Navigating Homophobia — One Frame at a Time
Artist talk, Q&A, and screening of two Malayalam short films explore queer self-representation, censorship, intimacy, art as activism, and queer cinematic narratives from contemporary India.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Jijo Jessy Kuriakose Against the backdrop of Berlin Pride Month, the Berlin Art Institute is pleased to present ´Navigating Homophobia — One Frame at a Time ‘: Artist Talk & Film Screening with Jijo Kuriakose, a public event with writer, artist, photographer, filmmaker, and current ifa CrossCulture Programme Fellow Jijo Kuriakose.
“Berlin Art Institute has always understood artistic practice as a space for exchange, dialogue, and freedom of expression. Presenting Jijo Kuriakose’s work, following Berlin Pride Month, allows us to open a conversation on queer visibility, censorship, and the power of art and cinema to create spaces of resistance and recognition across different cultural contexts.”
Ralf Schmitt & Stephanie Jünemann, Directors, Berlin Art InstituteThe event takes place on August 7, 2026, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm. It brings together Jijo’s presentation and a short Q&A. The screening includes two Malayalam short films: Velipādu – The Revelation and AS WE SEE US (Film Premiere). Jijo Kuriakose is a writer, artist, photographer, filmmaker, and current fellow of the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) by ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. His work focuses on male bodies, same-sex intimacy, queer self-representation, and the cultural politics of visibility in India.
Queerness in fine art, photography, documentary, and fictional cinema
In his presentation, Jijo will discuss queer self-representation and male homosexual expression in contemporary India. He will also cover democratic values, human rights, and freedom of expression. Additionally, Jijo will address state censorship and the use of art as a tool of activism. The talk will also introduce references from gay art history in India from the 1980s to the present. It will reflect on Jijo’s own experiences as an artist and filmmaker. He works across fine art, photography, documentary, and fictional cinema.
“The CrossCulture Programme supports exchange between civil society actors across borders, disciplines, and contexts. Jijo Kuriakose’s fellowship at Berlin Art Institute reflects the importance of artistic and cultural work in addressing human rights, visibility, and social dialogue.”
Jennifer Rücker, Head of CrossCulture Programme, ifaThe event connects BAI’s international residency and fellowship work with Berlin’s wider Pride Month context. Pride Month Berlin begins in June and features a program of panels, meetups, parties, workshops, and community events over four weeks.
BAI’s event adds an international artistic perspective to this city-wide moment of queer visibility. It does so by presenting queer cinematic narratives from Kerala and contemporary India.
Film Screening
Velipādu – The Revelation (2024)
Genre: Fictional short
Duration: 25m: 28s
Original language: Malayalam (with English Subtitles)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2UCithNdesSet against the sensory landscape of Kottayam, Velipādu – The Revelation follows Johnny, a soon-to-be priest, as he navigates a dissonant life and embarks on a journey of self-discovery. The film explores Malayali gay and queer desire through Christian music, intimate gestures, touch, faith, and same-sex affection.
AS WE SEE US (2026) – Film Premiere
Genre: Fictional short
Duration: 24m: 46s
Original language: Malayalam (with English Subtitles)
Trailer: https://youtu.be/RMBqU81EXz8?feature=sharedAS WE SEE US follows David, a retired teacher living in small-town Kerala, who is visited by Christy, a young caretaker, during a period of solitude. The film reflects on elderly queer lives, shared memory, care, and companionship. It highlights the intimate moments often missing from dominant narratives of queer life.
“For me, art and cinema have always been ways to survive, remember, and speak when society asks queer people to remain silent. Through this talk and screening, I want to share how images, bodies, spaces, and stories can become forms of resistance, intimacy, and self-representation.”
Jijo Kuriakose (Artist / Director / Producer / Writer)About Jijo Kuriakose
Jijo Kuriakose is a writer, artist, photographer, and filmmaker from India whose practice focuses on queer visibility, male bodies, same-sex intimacy, and relationships among men, mostly from a South Indian context. He curated the queer art exhibition series Homomorphism in Cochin, Kerala, in 2015 and 2018, and continues to develop his photo series Androphilia, which explores the diversity of the male body.
His works have been shown in exhibitions including Living Disobediently at the Queer Asia Conference, SOAS London, Between the Lines – a tribute to Manoj N at Gallery 7, Mattancherry, Kerala, and Vichithra (Queer) Nation by Engendered, New Delhi. His documentary Njān Sānjo / I’m Sānjo was selected by several film festivals, including the Competition section of the Chicago South Asian Film Festival, while his short film Velipādu – The Revelation was selected by more than forty international festivals, including KASHISH Pride Film Festival Mumbai and Perth Queer Film Festival, and received several awards.
About ifa CrossCulture Programme
For his current fellowship at the Berlin Art Institute, Jijo Kuriakose is participating in the CrossCulture Programme (CCP) by ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. The CrossCulture Programme funds 50 to 60 professionals and volunteers from over 40 countries each year. Fellows spend two to three months working with host organizations in Germany or CCP partner countries to broaden their expertise, build networks, and further develop transcultural skills.
About Berlin Art Institute
Founded in 2015, the Berlin Art Institute (BAI) is a distinctive, independent institution operating at the intersection of contemporary art production, cross-disciplinary education, and international exchange. It offers a dynamic professional studio environment alongside a broad spectrum of programs designed for artists, scholars, cultural practitioners, and institutions from around the
world. Over the past decade, BAI has welcomed residents globally, nurturing a vibrant community grounded in experimentation, critical dialogue, and international collaboration. Throughout the year, BAI also hosts an extensive array of Master Classes, Online Courses, and Workshops. Renowned artists, curators, critics, and cultural producers lead these sessions. They address a wide range of topics in contemporary art. Through its diverse formats, public presentations, and exhibition space, BAI continues to foster meaningful connections between emerging and established voices, linking Berlin’s art ecosystem with the global art community.
Event Details
Title: Navigating Homophobia — One Frame at a Time: Artist Talk & Film Screening with Jijo Kuriakose
Speaker: Jijo Kuriakose
Screening: Velipādu – The Revelation and AS WE SEE USDate: August 7, 2026
Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Berlin Art Institute, An der Industriebahn 12–16, Building 404 (Top Floor), 13088, BerlinAdmission (Free). RSVP required
RSVP Link HereTimeline
7:00 – 8:00 pm Artist / Director Presentation: Navigating Homophobia — One Frame at a Time
8:00 – 8:10 pm Q&A with Jijo Kuriakose
8:10 – 8:35 pm Screening: Velipādu – The Revelation
8:35 – 9:00 pm Screening: AS WE SEE US
Text by Berlin Art Institute: Naveed Majeed, Head of Communications & Outreach
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MALUM – Mission EP via Tellé Records, Out August 21st, 2026
MALUM reimagines every body on Mission EP with remixes by Telephones and AMØBE, spanning balearic house, cosmic disco and underground techno.
MALUM’s remix trilogy revisits tracks from the band’s debut album every body. It explores the music through the ears of artists who have inspired the group for years. They also include newer discoveries the band found through recommendations, records, and shared scenes.
MALUM invited each remixer to choose the track that spoke to them the most. The result is three EPs encompassing their own corners of the band’s musical universe, ranging from cosmic disco and balearic house to industrial techno and underground club music.
The Mission EP centres around the mission and features two versions by Telephones, the Bergen-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer known for his eclectic blend of house, balearic, dub and leftfield club music. Alongside his main remix, he contributes an Underground Jungle Club Remix that takes the track in a more rhythmically driven direction. The EP also includes a remix by AMØBE. AMØBE is both a producer and a member of MALUM. This remix offers an interpretation from inside the band’s own creative orbit. It sits alongside the original version of every body.
Together, the three releases present every body from multiple perspectives and connect MALUM’s debut album with artists and scenes spanning Bergen, Oslo, London, Berlin, and Hong Kong.
Details:
Artist: MALUM
Release: Mission EP
Label: Tellé Records
Release Date: August 21, 2026Tracks:
1. the mission
2. the mission (Telephones Remix)
3. the mission (Amøbe Remix)
4. every body
5. the mission (Telephones Underground Jungle Club Mix)About MALLUM:
MALUM is a Bergen-based electronic live collective redefining club music through live performance. Founded by Emil Malum and Eirik Kvalbein, the group blends space disco, balearic house, breakbeats, jazztronica and post-rock into immersive audiovisual shows. Signed to the revived Tellé Records, MALUM debuted with every body in 2025 and continues to bridge Scandinavian electronic heritage with contemporary underground club culture.
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Monoko announces “Thinkin’ Bout You (Always)”, out August 5.
Monoko swaps club intensity for carefree summer grooves on Thinkin’ Bout You (Always)—a warm, melodic anthem built for sunshine, friends and dancefloors.
Thinkin’ Bout You (Always) is Monoko at his most carefree. Where *What I Know* was sharp and club-driven, this one’s all about letting go: sun-soaked, playful, built for dancing with friends and not overthinking it.
It’s still unmistakably Monoko, warm melodies, that same ear for detail, but stripped of the tension. Imagine Caribou’s loose, feel-good grooves meeting Salute’s warm, melodic touch. There’s no brainy overload here. It’s just a track made to feel good, loop in your head, and soundtrack a summer that doesn’t need explaining.
Thinkin’ Bout You (Always) is a reminder that sometimes the best music is the one you make just to have fun. Out August 5th.
Details:
Artist: Monoko
Release name: Thinkin’ Bout You (Always)
Record Label: Outside Records
Release Date: August 5, 2026Taged as/in; Caribou, Dance Music, Electronic, Feel Good, House, Indie Dance, melodic, Monoko, Outside Records, Salute, summer, synths#writtenby:
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Interview Carola Lampe – Tell Me What To See at Fotografiska
Carola Lampe explores AI, algorithms and perception in Tell Me What To See, blurring the boundaries between reality, fiction and machine vision.
AI, algorithms, and digital technologies already govern a large part of everyday life – mostly without our awareness. Photographer and artist Carola Lampe has been exploring this development in her work for years. Her project Tell Me What To See presses reality and artificiality so close together that the line between them blurs. Fotografiska Berlin will present the work starting 14 August as part of Emerging Berlin, its program for up-and-coming artists.
Q&A with Carola Lampe
How did Tell Me What To See come about?
Lampe: There’s a prehistory to it. My last project was called Humanoid – that was the first time technology came into my work. I’d decided to go out and see where, in my immediate surroundings, I could find science-fiction images: places where the future was already visible in the present. I wanted to build worlds that were slightly dystopian. Tell Me What To See starts from there. I wanted to look more closely at how new digital technologies are influencing our perception, our everyday lives, and our world – specifically when it comes to algorithms, data, and AI.
So we’re talking about a dystopia again?
Lampe: With Humanoid, it was more straightforward. That was a consciously dystopian project. With Tell Me What To See I want to keep it somewhat open, let the viewers make up their own minds. From my perspective, it does tend that way. I see certain developments I can’t unreservedly get behind. I have a background in software development, so I know the field from the inside, and I’m critical of a lot of what goes on there.
Today we encounter AI in the news almost daily, in all kinds of forms. You started working on this project when it was barely being discussed …
Lampe: That’s right. I started the project at the end of 2019, into early 2020. When ChatGPT came out at the end of 2022, the subject suddenly reached a broad audience. My argument had been there before any of that: that our lives are being steered more and more by algorithms, across all kinds of areas. And most of the time we don’t even register it.
What were the questions driving you?
Lampe: I was driven by the fact that tech companies and governments are taking on too much control. That the data most systems rely on comes from the past, which means they can amplify existing biases. That filter bubbles develop, that mass surveillance becomes viable, and that the boundary between truth and fabrication keeps getting harder to draw. The core questions are: Can we still trust what we see?
Are we creating a different reality for ourselves? Who is in control, and what is left of freedom? I wanted to put reality and artificiality in direct tension and show how these shifts happen: in perception, in the social fabric, in the cityscape, in working life, perhaps in cognitive processes as well.
You worked with three different modes of image generation. What did that process actually look like?
Lampe: The first layer was classic street photography. I went out and searched for images that could visually anchor the project’s theoretical foundation. The second layer: I built small setups in the studio and tried to create images where you can no longer tell whether they were actually photographed or computer-generated.
The third is a more experimental approach: AI-generated images, screenshots of 3D environments, and manipulation through Photoshop and AI tools. What attracted me to this process was the contradiction. I come from software development, but in this project, I consciously work with the camera, producing images that look machine-made, yet doing so with a comparatively traditional tool. That ambiguity was deliberate.
Was it strange to have a purely machine-based sparring partner?
Lampe: Not really. I studied art, spent years working in performance and dance, but technology has always been there in parallel. The combination felt like a logical one. Though it did produce a kind of conflict: knowing the technology and being able to use it, I kept feeling I should be leaning on it far more than I actually did. I tried working with my own training data and language models but eventually lost interest in that direction. Even so, I continually had to reaffirm my decision to keep things less technical.
Will people looking at the work be able to distinguish the AI-generated images from the rest?
Lampe: In some cases, yes, with close attention. But there are images where it’s genuinely not clear. And that’s by design: you’re standing in front of something, simply not knowing what you’re looking at.
When you began, AI-generated imagery was a niche topic. Today it’s everywhere. Do you think that shift has affected how your work is received?
Lampe: It’s difficult to say. The subject is the same, but the context has changed dramatically. AI-generated images are now everywhere: in art, in photography, in daily life. I can imagine that the work is more immediately accessible today, because the topic has become familiar to so many people. That’s one of the reasons I’m curious about this show. You’ll have to ask me again afterwards.
How did it feel to immerse yourself so deeply in these questions around freedom and control? Does reality look more frightening now?
Lampe: These questions have been with me every day since the beginning. I read constantly, track the developments. At times, I feel it’s almost too much to be exploring these issues artistically on top of everything else. But it genuinely fascinates me. Certain areas leave me worried, I won’t deny that; not so much because of working on the project, but because of living with the subject matter more broadly. Still, I don’t want to spiral into depression over it.
Do you see this as something that can still be stopped, or is it simply inevitable?
Lampe: This development can hardly be stopped now. The economic and geopolitical interests at stake are simply too great, and the technology is being driven forward by an increasingly diverse range of actors.
But that does not mean we are entirely at its mercy. I do not want to write it off as straightforwardly negative. In fields like medicine, research and productivity, artificial intelligence has the potential to bring enormous benefits.
At the same time, the risks are substantial: power concentrating in the hands of a few technology corporations, new forms of surveillance and disinformation, and a growing dependence on digital infrastructure. What makes this particularly troubling is that nobody can predict with any confidence where AI is actually heading. Our relationship to truth is already shifting. Images, voices and videos can no longer be taken at face value. And digital media are fundamentally reshaping our perception of reality.
What surprised you in the process of making Tell Me What To See?
Lampe: It was more of a confirmation than a surprise. Working with AI models reminded me once again how heavily AI depends on existing data and patterns. Working with very small datasets, I could see how quickly the model tended to reproduce its source material rather than move beyond it. What I found most interesting was not the question of whether AI is creative, but what it actually perceives. What does a machine see when it looks at an image?
Where we as humans recognize meaning, memory and mood, AI works with patterns, relationships and probabilities. The project ended up raising fewer answers than new questions, above all about the nature of perception itself and where human and machine vision part ways. What does a machine see, and how does that differ from our own seeing.
Exhibition: Carola Lampe – Tell Me What To See
Opening: 13 Aug 2026, 19:00
Runtime: 14 Aug – 20 Oct 2026
Place: Fotografiska, BerlinABOUT THE ARTIST
Carola Lampe is a visual artist and software developer based in Berlin. She holds a Master of Fine Arts and attended seminars over several years at Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie in Berlin. Her photographic work has been exhibited internationally, including the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Greece, Indonesia and Hungary. In 2022 she was a finalist for the PHMuseum Photography Award.
In 2021 she won the Open Call of Belfast Photo Festival, and in 2020 she was selected as an Emerging Artist for the PARALLEL European Photo Platform funding programme. Her work has been published in Público PT, Der Greif, PARALLEL Atlas and dienacht magazine, among others. At the heart of her artistic practice is an engagement with the effects of technological development on human life and an exploration of the boundaries between reality and fiction.
CREDITS
The exhibition was curated by Marie-Luise Mayer (Exhibitions Manager at Fotografiska Berlin), in collaboration with the artist, and produced in partnership with IFA Berlin and Volkswagen R, with the kind cooperation of photography print partner WhiteWall.
OPENING
Save the date: The opening will take place on 13 August 2026 at 19:00.
FOTOGRAFISKA EMERGING
Fotografiska Emerging is Fotografiska’s global initiative dedicated to discovering, supporting and amplifying the next generation of photographers and visual artists. The initiative operates through curated exhibitions in Stockholm, Berlin, Tallinn and Shanghai, alongside a global digital platform accepting submissions worldwide.
EMERGING BERLIN
Emerging Berlin is an Open Call hosted on the Fotografiska Emerging platform dedicated to supporting and showcasing upcoming image-makers with a distinctive visual language whose photographic practice embodies, represents and shapes a part of Berlin. Selected artists receive a solo exhibition in Fotografiska Berlin’s Graffiti Hall.
FOTOGRAFISKA
Fotografiska is the global destination for photography, visual art and culture. With locations in Stockholm, Berlin, Shanghai and Tallinn, Fotografiska presents rotating exhibitions and a dynamic events programme that celebrates creativity, innovation and diverse artistic voices through photography and visual storytelling.
Fotografiska Berlin
Oranienburger Str. 54
10117 BerlinOpening hours: Daily, 10:00–23:00
Instagram: @fotografiska.berlin
Text by: Immanuel Ayx (he/him) & Selina Bauer (she/her)
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Bwa Kayiman: Mangroven -die Archive des Widerstands
Bwa Kayiman im HKW verbindet Kunst, Erinnerung und Ökologie. Performances, Musik und Gespräche fragen nach kolonialem Erbe und neuen Beziehungen zur Natur.
Am 1. und 2. August 2026 verwandelt sich das Haus der Kulturen der Welt erneut in einen Ort für künstlerischen Austausch, dekoloniale Perspektiven und ökologische Reflexion. Die diesjährige Ausgabe des Festivals Bwa Kayiman trägt den Titel Crossing the Mangrove. Sie widmet sich Wäldern, insbesondere Mangroven. Diese werden als Räume kollektiven Wissens angesehen. Sie stehen auch für politischen Widerstand und kulturelle Erinnerung.
Ausgehend von der historischen Zusammenkunft im Wald von Bwa Kayiman am 14. August 1791, die als Auftakt der Haitianischen Revolution gilt, schlägt das Festival eine Brücke zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. Während die damalige Versammlung den Beginn eines erfolgreichen antikolonialen Aufstands markierte, stehen heute Mangroven selbst unter massivem Druck.
Klimawandel, steigende Meeresspiegel, industrielle Landwirtschaft und urbane Expansion bedrohen weltweit eines der wichtigsten Küstenökosysteme. Das Festival versteht diese Entwicklungen nicht als voneinander getrennte Krisen, sondern als Fortsetzung kolonialer Machtstrukturen, deren ökologische Folgen bis heute nachwirken.
Crossing the Mangrove
Der Titel Crossing the Mangrove bezieht sich auf den Roman Traversée de la mangrove (1989) der karibischen Schriftstellerin Maryse Condé. Darin dienen die verzweigten Wurzelsysteme der Mangroven als Metapher für vielschichtige Gemeinschaften, Identität und Zugehörigkeit jenseits homogener Vorstellungen von Kultur.
An diese Überlegungen knüpft das Festival an und fragt, wie gesellschaftliche Vielfalt, ökologische Verantwortung und kulturelles Gedächtnis miteinander verbunden werden können. Welche Formen des Zusammenlebens entstehen, wenn Natur nicht als Ressource, sondern als Beziehung verstanden wird? Welche Rolle spielen Landschaften als Archive von Widerstand und Emanzipation?
Internationale Stimmen zwischen Kunst und Aktivismus
Das zweitägige Programm vereint Performances, Tanz, Rituale, Installationen, Film, Musik, Lyrik, Gespräche und gemeinschaftliche Essen. Künstlerinnen, Wissenschaftlerinnen und Aktivist*innen aus der Karibik, Afrika, Asien, Europa und den Amerikas diskutieren die ökologischen Folgen kolonialer Geschichte ebenso wie gegenwärtige Strategien des Widerstands.
Zu den Höhepunkten zählen die Eröffnungszeremonie mit der legendären haitianischen Gruppe Boukman Eksperyans, Keynotes von Malcom Ferdinand, Jason Allen-Paisant und Stéphane Martelly sowie ein Konzert des Garifuna Collective.
Besondere Aufmerksamkeit erhält außerdem ein eigenständig kuratierter Programmteil der okinawanischen Diaspora in Berlin, der koloniale Erfahrungen im pazifischen Raum mit Fragen kultureller Selbstbestimmung und Gewaltlosigkeit verbindet.
Kunst als kollektive Praxis
Anstelle einer klassischen Ausstellung versteht sich Bwa Kayiman als temporärer Begegnungsraum. Installationen, Filmprogramme, gemeinschaftliche Mahlzeiten und performative Interventionen schaffen Situationen, in denen Erinnerung, Wissen und Solidarität gemeinsam produziert werden. Kunst wird dabei weniger als Objekt denn als soziale Praxis verstanden – als Möglichkeit, alternative Formen des Zusammenlebens zu erproben.
In einer Zeit, in der ökologische Krisen und postkoloniale Debatten zunehmend ineinandergreifen, entwickelt das Festival einen interdisziplinären Ansatz, der historische Verantwortung mit aktuellen Fragen globaler Gerechtigkeit verbindet.
Highlights
- Eröffnungszeremonie mit Boukman Eksperyans
- Keynotes zu Ökologie, Kolonialismus und Erinnerung
- Installationen von Kolektif Choublak und Las Nietas de Nonó
- Konzert des Garifuna Collective
- Filmprogramm und Gespräche zur ökologischen Souveränität Haitis
- Poetry Readings und performative Interventionen internationaler Künstler*innen
Bwa Kayiman: Crossing the Mangrove
Wann: 1.–2. August 2026
Wo: Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Eintritt: Der Großteil des Programms ist kostenfrei, einzelne Veranstaltungen sind ticketpflichtig.Taged as/in; berlin, community, contemporaryart, Decolonial, ecology, Festival, Haiti, HKW, Installation, Mangroves, Music, performance, Poetry, Talks#writtenby:
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pdqb – DER TRANSIENTE ZEUGE, Vinyl & CD via Synaptic Cliffs
pdqb’s DER TRANSIENTE ZEUGE captures forgotten futures and unrealized thoughts through electro pulses, machine funk and synthetic memory.
Half pinball table, half neural reactor, wired directly into a wall of aging synthesizers. The so-called Transient Witness (aka Preconscious Data Quantum Buffer) records not what people did — but what they almost did: Every flash of hesitation, every thought that vanished before becoming real, every dream erased at sunrise.
At its center pulses a synthetic brain, decoding impulses too brief for language. These signal transients are micro-events that appear and disappear in milliseconds.
When activated, the table will not play sound. It remembers it. Each collision of steel ball and sensor triggers forgotten futures, lost timelines, phantom rhythms from decisions never taken. Basslines from parallel selves. Melodies from unrealized lives. Percussion patterns from collapsing probabilities.
The 13 original tracks featured on this release are a transmission recovered from one of its sessions. Electro pulses, synaptic breaks, machine funk, and signals from thoughts that never survived long enough to exist.
Details:
Artist: pdqb
Release: DER TRANSIENTE ZEUGE (Vinyl / Digital)
Label: Synaptic Cliffs / SC 029
Release Date: June 26, 2026TRACKLIST:
A1 Suoivex hddnflg 2:55
A2 SpctrlCgntn 3:20
A3 Umbra Scout 2:02
A4 Suoivex hddnflg (Egyptian Lover Remix) 3:55B1 Thad Songs 1:03
B2 Paddaborn-Poddpurri 3:03
B3 Zum Skan_die_ren! 3:27
B4 Extrustraktures 1:38
B5 Paddaborn-Poddpurri (Felix Da Housecat Thee FOF Electro Mix) 3:40C1 Cuttching 1:31
C2 Yo Uth 2:34
C3 Inter Ruptus 2:54
C4 Inter Ruptus (Umwelt Remix) 5:18D1 Samuel Hemingway 3:34
D2 Nonullmorphemes 1:20
D3 Dynaquenz 3:07
D4 Nonullmorphemes (Sniper Mode Remix) 4:20About pdgb
pdqb is the Berlin-based electronic music project of producer Sascha Dornhöfer, presenting itself as a “strange entity” that communicates exclusively through organized sound signals. Blurring the boundaries between artist, machine and sonic experiment, pdqb creates futuristic Electro-Cognition: a hybrid of precision electro, machine funk, synth transmissions and fragmented digital rhythms.
Since emerging via Synaptic Cliffs, pdqb has developed a distinctive universe where retro-futurist electronics meet conceptual storytelling and experimental sound design. Collaborations and remixes by artists including The Egyptian Lover, Felix Da Housecat, and Umwelt underline the project’s connection to the wider electro and techno continuum.
© Silent Shout via FATdrop 2026
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