Friday, Oct 1 2021
Archive of Refuge
10 am–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
4 pm
Lobby

Digital materials for political education work

Workshop for practitioners from the educational sector
Workshop
Free admission, with registration
Archive of Refuge
5 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream

The History of Refuge is Contemporary History

Keynote by Norbert Frei, followed by a discussion with Manuela Bojadžijev and Stefanie Schüler-Springorum
Keynote
Free admission, with entry ticket
Archive of Refuge
7 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
History and Representation: Post-1945 Migration Regimes

History and Representation: Post-1945 Migration Regimes

With Maria Alexopoulou, Sebastian Conrad, Patrice G. Poutrus and Mohammad A. S. Sarhangi
Panel
Free admission, with entry ticket
Archive of Refuge
8.30 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
History and Representation: History in Motion

History and Representation: History in Motion

With Aleida Assmann, Ute Frevert, Jochen Oltmer, Stefanie Schüler-Springorum and Mirjam Zadoff
Panel
Free admission, with entry ticket
Saturday, Oct 2 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
2 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
History and Representation: Who’s Telling Whose Story?

History and Representation: Who’s Telling Whose Story?

With Carolin Emcke, Raphael Gross, Fatuma Musa Afrah, Charlotte Wiedemann und Dorothee Wierling
Panel
Free admission, with entry ticket
Archive of Refuge
2 pm
Lobby

Digital materials for political education work

Workshop for practitioners from the educational sector
Workshop
Free admission, with registration
Archive of Refuge
4 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
Law and Border Regimes

Law and Border Regimes

With Manuela Bojadžijev, Bernd Kasparek, Zeynep Kıvılcım, Silja Klepp, Karl Kopp and Anna-Katharina Schiller (virtual)
Panel
Free admission, with entry ticket
Archive of Refuge
6 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
Flight and Economics

Flight and Economics

With Manuela Bojadžijev, Fessum Ghirmazion, Sandro Mezzadra, Kira Vinke and Moro Yapha
Panel
Free admission, with entry ticket
Archive of Refuge
6 pm
Lobby

Digital materials for political education work

Workshop for practitioners from the educational sector
Workshop
Free admission, with registration
Archive of Refuge
8 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
Trauma, Resilience and Representation

Trauma, Resilience and Representation

With Ulrich Baer, Malek Bajbouj, Carolin Emcke, Michael Rothberg (virtual) and Saideh Saadat-Lendle
Panel
Free admission, with entry ticket
Archive of Refuge
9.30 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream

To the West: Music and Stories from Syria to Germany

Lecture performance by Milad Khawam with the To The West Ensemble and Josh Kun
Performance
Free admission, with entry ticket
Sunday, Oct 3 2021
Archive of Refuge
10 am–8 pm
Archive of Refuge
11 am
HKW Auditorium & livestream

What’s Next?

With Amel Alzakout and Merle Kröger, Manuela Bojadžijev, Robin Celikates, Asal Dardan, Carolin Emcke, Dmitrij Kapitelman, Nora Markard and Luisa Neubauer
Matinee
Free admission, with entry ticket
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Free admission
Monday, Oct 4 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Free admission
Wednesday, Oct 6 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Thursday, Oct 7 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
On Music
7 pm–12 midnight
Restaurant Weltwirtschaft
Assembling a Black Counter Culture

Assembling a Black Counter Culture

With DeForrest Brown, Jr., Lakuti, Mark Ernestus
Talk, panel, concert, DJ set
10€/8€
Friday, Oct 8 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
5–8 pm
Lobby
Listening Critically

Listening Critically

Writing workshop for adults
Free admission, with entry ticket
Saturday, Oct 9 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Investigative Commons
4–9.30 pm
HKW Auditorium & livestream
Socializing Evidence
5€/3€
Archive of Refuge
4–6 pm
Lobby
Between Weimarer Republik and Now

Between Weimarer Republik and Now

Writing workshop for adults
Free admission, with entry ticket
Sunday, Oct 10 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
3–5 pm
Lobby
Refubeats

Refubeats

Sound experiments on your smartphone
Workshop for children, families and adults
Free admission, with entry ticket
Monday, Oct 11 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Free admission
Wednesday, Oct 13 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Thursday, Oct 14 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–5 pm
12 noon–5 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
7 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Free admission
Archive of Refuge
7 pm
Counter Gravity
7.30 pm
Counter Gravity – Opening
Friday, Oct 15 2021
Counter Gravity
11 am
Auditorium
Schindlers Häuser | Bickels [Socialism]

Schindlers Häuser | Bickels [Socialism]

99 min, German OV | 92 min, English OV with subtitles | Short presentations by Wilfried Reichart and Galia Bar Or
Film | #1 Film and architecture
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Decampment of Modernism
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
Counter Gravity
4.15 pm
Auditorium
Parabeton | Goff in der Wüste

Parabeton | Goff in der Wüste

100 min, no dialogue | 110 min, German OV with English subtitles | Short presentation by Marc Ries
Film | #1 Film and architecture
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Counter Gravity
9 pm
Auditorium

Premiere: Zwei Häuser von Arno Brandlhuber | WEISS hoch ZWEI

13 min, no dialogue | 22 min
Film | #1 Film and architecture
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Saturday, Oct 16 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Streetscapes
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
Counter Gravity
1 pm
Auditorium
The Airstrip

The Airstrip

108 min, German OV | Short presentation by Ines Weizman
Film
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Counter Gravity
4 pm
Auditorium
Streetscapes [Dialogue] | The Last City

Streetscapes [Dialogue] | The Last City

132 min, English OV with German subtitles | 100 min, English OV with German subtitles | Short presentations by Zohar Rubinstein, Dennis Lim & Mark Peranson
Film
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Counter Gravity
9.30 pm
Auditorium
German premiere: The Lobby

German premiere: The Lobby

76 min, English OV | Short presentation by Ulrike Lorenz
Film
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Sunday, Oct 17 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Monological dialogues
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
3–5 pm
Opposing Discrimination

Opposing Discrimination

Video-workshop for children, families and adults
Cancelled
Counter Gravity
5 pm
Auditorium
2+2=22 [The Alphabet]

2+2=22 [The Alphabet]

88 min, German OV with English subtitles | Short presentation Bettina Steinbrügge
Film
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Counter Gravity
7.45 pm
Auditorium

Premiere: Berlin [Underground]

104 min | Short presentation by Stefanie Schulte Strathaus
Film
Day ticket: 7€/5€ (incl. exhibition visit from Oct 18, 2021)
Monday, Oct 18 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
The Moderns
Free admission
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Free admission
Wednesday, Oct 20 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Decampment of Modernism
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
Thursday, Oct 21 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Streetscapes
The Sound of Distance
4 pm
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
4 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm
Dodo NKishi & Tunde Alibaba: Percuspection
The Sound of Distance
from 4 pm
Sound installations
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5–5.45 pm
katrinem: Sounding Reflections
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5.45–6.05 pm
Roof Terrace
Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.05–6.25 pm
Roof Terrace
Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.30–6.50 pm
Roof Terrace
Hani Mojtahedy & Andi Toma: Forbidden Echoes
The Sound of Distance
7–7.30 pm
Auditorium
Alvin Lucier: Criss Cross

Alvin Lucier: Criss Cross

Stephen O’Malley & Oren Ambarchi
Concert
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts + lecture)
The Sound of Distance
7.45–8.05 pm
Roof Terrace
Anthea Caddy & Judith Hamann: Long Throw HKW
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts + lecture)
The Sound of Distance
8.15–9 pm
Lecture Hall
Diana Deutsch: Phantom Words – Spatial Edition
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts + lecture)
The Sound of Distance
9.15–9.30 pm
Auditorium
Dirk Rothbrust & Jan St. Werner: Central Spark in the Dark
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts + lecture)
Friday, Oct 22 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Monological dialogues
The Sound of Distance
4 pm
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
from 4 pm
Sound installations
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
4 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm
Dodo NKishi & Tunde Alibaba: Percuspection
The Sound of Distance
5–5.45 pm
katrinem: Sounding Reflections
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5.45–6.05 pm
Roof Terrace
Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.05–6.25 pm
Roof Terrace
Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.30–6.50 pm
Roof Terrace
Hani Mojtahedy & Andi Toma: Forbidden Echoes
Illiberal Arts
7–9 pm
Subjected Materialisms. Approximations of Undialectical Lifes

Subjected Materialisms. Approximations of Undialectical Lifes

With Fumi Okiji, Jenny Nachtigall, Elizabeth Povinelli, Anselm Franke and Kerstin Stakemeier
Online-Workshop
Fully booked
The Sound of Distance
7–7.50 pm
Auditorium
Alvin Lucier: Silver Streetcar For The Orchestra | Music For Cello with One Or More Amplified Vases
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts)
The Sound of Distance
8.15–9.15 pm
Lobby
David Grubbs: Three Simultaneous Soloists

David Grubbs: Three Simultaneous Soloists

Andrea Belfi, crys cole, Matana Roberts (in place of David Grubbs)
Concert
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts)
Saturday, Oct 23 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
The Future of the Past
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
The Sound of Distance
4 pm, 6 pm, 8 pm
Dodo NKishi & Tunde Alibaba: Percuspection
The Sound of Distance
4 pm
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
from 4 pm
Sound installations
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5–5.45 pm
katrinem: Sounding Reflections
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5.45–6.05 pm
Roof Terrace
Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.05–6.25 pm
Roof Terrace
Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.30–6.50 pm
Roof Terrace
Hani Mojtahedy & Andi Toma: Forbidden Echoes
The Sound of Distance
7–7.20 pm
Auditorium
Alvin Lucier: In Memoriam Jon Higgins
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts)
The Sound of Distance
7.30–7.50 pm
Auditorium
Avaeken by Stephen O’Malley, performed by Zwerm Quartet
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts)
The Sound of Distance
8.30–9 pm
Lobby
Annea Lockwood: bayou-borne, for Pauline (2016)

Annea Lockwood: bayou-borne, for Pauline (2016)

crys cole, Oren Ambarchi, Michiko Ogawa, Werner Durand, Emilio Gordoa, Sam Dunscombe
Concert
Evening ticket starting at 7 pm: 13€/10€ (3 concerts)
Sunday, Oct 24 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
The Past of the Future
The Sound of Distance
5 pm
Sound installations
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5–5.45 pm
katrinem: Sounding Reflections
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5 pm
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
5.45–6.05 pm
Roof Terrace
Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Annea Lockwood: Dusk

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
6.05–6.25 pm
Roof Terrace
Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Anthea Caddy: Long Throw HKW

Sound installation
Free admission
The Sound of Distance
7–8.30 pm
Roof Terrace
Diffusion Jam

Diffusion Jam

With the performers of the festival
Concert
Free admission
Monday, Oct 25 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Free admission
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Decampment of Modernism
Free admission
Wednesday, Oct 27 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Streetscapes
Das Neue Alphabet – Publication series
7.30 pm
Lecture Hall
Recoding Alphabets

Recoding Alphabets

With Alexandra Cárdenas, Olaf Nicolai, Bernd Scherer, Sarah Shin, Jasmijn Visser, Jan Wenzel, Mathias Zeiske
Book presentation, lecture performance, live coding set
Free admission
Thursday, Oct 28 2021
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
Monological dialogues
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
5–8 pm
Lobby
Building Publics

Building Publics

Audience discussion
Free admission, with entry ticket
Illiberal Arts
7–9 pm
Online
Incessantly Primitive Accumulation. Discussing Capitalization

Incessantly Primitive Accumulation. Discussing Capitalization

With Frank Engster, Ana Teixeira Pinto, Ciarán Finlayson, Anselm Franke and Kerstin Stakemeier
Online-Workshop
Free of charge, with registration
Friday, Oct 29 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
The Future of the Past
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
6.30 pm
Lecture Hall
Beute

Beute

With Bénédicte Savoy, Merten Lagatz, Philippa Sissis, Robert Skwirblies and Luca Frepoli, moderator: Julia Voß
Book presentation, talk
Free admission
Saturday, Oct 30 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
The Past of the Future
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
Archive of Refuge
1–6 pm
Lobby
Students‘ Day

Students‘ Day

Workshops for students
Free admission, with entry ticket
Illiberal Arts
3.30–4.30 pm

Curator-led tour in German

With Kerstin Stakemeier
Fee: 10€/6€ incl. exhibition visit
Illiberal Arts
5–6 pm
Online

Illiberal or Not Liberal Forms

With Simone White, Juliana Spahr
Online-Workshop
Free of charge, with registration
Sunday, Oct 31 2021
12 noon–8 pm

Illiberal Arts

Exhibition
12 noon–8 pm

Counter Gravity

The Films of Heinz Emigholz
Retrospective
The Moderns
Archive of Refuge
12 noon–8 pm
12 noon–2 pm
Lecture Hall
Europe is Failing

Europe is Failing

How does a humane refugee policy become possible?
Lecture, Talk
5€/3€