Discursive Programme

The KINDL sees art as a communicative space, that enables a critical view of the phenomena of a globalised present, and in which artistic and social discourses and practices are further developed. In this context, the discursive programme offers a platform where contemporary approaches and production methods are regularly reflected on and artists, cultural workers, theorists, and audiences engage in conversation with each other.
The events have an open format, and in addition to conversations with artists, the programme includes performances, sound works and panel discussions.
Admission to the events is free.

You can find our calendar of events here.

Spring 2024

6.3.
Prélude: Ré-imaginer le passé – Talking Objects Film Night
Films, Food and Drinks
With films by Akosua Adoma Owusu,Wanuri Kahiu, Gladys Kalichini and Tabita Rezaire

24.3.
Curators tour with Mahret Ifeoma Kupka,Isabel Raabe, Ibou C. Diop, Malick Ndiaye as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

24.3.
The Concept of the Imaginary
Conversations with the artists and curators of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé in four sessions:
Viyé Diba, Ibrahima Thiam, Malick Ndiaye / Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro, Uriel Orlow, Isabel Raabe / Fatou Kandé Senghor, Mansour Ciss Kanakassy, Ibou C. Diop / Caroline Gueye, NuNu, Mahret Ifeoma Kupka

3.4.
OBEAH: resurrection
Performance by Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

26.4.
Reading Session with C& Center of Unfinished Business, moderated by Celina Baljeet Basra (Author and curator, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

4.5.
Tour with Franz Wanner through the exhibition Franz Wanner. Mind the Memory Gap

8.5.
“Critical thinking is the slow cooking of the soul”
Lectures by Nikita Dhawan (Political scientist, Berlin) and María do Mar Castro Varela (Political scientist, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

24.5. – postponed to 14.6. –
La Palabre: Ré-imaginer le passé
Vorträge, Essen und Performance im Rahmen der Ausstellung Ré-imaginer le passé

25.5.
Das Imaginäre
Thematic tour with Jeanne Mizero Nzakizabandi (Art educator and curator, Frankfurt / Main) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

30.5.
Kritische Vermittlung: Kunst und Erinnerungsarbeit
Franz Wanner in conversation with Nora Sternfeld (Art educator and curator, professor at HFBK Hamburg) as part of the exhibition Franz Wanner. Mind the Memory Gap.

Summer 2024

12.6.
Kerstin Honeit in conversation with Francis Seeck (Professor of Social Work specialising in Democracy & Human Rights Education, anti-discrimination trainer, author, Nuremberg) as part of the exhibition Kerstin Honeit. THIS IS POOR! Patterns of Poverty

14.6.
La Palabre: Ré-imaginer le passé
Talks, Food and Performance as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé
At Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

22.6.
queer realities and virtual costumes
Catwalk performance held as part of the open studios Queer Kostüm Design and VR
In cooperation with Young Arts Diversity, funded by the KUBIST program of the Senate Department for Culture and Social cohesion, co-financed by the European Union.

3.7.
Kunstschutz und Praktiken der Ausbeutung: NS-Zwangsarbeit im Kunstbetrieb und in der Filmwirtschaft
Franz Wanner in conversation with Wolfgang Brauneis (Art historian and curator, Cologne and Nuremberg), Dr. Christine Glauning (Head of the Nazi Forced Labor Documentation Centre, Berlin), moderated by Vivien Buchhorn (Film historian and curator, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Franz Wanner. Mind the Memory Gap
Followed by a Filmscreening Zeit des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (R: / Dir: Nina Gladitz, FRG, 1982, 60 Min.) with an introduction by Vivien Buchhorn.

5.7.
Franz Wanner. Mind the Memory Gap
Film screening followed by a conversation between Volker Pantenburg and Franz Wanner
Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin

7.7.
SPINE Book Market
Readings, lectures, and workshops
In cooperation with DISTANZ

17.7.
Memory of Understanding 2
Sound Performance by Elsa M’Bala, followed by a conversation moderated by Ibou C. Diop, as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

21.7.
Screening Theatrum Botanicum with Uriel Orlow, followed by a conversation with Isabel Raabe, as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé
At the Spore Haus, Hermannstraße 86, 12051 Berlin

24.7.
Das Imaginäre
Thematic tour with Jeanne Mizero Nzakizabandi (Art educator and curator, Frankfurt / Main) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

Discursive Programme Archive

Winter 2023 / 2024

10.12.
Teyzefication
teyze, Plural: teyzeler. A festive evening filled with performance, poetry, music & dance. Celebrating queer families of choice in the postmigrant society.
By Michael Annoff and Nuray Demir.
Teyzefication is part of Kein schöner Archiv: SelbstVerteidigung!
keinschoenerarchiv.xyz

18.1.
POLY. A Fluid Show. Booklaunch with Kathrin Becker, Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Nitsan Margaliot, Felicia Ewert, Maxi Wallenhorst and the Distanz publishing house

31.1.
Polyphone Malerei
Conversation with Kerstin Brätsch and Raquel van Haver, moderated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen, as part of the exhibition POLY. A Fluid Show.

10.2. – 11.2.
YURI
Workout opera by CLUB GEWALT
In cooperation with Schall&Rausch, Festival der Komischen Oper Berlin

16.2. – 17.2.
shebeenDUB
Performance by nora chipaumire
In cooperation with Schall&Rausch, Komische Oper Berlin

24.2.
Finissage POLY. A Fluid Show
Guided tour of the exhibition with Solvej Helweg Ovesen, unplugged musical act by Mikey Woodbridge, and performance by Cibelle Cavalli Bastos

28.2.
Emma Talbot in conversation with Antonia Alampi (Curator, Cultural organizer and Director of Spore Initiative, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Emma Talbot. In the End, the Beginning.

Autumn 2023

16.9.
Performance, Concert, Live Visuals by Mikey Woodbridge
Free admission

17.9.
Curator’s tour and conversation with Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Na Chainkua Reindorf and Elolo Bosoka as part of the exhibition POLY. A Fluid Show.

17.9.
Film-Screening, Premiere: Thomias Radin: RIVÂL, 2023, and dance-performance The Myth of a Trinity II with Thomias Radin and partners as part of the exhibition POLY. A Fluid Show.

20.9.
Tour with Mirjam Thomann (Artist, Berlin) through the exhibition Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal. Voices without borders.

27.9.
Curator’s tour POLY. A Fluid Show and Emma Talbot. In the End, the Beginning with Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Kathrin Becker

18.10.
Curator’s tour POLY. A Fluid Show with Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Cibelle Cavalli Bastos

18.10.
Curator’s tour Polymorph with Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Cibelle Cavalli Bastos at Galerie Wedding

8.11. POSTPONED DUE TO ILLNESS!
Performance by Cibelle Cavalli Bastos as part of the exhibition POLY. A Fluid Show.

14.11. – 15.11.
Cuckoocaster Workshop – Guitar making workshop with ACO

15.11. – 19.11.
ACO: DEMO. – Art Critics Orchestra Demo Studio
ACO are Micz Flor, Catherine Lorent, Andreas Schlaegel and Raimar Stange
Demo Studio with Øystein Aasan, Saâdane Afif, Dave Allen, John Bock, Maria Brinch, Keren Cytter, Claus Föttinger, Christian Jankowski, Anna Meyer, Marina Naprushkina, Kirstine Roepstorff, Karin Sander, Stefanie von Schroeter, Ross Sinclair, Annika Ström, Melou Vanggaard, Silke Wagner a. o.

18.11.
Concert: ACO plus surprise

22.11.
Becoming cosmic. Multidisciplinarity in the life and work of Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal
Panel conversation with Rasha Salti (Writer and curator of art and film, Berlin) and Jina Khayyer (Author, poet, journalist, Paris) as part of the exhibition Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal. Voices without borders.

25.11.
Curator’s tour with Sébastien Delot as part of the exhibition Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal. Voices without borders.Summer 2023

Summer 2023

7.6.
Arabic Opera Event
Performance by Nour Darwish (Soprano, Tel Aviv), Film screening In Vitro (2019), Q&A with Larissa Sansour (Artist, London) and Søren Lind (Author and artist, London) as part of the exhibition Larissa Sansour / Søren Lind. As If No Misfortune Had Occurred in the Night

Cancelled:
28.6.
Friedrich Kunath in conversation with Timo Feldhaus
Friedrich Kunath (Artist, Los Angeles and Munich) in conversation with Timo Feldhaus (Writer and journalist, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Friedrich Kunath. Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away

15.7.
Shades: Queer Black Cabaret
Cabaret evening with drag, opera, and music, in which internationally known artists celebrate queer and Black experiences: Rhys Hollis (Artist, London); also known as Rhys's Pieces – rapping drag extraordinaire and one-person cabaret troop – and Andrea Baker (Mezzo-soprano, Scotland and Germany) on the piano: Albert Horne (Chorus master and conductor, Germany) as part of the exhibition Rhys Hollis, Andrea Baker, Divine Tasinda & Kheanna Walker. OMOS

Spring 2023

29.3.
Politiken der Trauer
Conversation with Çiğdem Inan (Sociologist and publisher, Berlin), Lydia Röder (Palliative care expert and bereavement counsellor, Berlin) and Senthuran Varatharajah (Writer, philosopher and theologian, Berlin), moderated by Katja Kynast (KINDL), as part of the exhibition Larissa Sansour / Søren Lind. As If No Misfortune Had Occurred in the Night.

19.4.
Localisations
Conversation with Claudia Basrawi (Writer and illustrator, Berlin), Serena Khan (Artist, Berlin) and Brigitta Kuster (Cultural scientist and cultural producer, Berlin), moderated by Sonja Eismann (Journalist and cultural scientist, Berlin), as part of the exhibition Mona Hatoum. all of a quiver.

10.5.
Tour of the exhibition: Friedrich Kunath. Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away
with Magdalena Mai (Curator).

Winter 2022 / 2023

7.12.
Have we ever considered the whale?
Lecture performance and conversation with Gernot Wieland (Artist, Berlin), Vincenzo Latronico (Translator and novelist, Berlin), Prof. Dr. Björn Zwingmann (Psychoanalyst and Professor of media psychology, Cologne/Berlin), moderated by Katja Kynast (KINDL) as part of the exhibition Gernot Wieland. Turtleneck Phantasies.

9.12.
Videoart at Midnight #126: Fan Popo 范坡坡
New Beijing, New Marriage, 2009, 18:00 Min. / The Drum Tower, 2018, 18:00 Min. / Lerne Deutsch in meiner Küche, 2020, 2:00 Min. / Hotspot-3-Way, 2022, 22:00 Min.
Screening at Kino Babylon, Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz
In cooperation with Videoart at Midnight

14.12.
Premiere: The Body of Nothing – Eine Konstellation aus Körpern, Raum & Sound
By Søren Siebel (Choreographer, Cologne / Berlin) with Ariel Hayun, Christoph Speit, Dimitrios Vasilakis, Helen Burghardt, Sofia Seta, Soroa Lear, Yu-Yuan Huang.
Movement Video Archive premiere after the performance.

11.1.
而游于外 – Contesting art and therapy: Art therapy practices in open fields
Conversation with Yi Ke (Artist and art therapist, Berlin) and Zhou Tingting (PhD candidate in anthropology, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林, 而游于外.

1.2.
Food, Faith and Feelings – Queer Asia
Conversation with Young-jun Tak (Artist, Berlin), Isaac Chong Wai (Artist, Berlin), and Fan Popo (Filmmaker, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林, 而游于外.

15.2.
Catching a wild pony. Zum Komplex von Zwangsarbeit, Automobilindustrie und Rausch
Rémy Markowitsch (Artist, Berlin / Lucerne) in conversation with Dr. Ralf Beil (General Director World Heritage Site Völklinger Hütte)'
As part of the exhibition Rémy Markowitsch. No Simple Way Out.

Autumn 2022 / 2023

7.9.
Building communities – how to live and work in Berlin. With artists and the curators from the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林，而游于外

21.9.
Frauen nach der Kulturrevolution – A conversation between Wang Ge (Philosopher, Berlin) and Cao Kefei (Theater director, Berlin) on the repressed and forgotten as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林，而游于外

19.10.
I Was Dead on the Internet – Thomas Eller (Curator, Berlin) in conversation with aaajiao (Artist, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林，而游于外

26.10.
Guided tour of the exhibition Rémy Markowitsch. No Simple Way Out with Kathrin Becker (KINDL) and Rémy Markowitsch (Artist, Berlin / Lucerne) as part of the exhibition Rémy Markowitsch. No Simple Way Out

29.10.
Symposium: Mona Hatoum - With Sam Bardaouil, Tamar Garb, Natasha Ginwala, Mona Hatoum, Polly Staple a.o.
A cooperation between Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art and Georg Kolbe Museum

2.11.
Constructing Self and Realities in China, Reflexions on the Egology. Thomas Eller (Curator, Berlin) in conversation with Wang Ge (Philosopher, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林，而游于外

9.11.
Chun Shu – Beijing Doll and Other Poetic Moments. A poetry reading and a conversation between Zhang Deng (PhD in philosophy, Berlin) and Chun Shu (Poet and Writer, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林，而游于外

16.11.
Momentuous Moments – a cross-section of a decade introducing time-based art from China to Berlin. With Rachel Rits-Volloch (Founding director at Momentum, Berlin) and David Elliot (Curator, Oxford / Berlin) as part of the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林，而游于外

Spring / Summer 2022

23.3.
Oliver Koerner von Gustorf (Writer, Berlin) in conversation with Delaine Le Bas (Artist, Worthing) as part of the exhibition Alexandra Bircken. Fair Game

6.4.
Inclusionary Effects. Lecture by Bassam El Baroni (Researcher and curator, Helsinki) as part of the exhibition Landscapes of Belonging

4.5.
Kathrin Becker in conversation with Áile Aikio, Erika Stöckel, and Mahret Ifeoma Kupka as part of the exhibition Landscapes of Belonging

11.5.
Michaela Melián in conversation with Joanna Warsza as part of the exhibition Michaela Melián. Red Threads

21.5.
Symposium. Michaela Melián. Red Threads. With Nadja Abt, Elen Harutyunyan, Karin Harrasser, Jörg Heiser, Ruth May, Thomas Meinecke, Michaela Melián, Angelika Richter, and others

2.7.
Symposium. Landscapes of Equality. With Kathrin Becker, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Julie Edel Hardenberg, Irene Snarby and Suvi West

Fall / Winter 2021 / 2022

Le chant du psychophone, 23 February 2022, One-on-one performance by Antonia Baehr (Choreographer, Berlin)

Artist Talk, 17 November 2022, Alexandra Bircken in conversation with Kathrin Becker as part of the exhibition Alexandra Bircken. Fair Game

Disaster Begins in the Mind: On the Productive Nihilism of Comedy in Art, 19 January 2022, Lecture by Annette Geiger (Chair for Theory and History of Design at University of the Arts Bremen) as part of the exhibition Ende Neu

RIBOCA2: and suddenly it all blossoms, 3 November 2022, Film screening and panel discussion with Anastasia Sosunova (Artist, Vilnius), Roland Reemaa, and Laura Linsi (LLRRLLRR architects, London / Tallinn), moderated by Sofia Lemos (RIBOCA2 Associate Curator of Public Programmes, Berlin)

Artist Talk, 20 October 2022, Basir Mahmood in conversation with Hajra Haider Karrar (curator, Berlin / Karachi) , as part of the exhibition Basir Mahmood. Good ended happily

Panel discussion, 13 October 2022, Ulrich Loock (Curator and author, Berlin) in conversation with Marcus Steinweg (Philosopher, Professor for Art and Theory at the Kunstakademie Karls- ruhe) as part of the exhibition Tatjana Doll: Was heißt Untergrund?

Spring / Summer 2021

The videos of the live streams and recordings this year are still available at the following links.

Talking Objects. Of Narrative Objects and Collection Narratives, 7 July 2021, Conversation between Azu Nwagbogu, and the curators Isabel Raabe and Dr. Mahret Ifeoma Kupka as part of the exhibition Georges Adéagbo. La lumière qui fait le bonheur...

Empathy and Feelings in Animals, 2 June 2021, Talk with Kati Roover and Dr. Karsten Brensing as part of the exhibition A I S T I T / coming to our senses

Georges Adéagbo in conversation with Prof. Dr. Bénédicte Savoy, 26 May 2021, Artist Talk, as part of the exhibition Georges Adéagbo. La lumière qui fait le bonheur… (In French)

Raimar Stange in conversation with Jonas Staal, 12 May 2021, Artist Talk as part of the exhibition Demokratie heute – Probleme der Repräsentation (Democracy Today – Problems of Representation)

Book launch with Raimar Stange, 5 May 2021, as part of the exhibition Demokratie heute – Probleme der Repräsentation (Democracy Today – Problems of Representation) (In German)

Sound(ing) Systems I Performance 3: Crossing Borders, 24 April 2021, Performance Live-Stream as part of the exhibition Nik Nowak. Schizo Sonics

Eli Cortiñas in conversation with Candice Breitz, 14 April 2021, Artist Talk as part of the exhibition Eli Cortiñas. Walls Have Feelings

Sound(ing) Systems I Performance 2: From A Whisper To A Riot, 10 April 2021, Performance Live-Stream as part of the exhibition Nik Nowak. Schizo Sonics

Raimar Stange in conversation with Florian Malzacher, 31 March 2021, Curator Talk as part of the exhibition Demokratie heute – Probleme der Repräsentation (Democracy Today – Problems of Representation) (In German)

Sound(ing) Systems I Performance 1: A War of Decibels: SCHIZO SONICS live, 21 March 2021, Performance Live-Stream as part of the exhibition Nik Nowak. Schizo Sonics

Sound(ing) Systems I Symposium: The Cold War Continuum: The Role of Sound Systems in the Vibrational Delusions of Sonic Warfare, 20 March 2021, Symposium Live-Stream as part of the exhibition Nik Nowak. Schizo Sonics

Künstler*innen als Agent*innen der Bilder (Artists as Agents of Images), 19 January 2021, Lecture by Annette Vowinckel as part of the exhibition The Invented History (In German)

2020

Ann Oren in conversation with Viktor Neumann, 9 December 2020, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Passage by Ann Oren // The video will be published soon.
Lerato Shadi in conversation with Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, 18 November 2020, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Maru a Pula Is a Song of Happiness by Lerato Shadi
Nik Nowak in conversation with Dr. Inke Arns, 28 October 2020, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Schizo Sonics by Nik Nowak
Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Bjørn Melhus, 16 January 2020, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Free Update by Bjørn Melhus

2019

Thomas Scheibitz, Arno Brandlhuber and Johannes Schütz, 16 April 2019, Artist talk in conjunction with the exhibition Plateau mit Halbfigur by Thomas Scheibitz

2018

Film Screening Tykho Moon by Enki Bilal, chosen by Thomas Scheibitz, 2 November 2018, in conjunction with the exhibition Plateau mit Halbfigur by Thomas Scheibitz
Lecture Go East! by Thibaut de Ruyter, 1 July 2018, in conjunction with the exhibition Defying Gravity by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs
Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, 3 June 2018, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Defying Gravity by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs
Lecture Zur Frage der Zerstörung und Rekonstruktion by Horst Bredekamp, 17 January 2018, in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Ruins

2017

Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Asta Gröting, 3 December 2017, Artist talk in conjunction with the exhibition Berlin Fassaden by Asta Gröting
Lecture On the Risk of Scarcity by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, 19 February 2017, in conjunction with the exhibition Inhalt by Eberhard Havekost