Peggy Atherton, David Claerbout, Marcus Coates, Nick Crowe & Ian Rawlinson, Tacita Dean, Folke Köbberling, Giuseppe Penone, Pope.L, Nika Radić, Jessica Segall, Uýra Sodoma, Zheng Bo

The group exhibition explores the relationships and entanglements between human and non-human life. How our existence depends on all other living beings on this planet – on those who produce the air we breathe, the food we eat and the materials essential to life. Photographic works, videos, and objects present moments of contact, care, and desire between the different inhabitants of Earth, or ‘planetmates,’ as biologist Lynn Margulis put it.

Curator: Simon Faithfull

18.4., 15:00
Lecture Performance Ambergris by Gabriella Hirst
Lecture Performance Explaining Taxonomy to a Bird by Simon Faithfull
Followed by a conversation, moderated by Jessica Ullrich (Art historian, Nuremberg)
In English
Free admission

24.6., 19:00
Torsi
Performative walk with Nika Radić to the trees depicted in the work Torsi as part of the exhibition An Intimacy with Strangers
In German
Free admission
Registration

10.4.
Resonanzen
Creative workshop for adults on the exhibition An Intimacy with Strangers
In German
Registration and costs

12.4.
Family workshop on the exhibition An Intimacy with Strangers
For children aged 3+ with their loved ones
In German
Registration and costs

12.6., 17:00 – 19:00
Resonanzen
Creative workshop for adults on the exhibitions Simon Faithfull. Earth-ling and An Intimacy with Strangers
In German
Registration and costs

12.7., 15:00 – 16:00
Family workshop on the exhibitions Simon Faithfull. Earth-ling and An Intimacy with Strangers
For children aged 3+ with their loved ones
In German
Registration and costs

An Intimacy with Strangers at the Kindl in Berlin reveals a touching closeness between humans and non-human beings, without which we – whether consciously or unconsciously – would not be able to survive
[An Intimacy with Strangers im Berliner Kindl zeigt eine berührende Nähe zwischen Menschen und nichtmenschlichen Wesen, ohne die wir, ob bewusst oder unbewusst, nicht lebensfähig wären.]
Miriam Wiesel, kunstbulletin, 06/2026

Both exhibitions are strikingly understated in their design, which serves the content well.
[Beide Ausstellungen sind auffällig zurückhaltend gestaltet. Das tut den Inhalten gut.]
Claudia Wahjudi, tib-berlin.de, 26.3.2026

A harmonious and interesting complement to Simon Faithfull’s own works, which explore nature and the question: ‘How are we connected to one another, and how can we live out this connection more fully?’.
[Eine stimmige und interessante Ergänzung zu Simon Faithfulls eigenen Werken zur Auseinandersetzung mit der Natur und mit der Frage „Wie sind wir miteinander verbunden und wie können wir diese Verbindung besser leben?“.]
Andrea Handels, rbb radio3, 26.3.2026

Further Material:
Room Guide An Intimacy with Strangers
Floorplan An Intimacy with Strangers