Make Me Up, 2019

13.5.–
24.5.21

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Film still from: “This Is Not a Game”

Video on Demand

This Is Not a Game

A short history of Q as a mindfuck game

Video On Demand

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Yayoi Kusama, “Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field”, 1965

Exhibition

Yayoi Kusama
A Retrospective

A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe

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Keyvisual MaerzMusik on Demand

MaerzMusik on Demand

Concert recordings, films and talks

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What’s On

The 2021 Programme of the Theatertreffen Has Been Published

In addition to the performance of the selection of 10 productions and the Stückemarkt-events, this year we will present pioneering digital theatre formats, address inequalities in the theatre sector, examine the situation of theatre makers during the pandemic and highlight the legendary Living Theatre.

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Keyvisual MaerzMusik on Demand

MaerzMusik on Demand

The first digital edition of MaerzMusik – Festival for Time Issues has now been completed successfully. If you missed any of the live streams or would like to see or hear any highlights of the festival again, go to MaerzMusik on Demand. The concerts, discussions and videos produced for the festival will continue to be available here for some time. The next edition of MaerzMusik – Festival for Time Issues will be held from 18 to 27 March 2022.

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Film still from: “This Is Not a Game”

This Is Not a Game

Playing with reality: in his video essay, Arne Vogelgesang looks at the history of and background to QAnon and considers the elements that have contributed to the rapid spread of this conspiracy theory.

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Gropius Bau What’s On

Yayoi Kusama, “Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field”, 1965

Exhibition

Yayoi Kusama: Eine Retrospektive

A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe
23 April to 15 August 2021

Yayoi Kusama is one of the world’s most important contemporary artists. In April 2021, the Gropius Bau will devote the first comprehensive retrospective in Germany to Kusama’s work.

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Hella Jongerius Woven Cosmos – Woven Window, 2020

Exhibition

Hella Jongerius: Woven Cosmos

29 April to 15 August 2021

At the heart of Hella Jongerius’s artistic practice is the connection between industry and craft as well as traditional knowledge and technology. In spring 2021, the Gropius Bau will present a solo exhibition devoted to the artist and designer that will continue to develop over the course of time.

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Zheng Bo: “What Do the Trees Want?”, 24.10.2020

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Zheng Bo: Wanwu Council 萬物社

21 June to 12 September 2021

As In House: Artist in Residence 2020, the artist and theoretician Zheng Bo embarked on the question of how plants practice politics. In 2021, his exhibition Wanwu Council 萬物社 will expand upon themes that Zheng Bo worked on during his one-year residency at the Gropius Bau.

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All year round, Berliner Festspiele host a multitude of festivals, exhibitions and individual events.
The Berliner Festspiele Edition

Berliner Festspiele

Edition No. 30

Artist Robert Crumb drew upon the visionary spiritual experiences of writer Philip K. Dick in his cartoon story from 1986. We present the German version.

View of the main stage from the second gallery

Berliner Festspiele

General Refurbishment of Haus der Berliner Festspiele

For the Haus der Berliner Festspiele, the penultimate phase of technical and energy-related general refurbishments, which began in 2010, started in June 2020 and is expected to be completed in February 2022.

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Solar system on the roof of the Gropius Bau

Berliner Festspiele

Sustainable Environmental Performance

We have been following EMAS guidelines for sustainable environmental performance since 2013. Find out more about our goals and the measures that we have already taken on the website of our umbrella organisation.

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Berliner Festspiele

Statement by the “Initiative GG 5.3 Weltoffenheit”

As representatives of public cultural and research institutions in Germany, we share a mandate from the state to promote arts and culture, historical research and democratic education and to make these accessible to the general public. Toward this end, we rely on a public sphere that welcomes controversial debates in accordance with the norms of the German constitution. At the center of our initiative lies a common struggle against antisemitism, racism, right-wing extremism and any form of violent religious fundamentalism.

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We are many * Every single one of us.

Berliner Festspiele

The Berlin Declaration of The Many

Berlin theatres, art and cultural institutions and their associations take a clear stance against right-wing populism. We are one of them!

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