Newsletter der Akademie der Künste

© Goethe-Institut in Lithuania, Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Akademie der Künste; design by Vytautas Volbekas

Aspects of Presence.
Art in Times of Militarisation

Symposium

5 Jun – 6 Jun, Pariser Platz

Taking the current deployment of a German brigade to Lithuania as a starting point, the symposium addresses contemporary militarisation from an artistic perspective. Focusing on the situation in Central and Eastern Europe, international artists and scholars explore the intersections of military, ecological and technological developments – as well as related artistic practices – through lectures, panel discussions and artistic contributions. In English.  more

Manos Tsangaris, Kugelbahn, installation view, KOLUMBA Kunstmuseum, © Stefan Kraus

Akademie Talk: Triggering

Talks and Artistic Contributions

11 Jun, 7 pm, Pariser Platz

Everything that exists triggers something that follows. / Triggering means setting something in motion, get things moving. / What do the arts trigger? Do artists have control over what their work triggers – / in individual cases and as a result, in individuals and in a social context? / We ask them specifically about what they want to trigger – / and initiate various artistic interventions. Reading, video and performance with Cornelia Jentzsch, Karin Sander, Simon Steen-Andersen, Johanna M. Keller, Anh-Linh Ngo and Manos Tsangaris. In German.  more

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Long night of reading by the Alfred Döblin fellows

Reading and Talk

18 Jun, 7 pm, Hanseatenweg

During a long night of readings in the Beech Garden, the eight Alfred Döblin fellows of the 2025 class will talk about their current literary projects and read excerpts from their manuscripts in progress. With Ines Berwing, Fabienne Dür, Karl Wolfgang Flender, Friedrich Klingenhage, Nora Deetje Leggemann, Anna Melikova, Najem Wali and Julia Willmann. Moderation: Nathalie Mälzer. In German.  more

© Mattis Bettels

KONTAKTE 2025
Festival for Electroacoustic Music and Sound Art

Concerts, Performances, Sound Installations

26 Jun – 29 Jun, Hanseatenweg & Pariser Platz

The Studio for Electroacoustic Music will once again host the KONTAKTE Festival. The festival combines current socio-political developments with versatile contemporary sound art in a four-day dialogue. The buildings at Hanseatenweg and Pariser Platz will be permeated by experimental sound structures and transformed into places of intensive listening. Immersive soundscapes and experimental musical impulses merge into a multi-layered and interdisciplinary programme.  more