Newsletter der Akademie der Künste

Dietmar Schwarz, photo © Nancy Jesse

How does the new enter the world?

Book Presentation, Talk, Music

2 Jul, 7 pm, Pariser Platz

Few other opera houses in the world have staged as many world premieres as the Deutsche Oper Berlin since 2012, under the directorship of Dietmar Schwarz. In conversation about the recently published book Wie kommt das Neue in die Welt? (How does the new enter the world?), which summarises the directorship, Akademie members Schwarz and Rebecca Saunders as well as composers Detlev Glanert and Sara Glojnarić will provide insights into the creative process. In German.  more

Kira Xonorika, Agent (2025), Performance; Credit: Brandon Tauszik

JUNGE AKADEMIE: Open Studios

Open Studios

3 Jul, 6 pm – 11 pm, Hanseatenweg

JUNGE AKADEMIE fellowship holders will open their studios: In their compositions, performances and feature films, Huihui Cheng (Music), Lisa Gertsch (Film and Media Arts), gruppe-aja (Architecture) and Kira Xonorika (Human Machine Fellowship) will provide insights into their current projects dealing with topics such as neurodiversity, sustainability, technosciences and acoustic-electronic landscapes. In English.  more

Karin Sander: 494h29m53s © the artist in cooperation with büro uebele

494h 29m 53s –
The collection of the n.b.k. Video-Forum sorted by running time by Karin Sander

Exhibition

4 Jul – 2 Aug, Hanseatenweg

Karin Sander’s project 494h 29m 53s comprises 1,254 videos from the Video-Forum collection at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), all screened in the Studio at the Akademie der Künste. The videos, created by 574 different artists and artist collectives, will be played one after the other – from the shortest to the longest – in a 494-hour screening. The programme follows a defined structure – with 12-hour screenings on weekdays and 24-hour screenings at the weekend. Opening: 3 Jul, 7 pm.  more

Valeska Gert Guest Professorship Summer Semester 2025 © Viktor Ruban

Valeska Gert Guest Professorship
Viktor Ruban

Concluding Presentation

17 Jul, 7 pm, Pariser Platz

Viktor Ruban, choreographer, dance educator and culture activist is based in Kyiv. Together with the Critical Dance Studies students he was exploring methods of reenactment: through analytical consideration of artefacts and, hereby also including materials of dance subculture, the interplay between reenactment and reconstruction, and finally the development of own approaches to small formats of reenactment, which will be presented performatively. In English.  more