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.

Autumn / Winter 2024

15.9.
Public tour through the exhibition Black Pope. Werke 1975 – 2017 with Samuel Fosso and Jean-Marc Patras (Agent and producer, Paris)

16.10.
Guided tour with Ulrike Gerhardt (Curator, Berlin) as part of the exhibition The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodie

13.11.
Katherina Perlongo
(Curator, KINDL) in conversation with the winner of ARTE LAGUNA Prize – Special Prize KINDL Federico Cuatlacuatl (Artist, Virginia)
Screening films from the series Timekeepers of the Anthropocene, 2022 – 2024

14.11
Evening programme for the opening of the Decolonial Memorial EarthNest by The Lockward Collective

23.11.
Symposium Contested Bodies: Navigating Control, Resistance, and Technological Impacts as part of the exhibition The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies

15.1.
Adina Pintilie in conversation with Thibaut de Ruyter (Architect, curator and art critic, Berlin) as part of the exhibition The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies

22.1.
Nina E. Schönefeld in conversation with Matthias Dell (Journalist, Berlin) as part of the exhibition RIDE OR DIE

Discursive Programme Archive

2024

States of Fragility, 21.8.24, Open-Air Film Screening with films by Factory of Found Clothes (FFC), Eva Giolo, Sky Hopinka, Yeo Siew Hua, Pauline Curnier Jardin, Hannes Lang, Alice Rohrwacher & JR

Das Imaginäre, 24.7.24, Thematic tour with Jeanne Mizero Nzakizabandi (Art educator and curator, Frankfurt / Main) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

Screening Theatrum Botanicum, 21.7.24, 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

Memory of Understanding 2, 17.7.24, Sound Performance by Elsa M’Bala, followed by a conversation moderated by Ibou C. Diop, as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

Franz Wanner. Mind the Memory Gap, 5.7.24, Film screening followed by a conversation between Volker Pantenburg and Franz Wanner 
Kino Arsenal, Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin

Kunstschutz und Praktiken der Ausbeutung: NS-Zwangsarbeit im Kunstbetrieb und in der Filmwirtschaft, 3.7.24, 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.

La Palabre: Ré-imaginer le passé, 14.6.24, Building a Decolonial Library, Food and Discussions, curated by Isabel Raabe & Celina Basra, at Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

Kerstin Honeit in conversation with Francis Seeck, 12.6.24, (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

Kritische Vermittlung: Kunst und Erinnerungsarbeit, 30.5.24, 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.

Das Imaginäre, 25.5.24, Thematic tour with Jeanne Mizero Nzakizabandi (Art educator and curator, Frankfurt / Main) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

La Palabre: Ré-imaginer le passé, 25.5.24 – postponed to 14.6. –  Films, Food and Drinks, as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

“Critical thinking is the slow cooking of the soul”, 8.5.24, 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

Tour with Franz Wanner through the exhibition Franz Wanner. Mind the Memory Gap, 4.5.24,

Reading Session with C& Center of Unfinished Business, 26.4.24, moderated by Celina Baljeet Basra (Author and curator, Berlin) as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

OBEAH: resurrection, 3.4.24, Performance by Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

The Concept of the Imaginary, 24.3.24, 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 / Mansour Ciss Kanakassy, Ibou C. Diop / Caroline Gueye, NuNu, Mahret Ifeoma Kupka

Curators tour with Mahret Ifeoma Kupka,Isabel Raabe, Ibou C. Diop, Malick Ndiaye, 24.3.24, as part of the exhibition Ré-imaginer le passé

Prélude: Ré-imaginer le passé – Talking Objects Film Night, 6.3.24, Films, Food and Drinks. With films by Akosua Adoma Owusu,Wanuri Kahiu, Gladys Kalichini and Tabita Rezaire

Emma Talbot in conversation with Antonia Alampi, 28.2.24, (Curator, Cultural organizer and Director of Spore Initiative, Berlin) as part of the exhibi­tion Emma Talbot. In the End, the Beginning.

Finissage POLY. A Fluid Show, 1.2.24, Guided tour of the exhibition with Solvej Helweg Ovesen, unplugged musical act by Mikey Woodbridge, and performance by Cibelle Cavalli Bastos

Polyphone Malerei, 31.1.24, Conversa­tion with Kerstin Brätsch and Raquel van Haver, moderated by Solvej Helweg Ovesen, as part of the exhibition POLY. A Fluid Show.

POLY. A Fluid Show. Booklaunch, 18.1.24, with Kathrin Becker, Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Nitsan Margaliot, Felicia Ewert, Maxi Wallenhorst and the Distanz publishing house 

2023

Teyzefication,10.12.23, 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!
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Curator’s tour with Sébastien Delot, 25.11.23, as part of the exhibition Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal. Voices without borders.

Becoming cosmic. Multidisciplinarity in the life and work of Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal, 22.11.23, 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.

Concert: ACO plus surprise, 18.11.23

ACO: DEMO., 15 – 19.11.22, 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.

Cuckoocaster Workshop, 14 – 15.11.22, Guitar making workshop with ACO

Curator’s tour Polymorph with Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, 18.10.23, at Galerie Wedding

Curator’s tour POLY. A Fluid Show with Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, 18.10.23,

Curator’s tour POLY. A Fluid Show and Emma Talbot. In the End, the Beginning with Solvej Helweg Ovesen and Kathrin Becker, 27.9.23,

Tour with Mirjam Thomann, 20.9.23, (Artist, Berlin) through the exhibition Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal. Voices without borders.

Film-Screening, 17.9.23, 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.

Curator’s tour and conversation with Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Na Chainkua Reindorf and Elolo Bosoka, 17.9.23, as part of the exhibition POLY. A Fluid Show.

Performance, Concert, Live Visuals by Mikey Woodbridge, 16.9.23

Shades: Queer Black Cabaret, 15.7.23, 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

Cancelled: Friedrich Kunath in conversation with Timo Feldhaus, 28.6.23, 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

Arabic Opera Event, 7.6.23, 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

Tour of the exhibition: Friedrich Kunath. Coming Home Was As Beautiful As Going Away, 10.5.22, with Magdalena Mai (Curator).

Localisations, 19.4.23, 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.

Politiken der Trauer, 29.3.23, 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.

Catching a wild pony. Zum Komplex von Zwangsarbeit, Automobilindustrie und Rausch, 15.2.23, 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.

Food, Faith and Feelings – Queer Asia, 1.2.23, 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.

而游于外 – Contesting art and therapy: Art therapy practices in open fields, 11.1.23, 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.

2022

Premiere: The Body of Nothing – Eine Konstellation aus Körpern, Raum & Sound, 14.12.22, 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.

Videoart at Midnight #126: Fan Popo 范坡坡, 9.12.22, 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

Have we ever considered the whale?, 7.12.22, 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.

Momentuous Moments – a cross-section of a decade introducing time-based art from China to Berlin, 16.11.22, 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

Chun Shu – Beijing Doll and Other Poetic Moments, 11.11.22, 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

Constructing Self and Realities in China, Reflexions on the Egology., 2.11.22, 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

Symposium Critical Distance. Body Politics and Displacement in the Work of Mona Hatoum, 29.10.22, 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

Guided tour of the exhibition Rémy Markowitsch. No Simple Way Out, 26.10,22, with Kathrin Becker (KINDL) and Rémy Markowitsch (Artist, Berlin / Lucerne) as part of the exhibition Rémy Markowitsch. No Simple Way Out

I Was Dead on the Internet, 19.10,22, 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

Frauen nach der Kulturrevolution, 21.9.22, 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

Building communities – how to live and work in Berlin, 7.9.22, with artists and the curators from the exhibition Forming Communities: Berliner Wege – 道法柏林, 而游于外

Symposium Landscapes of Equality, 2.7,22, with Kathrin Becker, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen, Julie Edel Hardenberg, Irene Snarby and Suvi West

Symposium Michaela Melián. Red Threads, 21.5.22, with Nadja Abt, Elen Harutyunyan, Karin Harrasser, Jörg Heiser, Ruth May, Thomas Meinecke, Michaela Melián, Angelika Richter, and others

Michaela Melián in conversation with Joanna Warsza, 11.5.22, as part of the exhibition Michaela Melián. Red Threads

Kathrin Becker in conversation with Áile Aikio, Erika Stöckel, and Mahret Ifeoma Kupka, 4.5.22, as part of the exhibition Landscapes of Belonging

Inclusionary Effects. Lecture by Bassam El Baroni (Researcher and curator, Helsinki), 6.4.22, as part of the exhibition Landscapes of Belonging

Oliver Koerner von Gustorf (Writer, Berlin) in conversation with Delaine Le Bas (Artist, Worthing), 23.3.22, as part of the exhibition Alexandra Bircken. Fair Game

Le chant du psychophone, 23.2.22, One-on-one performance by Antonia Baehr (Choreographer, Berlin)

Disaster Begins in the Mind: On the Productive Nihilism of Comedy in Art, 19.1.22, Lecture by Annette Geiger (Chair for Theory and History of Design at University of the Arts Bremen) as part of the exhibition Ende Neu

2021

Artist Talk, 17 November 2021, Alexandra Bircken in conversation with Kathrin Becker as part of the exhibition Alexandra Bircken. Fair Game

RIBOCA2: and suddenly it all blossoms, 3 November 2021, 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 2021, 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 2021, 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?

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, 9.12.20, 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, 18.11.20, 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, 28.10.20, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Schizo Sonics by Nik Nowak

Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Bjørn Melhus, 16.1.20, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Free Update by Bjørn Melhus

2019

Thomas Scheibitz, Arno Brandlhuber and Johannes Schütz, 16.4.19, 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, 2.11.18, in conjunction with the exhibition Plateau mit Halbfigur by Thomas Scheibitz

Lecture Go East! by Thibaut de Ruyter, 1.7.18, in conjunction with the exhibition Defying Gravity by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs

Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, 3.6.18, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Defying Gravity by Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs

Lecture Zur Frage der Zerstörung und Rekonstruktion by Horst Bredekamp, 17.1.18, in conjunction with the exhibition Contemporary Ruins

2017

Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Asta Gröting, 3.12.17, Artist talk in conjunction with the exhibition Berlin Fassaden by Asta Gröting

Lecture On the Risk of Scarcity by Hans-Jürgen Hafner, 19.2.17, in conjunction with the exhibition Inhalt by Eberhard Havekost

2016

Lecture How Deep is Now? An Archaeology of Contemporaneity by Knut Ebeling, 24.11.16, in conjunction with the exhibition How Long Is Now?

2015

Film screening Signers Suitcase. On the Way with the Artist Roman Signer, 28.4.15, in conjunction with the exhibition Kitfox Experimental by Roman Signer

Andreas Fiedler in conversation with Roman Signer, 25.3.15, Artist Talk in conjunction with the exhibition Kitfox Experimental

2014

Lecture The Art of Video Games by Prof. Dr. Stephan Günzel, 19.11.14, in conjunction with the series of events Guests

Lecture Production Depression Carnival – On, below and beyond economic thinking by Jan Verwoert, 27.8.14, in conjunction with the series of events Guests

Film screening Kamerapferd, 5.5.14, in conjunction with the series of events Guests

Lecture The Kindl Brewery and Neukölln: History and Stories by Matthias Gerlitzki and Dr. Rainer Pomp, 18.2.14, in conjunction with the series of events Guests

2013

Discussion Neighbourhoods: A City In Development with Axel Timm, Cordelia Polinna and Thibaut de Ruyter, 13.11.13, in conjunction with the series of events Guests

Performance Les Femmes Savantes: Brewing Boiling Simmering, 18.9.13, in conjunction with the series of events Guests