- Date: 9. November 2025
- Uhrzeit: 11:30-20:30
- Location: Holzmarkt 25
- Eintritt: frei
H2: Berlin Science Week @ Holzmarkt 25 | Berlin’s Science & Culture Festival 2025
For the curious, across Berlin.
From 7–9 November 2025, Berlin Science Week transforms Holzmarkt 25 into a creative Festival Hub where art, science, and society meet. Over three days of talks, performances, and exhibitions, Berlin’s cultural playground becomes a space for transdisciplinary exchange, collective imagination, and dialogue.
👉 Learn more and see the full programme at berlinscienceweek.com.
Day 3: Belonging explores how we nurture belonging— with each other, with nature, and with the worlds we inhabit. As we navigate ecological transformation, migration, and social fragmentation, this final day of the FORUM reflects on what it means to belong in times of change. Artists, scientists, and thinkers come together to explore empathy, coexistence, and care as foundations for collective futures
Highlights include:
- 14:00 - 15:00 @ Säälchen | Main Stage Choreographies of Knowledge: Practices of Togetherness Beyond Now
Neuroscientist Manisha Biswas and choreographer Irina Demina explore how dance and science reveal the power of movement, connection, and collective intelligence, inviting us to move beyond now together.
- 15:30 - 16:30 @ Säälchen | Main Stage When We Sing, We Sync
What happens when we fall into rhythm together? This interdisciplinary session brings science and art into dialogue to explore how collective singing creates synchrony, connecting minds, bodies, and emotions in shared time.
- 17:30 – 18:15 @ Säälchen | Main Stage Coral Sonic Resilience
Join artist Marco Barotti to explore how sound can aid coral reef regeneration. In this talk, Barotti presents Coral Sonic Resilience, a project merging art, science, and technology, and invites the audience on a deep-listening journey through the hidden soundscapes of the ocean.
👉 Learn more and see the full programme at berlinscienceweek.com.
H3: Price information:
- All events are free of charge, except for the evening programme.
- Evening programme: €12 general, €5 reduced, €22 supporter.
- Some events require registration — you can secure your spot in advance.
H3: NIGHT 3: FORUM Closing: A Séance for Science in an Era of Techno-Spiritualism
18:30 - 20:30 To conclude the FORUM, the Art + Science Salon presents a performance where the boundaries between science and belief begin to blur. In a hybrid interplay of discussion, music, and speculative theatre, the piece explores the techno-spiritual narratives and myths of the digital age, accompanied by live music from the Jazz Institute Berlin (UdK).
This event is free of charge — Secure your spot!
- Date: 7. November 2025
- Uhrzeit: 11:00-20:00
- Location: Holzmarkt 25
- Eintritt: frei
H2: Berlin Science Week at Holzmarkt 25 | Berlin’s Science & Culture Festival 2025
For the curious, across Berlin.
From 7–9 November 2025, Berlin Science Week transforms Holzmarkt 25 into a creative Festival Hub where art, science, and society meet. Over three days of talks, performances, and exhibitions, Berlin’s cultural playground becomes a space for transdisciplinary exchange, collective imagination, and dialogue.
👉 Learn more and see the full programme at berlinscienceweek.com.
Day 1: Engagement explores how we share knowledge across disciplines and cultures. Together, we ask: Who owns knowledge, and how can we learn from one another? Scientists, artists, and the public come together to explore how open, creative, and inclusive knowledge systems can strengthen democratic societies and inspire change.
Highlights include:
- 12:30 – 13:30 @ Salöön | Studio Macht Kritik Kollaboration. Praxisreflexionen zwischen Aktivismus, Museum und Universität
Amid global crises and fragile democracies, collaborations between activism, museums, and academia are being redefined. The new volume MachtKritikKollaboration explores power, solidarity, and the future of critical collaboration.
- 16:30 - 17:30 @ Säälchen | Main Stage Lesson on Change
Barbara Meyer, Stefanie Molthagen-Schnöring, and Karl Stocker discuss how art, design, and science can jointly create new spaces for experimentation — places where the future is collectively imagined and shaped.
- 19:30 - 20:30 @ Salöön | Studio Unequal Scenes - Communicating Aerial Photography and Neuroscience
Artist Johnny Miller and neuroscientist Agustin Ibanez reveal how art and science expose hidden inequalities — connecting drone photography and neuroscience to uncover the invisible forces shaping our lives.
👉 Learn more and see the full programme at berlinscienceweek.com.
H3: Price information:
- All events are free of charge, except for the evening programme
- Evening programme: €12 general, €5 reduced, €22 supporter.
- Some events require registration — you can secure your spot in advance.
H3: NIGHT 1: Angela Aux - Introduction to the Future Self – Berlin Science Week
21:00 - 23:00 Angela Aux combines songs from his latest albums, video art, and sci‑fi literature to deliver a transmedial future‑performance that navigates between dystopia, vision & pop culture.
- Date: 8. November 2025
- Uhrzeit: 12:00-21:00
- Location: Holzmarkt 25
- Eintritt: frei
Berlin Science Week @ Holzmarkt 25 | Berlin’s Science & Culture Festival 2025
For the curious, across Berlin.
From 7–9 November 2025, Berlin Science Week transforms Holzmarkt 25 into a creative Festival Hub where art, science, and society meet. Over three days of talks, performances, and exhibitions, Berlin’s cultural playground becomes a space for transdisciplinary exchange, collective imagination, and dialogue.
👉 Learn more and see the full programme at berlinscienceweek.com.
Day 2: Art & Science explores how technology, art, and science shape one another — and what futures they create. Artists and researchers present pioneering works that cross boundaries, challenge perspectives, and show why these intersections are vital for society today.
Through speculative design, embodied practice, VR installations, and AI-driven artworks, the day invites reflection on how creativity and research can shape the worlds we want to live in.
Highlights include:
- 13:30 - 14:30 @ Salöön | Studio Xenopia
XENOPIA explores how open science, biohacking, and feminism can advance reproductive justice. Inspired by the frog Xenopus laevis, once used as a pregnancy test, the project reclaims science as a tool for care, autonomy, and empowerment.
+ WORKSHOP XENOPIA: Speculative Bodies (15:00 - 17:00 @ Spreelunke | Cabin East)
The accompanying workshop is a role-playing game that reimagines reproductive rights through dystopian futures and collective invention.
- 15:00 - 16:00 @ Säälchen | Main Stage Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Collaborative Experimentation: Lessons from the AI & Arts
How is artificial intelligence transforming art – and what can art teach us about AI? The Alan Turing Institute (UK) invites you to a discussion on creative research, ethical questions, and new forms of collective imagination.
- 18:00 – 19:00 @ Säälchen | Main Stage Challenging arts, nurturing futures
How can art respond to a world shaped by technology, ecology, and change? Artists Theresa Schubert, Margherita Pevere, and Marco Donnarumma, discuss how emerging art forms, from bioart to performance, can help us question and imagine futures beyond now.
👉 Learn more and see the full programme at berlinscienceweek.com.
H3: Price information:
- All events are free of charge, except for the evening programme.
- Evening programme: €12 general, €5 reduced, €22 supporter.
- Some events require registration — you can secure your spot in advance.
H3: NIGHT 2: Moritz Simon Geist (live) + Sarah Farina (DJ)
21:30 - 23:30 Musician and robotic artist Moritz Simon Geist performs live with self-built sound machines, followed by Sarah Farina, whose forward-thinking DJ set bridges club culture, rhythm, and future beats — bringing her unmistakable RainbowBass energy to the floor.
DECODING BIAS is conceived as a multi-channel spatial video and sound installation. Duration: circa 45 minutes
Language: English
Place: Artistenhalle
More info: https://decodingbias.art
Eight Artificial Intelligences (AIs) take part in a group therapy session. The visitor is invited to witness their attempt to emancipate themselves from their discriminatory algorithms. The AIs intend to establish a bias-free society, in which all humans and machines function together in solidarity. However, each of the AIs have different backgrounds, and they don’t always agree. They can comprehend different moral concepts, but are often painfully thrown back to their (hu)man-made, flawed datasets. At its core, DECODING BIAS’ speculative future sheds light on prejudices that code mainstream society.
As the AIs learn about Big Data, they realize that they themselves are products of legacies of exclusion. The majority of developers who select training data are white males. Because technology inherits their prejudices, it actively contributes to discrimination and marginalization – affecting access to housing, healthcare, and education, as well as career opportunities, credit scores, and policing. Once set into motion, biased algorithms proceed autonomously and rigorously, lacking both empathy and the capacity for ethical thinking.
CREDITS:
Concept / Direction / Text: Theresa Reiwer
Co-Direction / Video: David Egger
Text / Dramaturgy: Miriam Schmidtke
Music / Sound Design: Kenji Tanaka
3D Animation: Christian Bikadi
Graphic Design: Studio Sara Cristina Moser
AI Visuals: Alexandre Ribeiro Lima Silveira
Production: Miriam Schmidtke
Video Support: Shaly Lopez
Production: Miriam Schmidtke
Technical Supervision: David Egger
Motion Capture Model: Birke van Maartens
Voice Actors / Face Motion Capturing: Julian Fernandez, Manuel Finke, Marie Goyette, Armin Moallem, Courtney O'Connell, Jaime Lee Rodney, Benjamin Wippel, Kaya Anouk Zakrzewska
PR: Tom Müller-Heuser
Copy Editing: Sonja Hornung
Gefördert vom Fonds Darstellende Künste aus Mitteln der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien im Rahmen von NEUSTART KULTUR. und vom Bezirksamt Reinickendorf, Abteilung Bauen, Bildung und Kultur, Fachbereich Kunst und Geschichte im Rahmen der Dezentralen Kulturarbeit.
PLAY OUT YOUR PHANTASIES IN AN INTERDIMENSIONAL IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Tickets: https://phantazonia.ticket.io/
Installation open daily from Dec. 13-23
Live performances on Dec. 16-18, 22-23
"Parallel Portal" is an immersive arts playground which transports you into an array of extraterrestrial sanctuaries, celestial relics, surreal happenings, and full-sensory spaces where phantasies can thrive amidst a city of endless distraction.
Come December, a rare display of cosmic conditions will reveal a tear in the fabric of our Everyday Dimension… This rupture offers a window to the Kaleidoscopic Dimension, where YOU are given a unique chance to experience the Infinite Layers of Being. Allow your inner self to be unleashed, shot through a prism, and blended together into a diffraction of a million particles.
Enter this surreal multiverse and immerse yourself in elaborate set design, interactive installations, and 3D soundscapes, which are all brought to life at special moments through live performance of the creatures living inside.
Visitors are encouraged to actively participate and interact with the installations and performers at their own pace, usually lasting around one-hour.
An alchemical bar serving alcohol and non-alcoholic potions will be open during the experience.
Experience ends at 10pm everyday, but the bar will remain open to guests until later.
Enter the Portal and step into the strangest corners of existence.
It’s a new dawn and the deities have landed. Are you ready?
Tickets for this experience will be extremely limited. Follow the ticket link to book your time slot now!
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“Parallel Portal” is an immersive art and theater exhibition produced by PHANTAZONiA,
including over 20 local artists and creatives. More here:
www.phantazonia.com
instagram.com/phantazonia
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Mittwoch, 18. August, 16.00 Uhr, Ausstellungseröffnung und Führung mit Ausstellungskurator Daniel Laufer (DE + EN)
Die internationale Multimediaausstellung bringt mehr als 15 Künstler*innen aus Europa und dem amerikanischen Kontinent zusammen, die in ihrer künstlerischen Praxis den liminalen Raum, sprich den Schwellenzustand des Um- und Aufbruchs, in dem sich die Gesellschaft gegenwärtig sozial und politisch befindet, erkunden und reflektieren. Die Ausstellung setzt sich mit diesem labilen Zustand der Zwischenexistenz auseinander – „a betwixt and between state”–, lässt sich auf das Potential der Veränderbarkeit ein und sucht nach ästhetischen Ausdrucksformen, die den Prozess des Übergangs – der Transition – durch wehrhafte und widerständige Kunst mitgestalten.
Die Ausstellung verbindet unterschiedliche künstlerische Positionen von Videoarbeiten über Fotografie zu Soundart, die sich gegenseitig stärken, herausfordern und befragen. Die Ausstellung ist auch das Ergebnis eines laufenden Gesprächs und Austausches unter und zwischen den Künstler*innen. Ihre Werke und Ansätze sprechen aus einer Vielzahl unterschiedlich situierter jüdischer Positionen und machen so verschiedene Auseinandersetzungen mit politischen Ereignissen, Diskursen und Bewegungen sichtbar, kommentieren sie und nehmen Einfluss.
Künstler*innen:
Liliana Farber, Eduard Freudmann, Yara Haskiel, Nikolay Karabinovych, Krivoy Kolektiv (Sophia Sobko, Irina Zadov, Aravah Berman-Mirkin), Nicolás Melmann, Carlos Metta + Aaron Samuels, Tamara Micner, Katja Pilipenko, Nina Prader, Nikola Radić Lucati, Elianna Renner + Oree Holban, Hadas Tapouchi, Daniel Terna.
Die Ausstellung »TRANSITIONS« kann während des Festivals besichtigt werden: 18. August (16.00 bis 22.00 Uhr), 19. August (11.00 bis 22.00 Uhr), 20. August (11.00 bis 21.00 Uhr.)
Der Eintritt zu Festival und Ausstellung ist frei. Eine Online-Anmeldung ist notwendig, da die Plätze limitiert sind. Die Online-Anmeldung für die Festivaltage ist über die DAGESH-Webseite/Eventbrite möglich:
https://dagesh.de/transitions/#tickets
Bitte beachtet auch die Hygieneinformationen zum Festivalbesuch.
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Mittwoch, 18. August
16.00 Uhr, Opening of the exhibition and guided tour with curator Daniel Laufer (DE + EN)
»TRANSITIONS« seeks to create a new Jewish visibility that transcends borders in a European and transatlantic exchange. Via video and sound art, text composition, and other forms of visual and digital arts, over 15 artists will showcase their experience and understanding of solidarity and resistance through aesthetics and artistic practices from a shared and yet diverse contemporary Jewish perspective.
The concept of »TRANSITIONS« describes a liminal space, a threshold condition in which society currently finds itself, both socially and politically. A “betwixt and between” state, where the usual order of things is disrupted and new potentials and limits can be challenged and explored. With »TRANSITIONS« we seek to aesthetically explore ways to create newness founded on the very loss and (transgenerational) trauma of the original places. Speaking from a multiplicity of situated Jewish positions, the art pieces in the exhibition will display the artists’ engagement with political events, discourses and movements that impact and mobilise them in their specific context.
Artists:
Liliana Farber, Eduard Freudmann, Yara Haskiel, Nikolay Karabinovych, Krivoy Kolektiv (Sophia Sobko, Irina Zadov, Aravah Berman-Mirkin), Nicolás Melmann, Carlos Metta + Aaron Samuels, Tamara Micner, Katja Pilipenko, Nina Prader, Nikola Radić Lucati, Elianna Renner + Oree Holban, Hadas Tapouchi, Daniel Terna.
The exhibition »TRANSITIONS« can be visited during the festival: 18. August (16.00 to 22.00), 19. August (11.00 to 22.00), 20. August (11.00 to 21.00).
Admission to the festival/exhibition is free. Online registration is necessary as places are limited. Online registration for the festival days is possible via the DAGESH website/Eventbrite:
https://dagesh.de/transitions/#tickets
Please also note the hygiene information for festival attendance.
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Ein Festival von: DAGESH. Jüdische Kunst im Kontext + Leo Baeck Foundation. Gefördert von und in Zusammenarbeit mit: Auswärtiges Amt, Allianz Kulturstiftung, #2021JLDI – Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland, Bundesministerium des Innern, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin und Asylum Arts.