Events
Performance “El viaje de formol” (Formaldehyde Trip) by a Mexican artist group with the artist Naomi Rincón Gallardo during the celebrations for the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt at the Humboldt Forum, September 2019.
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A space for the arts and vibrant controversy
Discussions, performances, concerts, family programs, festivals: a variety of events will take place in the Humboldt Forum’s four halls from morning to night.
The film concert "Setan Jawa – The Javanese Devil" brought together a Javanese gamelan ensemble and a European orchestra in 2018 and has impressively demonstrated that the Humboldt Forum will be a venue for sounds, too.
Musician ANDRRA during the opening celebration of the exhibition "[Sound] Listening to the World", 2018.
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"The Milieu of the Dead", a joint project with the Mobile Academy Berlin, discussed the afterlife of slavery and the gaps in the archives, 2017.
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Encounter and new perspectives
The Humboldt Forum’s daily events address topical issues, prompt inspiring encounters and open the way for animated exchange. They provide some very unexpected approaches to the collections and temporary exhibitions as well as the history of the site itself.
For the 250th birthday of Alexander von Humboldt, a two-day festival took place at the Humboldt Forum with contributions from three continents.
During the symposium "Which future?! Rethinking State" by Andres Veiel and Jutta Doberstein, interested citizens as well as representatives from culture, activism and science discussed new models of work, wages, governance and participation in 2018.
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On the Way to the Humboldt Forum
Ahead of it’s opening, the Humboldt Forum hosted a diverse program of events throughout Berlin, with subject ranging from the Humboldt brothers, over climate change through post-colonialism.