Natalie Greffel, RENU and others
Curated by Melissa Perales
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| Free admission |
| Seats: ticket booking required. Extra tickets for walk-ups available on the night of the performances. Standing tickets: no booking required. |
| The event will also take place in case of bad weather. If necessary, rain ponchos will be distributed. Please comply with the hygiene rules below. |
| Doors open: 19:00 |
| English, German, No language skills required |
| Accessible for wheelchairs |
| Ground Floor, Schlüter Courtyard |
| Belongs to: Airing Out. Open Air in the Schlüter Courtyard |
A diverse programme with live concerts, DJ sets, discussions, video art and performances offers the spotlight on artists whose work is a statement for a polyphonic, hybrid, and interconnected idea of culture, history and identity, regardless of their musical genres or countries of origin.
Together, they aim to create an interdisciplinary and cross cultural stage which intersects with a local and global community, inviting the audience to celebrate their talents and be part of a dialogue. The Berlin-based music curator Melissa Perales has created a programme of events on the main stage to invite a diverse community of musicians, artists, performers, thinkers and activists into the Schlüter Courtyard. Melissa Perales said of her programme: “The audience is invited to join us on a journey: Over the course of six weeks, the programme will bring together a group of talents who claim space, through their music and words for a critical dialogue. Who bring forth their individual stories, ask difficult questions, and give a voice to their ancestors. Our hope is that this spark will continue beyond the summer in discussions inside the Humboldt Forum spaces, and resonate beyond.”
Emeka Okereke is a Nigerian visual artist, writer, filmmaker and DJ who lives and works between Lagos and Berlin He has exhibited in biennales and art festivals in cities across the world, notably Lagos, Bamako, Cape Town, London, Berlin, Bayreuth, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Brussels, Johannesburg, New York, Washington, Barcelona, Seville, Madrid and Paris. In 2015, his work was exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale, in the context of an installation titled A Trans-African Worldspace. Okereke is the founder and artistic director of Invisible Borders Trans-African Project. He is also the founder and host of the Nkata Podcast Station.
RENU (Renu Hossein) is a queer British-Bengali composer, producer, tabla player and curator living in Berlin and London. She has played as a percussionist with various international musicians such as Grace Jones, State of Bengal and Mika, and has studied with percussion masters from India, Brazil and Cuba. She subsequently worked as a composer for theatre, film and dance performances, collaborating worldwide with artists from Ireland, Iraq, Pakistan, Germany, the UK, Jamaica and Lebanon. In her role as curator, she developed the SPARK music festival at the Maxim Gorki Theatre.
Singer and musician Natalie Greffel was born in post-colonial Mozambique, grew up in Denmark and now lives in Berlin. Feeling increasingly disillusioned with European jazz, she began to explore the Afro-Brazilian music her mother played in her childhood, which in turn forged a cultural connection for her between Mozambique and Brazil. Through her artistic interrogation of identity, Greffel succeeds in re-drawing boundaries and capturing her many facets, both personally and musically.
‘The shattered histories of the African diaspora, the ravages of imperialism and the expressionism of a common language are all etched into the narrative of her stunning debut solo album Para Todos.’ (Agogo Records, Label)
Hygiene rules
- Visitors are required to complete the accreditation process before attending the event using the Robert Koch Institute’s “Corona Warn-App” (available via the Apple App Store and Google Play), which requires each visitor to submit their personal information.
- All visitors who are within the premises are required to carry along a medical mask that covers their nose and their mouth.
- Home-made coverings, scarves, cravats and non-medical masks are not considered acceptable replacements for medical masks.
- Visitors are required to wear their masks in all areas of the event where it is not possible to maintain a minimum social distance of 1.5m from other visitors. Masks may be removed when visitors are seated.
- There is no requirement for visitors to be tested for Covid-19 before visiting the daytime or evening events.