Fertile Void

Quantum Cosmologies between Science, Stories, and Speculation

Lectures, Interactive Sessions, Conversations, Performances, DJ Set, Installation

1 & 2 November 2025

All Dates
Ein Stapel Blöcke auf einem Teppich (2022). Courtesy of Allison Saeng/Unsplash

Fertilizing the Void

Sundar Sarukkai

Keynote

1.11.2025 19:00

  

La Nuit Écailles Translucides (2024). Courtesy of Ife Day and Sandar Tun Tun

Ile

Ife Day and Sandar Tun Tun

Performance

1.11.2025 21:00

  

Camille Lacadee, still from wave (2025). Courtesy of the artist

Pluriversal Interstitia_Interfluid Localities

houaïda

Sound Performance

1.11.2025 22:00

  

Visual Global Fascisms

Global Fascisms

Exhibition

13 September–7 December 2025

All Dates
Photo: Mathias Voelzke

A Walk Through the Exhibition with…

Guided tour

13.9.–7.12.2025

Global Fascisms

Photo: Laura Fiorio / HKW

Conversations on Art

15.9.–5.12.2025

Global Fascisms

Essay

Illustration by Diana Ejaita

About Us

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is guided by the quest for strategies of how to live and better inhabit this world together.
Design: Studio Yukiko

And Now?! The Youth Housing Congress for Berlin

Discussions, Talks, Workshops

7.11.2025

  

Visual Heimatization

… Together We Can Get It Done

A Robust Democracy and Civil Society

Conversation

11.11.2025

  

Cover Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation

Pedagogies of Travesti Liberation

Publication
Book cover: Max Czollek & Ibou Coulibaly Diop, … Together We Can Get It Done (Merve, 2025)

Max Czollek & Ibou Coulibaly Diop: … Together We Can Get It Done

Publication

'haɪ̯maːtn̩ Vol. 5

Who Does Germany Belong To? Podcast

Who Does Germany Belong To?

The heimaten Podcast from Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Podcast
Photo: Hanna Wiedemann/HKW

Ileum

Mae-ling Lokko and Gustavo Crembil

Temporary Pavilion 2025
Photo: Malte Seidel

A Chorus of Tongues

Audio installation

Photo: © Iman Salem /Archive Souq

Archive Souq at HKW

Aziza Ahmad for Archive Books

Resignifying Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)

HKW ventures to resignify each public space in its historic building with the names of women from different worlds who have contributed to the betterment of them.

Accessibility

Equal participation in and accessibility to exhibitions, cultural events, and performances is important to HKW. Here you will find detailed information on barrier-free transportation to and from HKW and the forms of accessibility within the building.

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