Events

Our events at the Bärenzwinger are free for everyone.

Exhibition Opening
15 Oct 18:00 – 21:00

Sediment

Sediment Qusay Awad 16.10.2026  – 14.03.2027 The second segment of the exhibition within the annual theme Heimsuchungen/Hauntings is titled Sediment. The exhibition by architect and multimedia artist Qusay Awad draws on archival materials, architectural research, field recordings and site-specific observations. Through sculptures, installations and sound installation, Awad explores the question of how architecture preserves memories […]
Concert DJ-Set Performance Walk Workshop
16 – 18 Oct

Act III – Nowhere will world be, but within.

The third act of the annual programme, Nowhere will world be, but within, brings the search of this year’s theme, Hauntings/Heimsuchungen, to a close. What began with the question of how the hidden can be brought to the surface and transformed now culminates in a process of reorientation and re-situating: a walk, a DJ set […]
Walk
16 Oct 18:00

ACT III – Amazonen in the Bärenzwinger: Artistic walk through the Köllnischer Park

The event will be in English. The Furies, the Amazons and the Greek heroes are among the many protagonists of ancient classical mythology, whose many versions offer a complex and varied perspective on the relationship with the more-than-human world. Through conversations, somatic exercises and an immersive audio experience, we will explore the various roles that […]
Concert
16 Oct 20:00

ACT III – C.D. Noé: Live Session

In his concert at the Bärenzwinger, C.D. Noé combines fragments from his current album with previously unreleased musical sketches. The performance takes up the theme of the exhibition and responds to the works on display in musical form. C.D. Noé is a Berlin-based musician and composer of electronic music. For many years, he has worked […]
DJ-Set
17 Oct 17:00

ACT III – DJ Sonoki: Listening Session

SONOKI is a DJ from Chiba, Japan, based in Berlin. Moving between house and techno, he digs into a leftfield sound that weaves together minimal, dubby, and psychedelic textures. His sets unfold slowly through tension and space, with a quiet energy in the groove that draws listeners inward and blurs the sense of time.
Performance
17 Oct 19:00

ACT III – Tess Voelker: Teddy Bear

new solo creation Teddy Bear links captive animals to gentrification, body politics, and the commercialization of female artists, exposing a culture that loves wild femininity only when caged. On stage, that cage turns gilded: Tess resists the objectifying gaze yet must objectify herself to master her craft. Reclaiming what the world calls crazy, she transforms […]
Workshop
18 Oct 15:00 – 18:00

ACT III – Erin Honeycutt, Cru Encarnação und Saverio Cantoni: The Secret Life of Ekphrasis

Held in the Bärenzwinger, this workshop takes ekphrasis, written description of images, not as a genre but as a methodology — a practice of translation between senses, mediums, and forms of attention. Taking its cue from Stevie Wonder’s ‘The Secret Life of Plants’, a soundtrack composed from written descriptions of a documentary never fully seen, […]
Neighbourhood Get-together
30 Oct 15:00 – 17:00

Coffee, Cake and Ghost Stories

The Bärenzwinger cordially invites the neighborhood and anyone interested to a cozy get-together over coffee and cake, where personal stories, memories, and shared conversation will take center stage. Inspired by the current exhibition “Furore,” we’d like to share what has shaped us, moved us, made us think, or perhaps even scared us a little—whether we […]