Current exhibition

Furore

with Nina Paskowski
5.6.2026 – 4.3.2027
Opening 4.6.2026, from 6 pm

The exhibition by Nina Paszkowski, titled “Furore”, refers to the spectacle that has long shaped the Bärenzwinger: the principle of display and staging—whether through living animals, ideologically charged urban identity, or contemporary art. “Furore” describes a form of public attention that moves between fascination and unease. What attracts and excites can also turn into indignation or anger. Paszkowski approaches this anger through mythological figures whose name resonates in the exhibition title: the Furies. In Greek mythology, they appear as furious avengers who, through an act of mercy, undergo a process of becoming human and transform into the benevolent Eumenides.

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Sediment

with Qusay Awad
16.10.2026 – 14.03.2027
Opening 15.10.2026, from 6 pm

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 – as material artefacts and spatial imprints – and how traces of past uses haunt the site, like ghosts of times gone by.

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Events

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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 […]
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 […]
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.