For our evening programme on Friday (28 Jan) and Saturday (29 Jan), we’re happy to invite you to join us at Haus der Kulturen der Welt.

Friday, 28 January, 20:30, HKW FILM NIGHT Featuring films by Katerina Suvorova, Effi & Amir, Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner Ticket shop

Heads May Roll (excerpt) – Katerina Suvorova Katerina Suvorova's work draws attention to daily acts of defiance performed by citizens demanding social change in Kazakhstan.

By The Throat – Effi & Amir Moving through sonic, anatomical, and political territories, By The Throat explores how language and pronunciation are used to define, categorise, and control.

Preview of Constant – Sasha Litvintseva & Beny Wagner Constant is a hallucinatory journey through the social and political histories of measurement, to power, ideals of democratisation, and the realities of dispossession.

Please note: 2G+ event (vaccinated/recovered plus tested even if boostered)

Saturday, 29 January, 20:30, HKW CLOSING KEYNOTE Byung-Chul Han: Von der Untätigkeit (On Idleness) Ticket shop

Closing the for refusal festival edition, Byung Chul Han’s lecture explores the role of idlessness and inaction as a deliberate, political act of refusal.

The lecture will be held in German with live English translation.

Please note: 2G+ event (vaccinated/recovered plus tested even if boostered)