Guest Event
Das Lied der Straße
Exhibition of Biennale für Freiburg 2
16 Jun–30 Jul 2023

Under the title “Das Lied der Straße,” (“The Song of the Street”), the second edition of the Biennale explores the street as a political realm and as a place of lived publicness. The Biennale takes place across various locations in Freiburg, including the Kunstverein Freiburg, the Museum für Neue Kunst, the Kommunales Kino, the DELPHI_space/gvbk and the Kaiserwache, as well as on streets and squares in public spaces. The Artistic Director of the Biennale für Freiburg 2 is Paula Kommoss.

Whether individual or collective, voices are rising in the streets. A song sounds. This song is an instrument that makes itself heard and interrupts the usual course of events. In these voices, we hear the will for self-determination. Energy is released. Unforeseen encounters intensify the potentiality of public space: Confrontations are triggered, cohesion arises spontaneously.

The street is characterized by constant movement and change. It is witness to immediate reality and, at the same time, to the layers and deposits of historical events and socio-political power relations that inscribe themselves in its strata. In the past and the present alike, the street exists as a political symbol. The street was and is a place where different attitudes and realities of life meet, and images of continuous, urban transformation are projected.

The program of the Biennale für Freiburg 2 began in February 2023 with a Prologue featuring film screenings, street talks, and performative interventions, devoted to specific locations as well as to stories surrounding the street. Artists, researchers, and practitioners from different fields were invited to share their perspectives on the street and examine the circumstances of specific urban contexts. The events opened a space to reflect on the potentials of social movements and to sharpen the focus on the historical and contemporary layers of meaning, (in)visibility and (in)accessibility of public space.

The experiences and research gathered during the Prologue are concentrated within the exhibition. The participating artists negotiate different realities of the street. Their works form a polyphonic exploration of the potentials and perspectives that emerge from these divergent realities.

Artists: Ayo Akingbade, Samar Al Summary, Halil Altındere, Danielle Arbid, James Gregory Atkinson, Maximiliane Baumgartner, Dara Birnbaum, Cudelice Brazelton IV, Eva Eisenlohr, Alia Farid, Maryam Ghasemi, Rebecca Grundmann, Deborah Joyce Holman, Kirti Ingerfurth, Anas Kahal, Amal Kenawy, Klein, Nikifor Krynicki, lo.me (Loren Tschannen und Mélissa Biondo), Hemansingh Lutchmun, Medienwerkstatt Freiburg, Shaun Motsi, Henrike Naumann, Vera Palme, Phung-Tien Phan, R.E.P. (Ksenia Hnylytska, Nikita Kadan, Zhanna Kadyrova, Lesia Khomenko, Volodymyr Kuznetsov und Lada Nakonechna), Lotty Rosenfeld, Finnegan Shannon, somebody*ies (Anna Byskov, Christina Krys Huber, Hannah Kindler, Stella Meris und Nika Timashkova), Hito Steyerl, Maria Toumazou, Matt Welch, Yong Xiang Li & François Pisapia.

Team: Paula Kommoss (Artistic Director), Valentina Ehnimb (Curatorial Assistant), Lea Assies (Intern)

The Kunstverein Freiburg is one of the venues of the exhibition. More information about current events can be found on our website, social media, and via the newsletter.

Programme

Fri, 16 Jun 2023, 12–6 pm
Opening of the Biennale für Freiburg 2 at all Exhibition Venues

Fri, 16 Jun 2023, 1–4 pm
Leaflet Workshop by Maximiliane Baumgartner
Location: Musikpavillon at Stadtgarten

Fri, 16 Jun 2023, 7 pm
Opening Celebration, Welcome by Felicia Maier (Head of Freiburg Cultural Office) and Julia Galandi-Pascual (Board, Perspektiven für Kunst in Freiburg e.V.) Introduction by Paula Kommoss (Curator and Artistic Director, Biennale für Freiburg 2) followed by a Performance by lo.me

Fri, 16 Jun 2023, 10 pm
Party with DJ TAX and DJ LATHE
Location: Bar at Funkeneck

Sat, 17 Jun 2023, 12 pm
Pflaster: Utopias at Flückiger See
Meeting Point: Bürgerhaus, Seepark

Sat, 17 Jun 2023, 1–4 pm
Leaflet Workshop by Maximiliane Baumgartner
Location: Musikpavillon at Stadtgarten

Sat, 17 Jun 2023, 4 pm
Listening Session: Schneller Wohnen/Live Faster: Music of the Squatters in Freiburg
Location: Musikpavillon at Stadtgarten

Sun, 18 Jun 2023, 2 pm
Curator’s Tour with Paula Kommoss
Location: Kunstverein Freiburg

Wed, 28 Jun 2023, 2–6 pm
Workshop with somebody*ies
Anna Byskov, Hannah Kindler
Location: CRAC Alsace, France

Thu, 29 Jun 2023, 8 pm
Listening Session: Percussive Attack
With Paula Kommoss and Cudelice Brazelton IV
Location: Kunstverein Freiburg

Sat, 08 Jul 2023, 10 am–5 pm
Symposium: Nervous Infrastructures, Acts of Resistance
Location: Kommunales Kino

Sun, 09 Jul 2023, 1–4 pm
Leaflet Workshop by Maximiliane Baumgartner
Location: Behind the Musikpavillon at Stadtgarten

Thu, 13 Jul 2023, 7 pm
Pflaster: Resistant streets with Dorothee Annette Kreuzer
Meeting point will be announced

Fri, 14 Jul 2023, 1–4 pm
Leaflet Workshop by Maximiliane Baumgartner
Location: Behind the Musikpavillon at Stadtgarten

Thu, 20 Jul 2023, 7 pm
Listening Session: Onetwothree, feminist punk with Sévérine Kpoti
Location: Slow Club

Fri, 21 Jul 2023, 4–10 pm
Street Fest of the Biennale für Freiburg 2 and Kunstverein Freiburg,
Location: Marienstraße

Fri, 21 Jul 2023, 4–6 pm
Leaflet Workshop by Maximiliane Baumgartner as Part of the Street Fest of the Biennale für Freiburg 2 and Kunstverein Freiburg,
Location: Marienstraße

Fri, 21 Jul 2023, 4:30–5:30 pm
This Is What We Came For
Performance by somebody*ies
Anna Byskov, Hannah Kindler
4:30 pm: Klarastraße
5 pm: Marienstraße

Sat, 29 Jul 2023, 8 pm
Listening Session: Kommunikationsmittel und Kulturerbe HipHop with Torch
Location: Poolbar (Faulerbad)