when
utopienale IV takes place from 28 August to 10 September 2025
what
Visual art shows, panel discussions, and film programmes, inspired by the following themes:
exile
the gathering diaspora
psychic migration
Project Statement
Opening a New Discourse on Exile
locations
Find us at the following locations in Germany:
The Old School ICA, Havelberg
The Cordts Art Foundation – Schwanenwerder, Berlin
Floating University, Berlin
Halfsister, Berlin
Silent Green, Berlin
programme
DINNER TABLE DIALOGUE
by invitation only
28 August 2025
Norma Drimmer Studio, Berlin
GROUP SHOW AT THE OLD SCHOOL
Coming together of the core group of Utopienale participants
Reception gathering with informal opening speeches introducing the theme of “Exile.”
open to the public, free admission
29 August – September 10 2025
The Old School ICA
Schulstraße 3, 39539 Havelberg (map)
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EXHIBIT
“Ibirapitanga”
Dana László da Costa
open to the public, free admission
15 June – 10 September 2025
The Old School ICA
Schulstraße 3, 39539 Havelberg (map)
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CONVERSATIONS
‘Utopienale in Exile’ – a day at Lake Wannsee
by invitation only – request invitation
30 August 2025
The Cordts Art Foundation
Inselstraße 2A, 14129 Berlin Schwanenwerder (map)
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OPEN HOUSE AT THE OLD SCHOOL IN HAVELBERG FILM PROGRAMME and SPEAKERS CORNER
open to the public, free admission
31 August 2025
The Old School ICA
Schulstraße 3, 39539 Havelberg (map)
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EXHIBIT
“Operation Swallow”
Natalia Vatsadze / Bouillon Group
open to the public, free admission
2 – 5 September
Opening – 2 September 19:00
Panel discussion – 5 September
Halfsister
Torgauer Str. 1, 10829 Berlin (map)
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BOOK PRESENTATION
“tense_intense. Parallel Media”
Kurt Hofstetter and Barbara Doser, with Bazon Brock
open to the public, free admission
3 September 2025
Silent Green
Gerichtstraße 35, 13347 Berlin (map)
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EXHIBIT
“Exiles of the Psyche”
by Azby Brown & Gaston Meskens
open to the public, free admission
5 -7 September 2025
Floating University
Lilienthalstraße 32, 10965 Berlin (map)
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organisation
The utopienale 2025 curators:
Wolf Guenter Thiel
Azby Brown
guest curator: Gaston Meskens
what’s happening now
We are currently completing the programme of the utopienale. Watch this space for further updates and write us for more info at info@utopienale.org.