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August 20

OPENING @MOM Art Space, August 20, 19:00

Join us for the exhibition opening at MOM Art Space on 20. August at 19:00. The evening will open the multi-part exhibition HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS which brings artists and thinkers together to challenge commonly held conceptions of shelter. The curated exhibition lets us dive into the perspective from an inside to an outside world, moving the four walls of a room gently inwards and outwards.

Jan van Oordt's new sculpture PARKS transforms MOM Art Space into a double-skinned room, while the concrete given of our four walls in Helena Wittmanns film 21,3 is permeable and transports the notion of an in- and outside to a sonic sense of near- and farness. Which bodies need which spaces?

Vanessa Gravenor's and Róza El-Hassan's artworks raise questions about whom protection is granted — and whom not?

Between September 2 and September 5 2026 Róza El-Hassan will produce a new wall drawing on paper, creating a horizon for her sculpture TWO BUDDHISTS VISITING HAGAR (2005) at MOM Art Space.

August 22

WALKS with FELIX JUNG: August 22, 14:00 Meeting Point: MOM Art Space

Artist Felix Jung, one of the funding members of the Gängeviertel, works with found materials often sourced from urban environments. For HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS he plans and constructs UNNERSCHLOPS, structures that hover between barricades, temporary sleep quarters and shelter for which the artist repurposed scavenged construction materials.

We warmly invite you to join Felix Jung for a walk though the streets of Hamburg Mitte, discussing common and hidden structures of public space.

Saturday, August 22, 2026, 14:00–15:00
Meeting point: Fabrique, Gängeviertel (entrance to MOM Art Space), 14:00

The walk will be accessible.

August 23

Neuealteneue Brücke: Joint Construction Performance, August 23, 2026, 15:30–17:00.

Construction Performance NEUEALTENEUE BRÜCKE by Pilar Quinteros in the courtyard of the Customs Museum (Zollmuseum)

In July and August 2026, Pilar Quinteros worked in Hamburg on a reconstruction of the former portal of the Neue Elbbrücke. She deconstructed the imposing architectural structure into eight sculptural elements. On 23 August, the sculptural elements will be transported on the roofs of eight cars through the flowing and stop-and-go traffic across the Elbe bridges – into the city and right up to the Yard of the Zollmuseum Hamburg.

We warmly invite everyone to join us in reassembling the fragments of a piece of Hamburg’s history — and to critically examine them in the process. What, in fact, were the achievements of the HANSE Hamburg, and what is its legacy? Who (or what) was protected by a customs union, and who (or what) was not?

Sunday, 23 August 2026, 15.30–17:00
Location: Courtyard of Zollmuseum Hamburg
From 14:00 we’ll be preparing for the performance; construction begins at 16:00 with the help of all visitors.
Drinks and snacks will be provided. The venue is accessible.

August 26

Opening HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS at Kunstraum hinterconti. Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 19:00

Join us for the opening at hinterconti on 26. August at 19:00, the second exhibition in HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS, a multi-part exhibition project bringing artists and thinkers together to challenge commonly held conceptions of shelter. At hinterconti, artists explore forms of connection and transversal through histories embedded within architecture.

Within the exhibition space, Pilar Quinteros’ commissioned sculpture and the film of NEUEALTENEUE BRÜCKE will be on view alongside a collection of sculptures and drawings by Anna Lena Grau, that were made in the nexus of her work COME TOGETHER AND TURN YOUR GLOVES AROUNG!, a sculpture ensemble for public space — opening August 29th at Eichtalpark, Wandsbek. Vanessa Gravenor’s photographic series BY AIR, BY WATER connects hinterconti to MOM, where a broader presentation of works by the artist is already on show.

Location: hinterconti

August 29

First Activation: COME TOGETHER AND TURN YOUR GLOVES AROUND! Eichtalpark, Saturday, August 29, 19:00

Saturday, August 29, 2026, 19:00.
Location: Eichtalpark Wandsbek, Kedenburgstraße 10-14, Höhe Kreuzkirche
With an introduction by Franziska Glozer, curator of Heime, Häuser, Brutstätten/ Homes, Houses, Hotbeds & Dr. Sigrid Curth, Geschichtswerkstatt Wandsbek & Marienthal and Freunde des Eichtalparks e.V.

The artist Anna Lena Grau is present.

September 2

Workshop Walk, September 2, 16:00–19:00

Workshop Walk JAMMING THE MANY to contribute to a sound installation with Dörte Habighorst & Sophia Leitenmayer

How can we make architecture of the city and artworks speak to us — and include many?

The workshop is conceived as a walking format. Equipped with recording devices a group of 12 roams through neighborhoods of Hamburg and visits one or more artworks of Heime Häuser Brutstätten. A dialogue between the soundscapes of the specific locations and your own audio-encounter with the artwork may lure out new perspectives and dialogues that will be part of a 12 VOICES OR EVEN MORE on September 12 within the exhibition at MOM Art Space

Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 16:00–19:00
Meeting point: hinterconti, 16:00
Ages: 9–99. As a maximum of 12 participants can take part. A registration is requested.

Email to register hh_brutstätten@proton.me

September 4

Midnight Activation COME TOGETHER! September 4, 22:00–00:00

Gargoyles, Gargouille, or Wasserspeier (Gurgler) are mythical creatures whose stories unfold atop church towers as protective figures with demonic appearances. On September 4, we’ll get together to read aloud some of the stories about them and their kin. You may also hear the story of the five sculptures by artist Anna Lena Grau, who fell from top of the Church of St. Nikolai and are no longer anyone else`s.

And anyone is invited to bring their story too.

Come together in the dark and join our Round with COME TOGETHER AND TURN YOUR GLOVES AROUND!'s Gargoyles. This night is dedicated to songs and stories.

Midnight Activation on September 4, 22:00–00:00

Location: Eichtalpark Wandsbek, Kedenburgstraße 10-14, Höhe Kreuzkirche

Attention! Cancelled due to the bad weather

September 6

A day of performances, talks & play September 6, 14:00–20:00, MOM Art Space

“Our four Walls in times of non-Peace”

On September 6, we dedicate an entire afternoon to the question: “What images do we want to work with?” Through a program of performances, readings, play action, and talks, we are introduced to formative vocabularies and iconic images that expand everyday notions of walls, borders, and closed up spaces. It is through the lens of the vulnerable and the experience of migration that we might encounter walls—our walls—as zones for movement and means of togetherness.

HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS is delighted to spend an afternoon with Egana Djabbarova, Laila Unger, Eda Aslan, Róza El-Hassan, Dagmar Rauwald, Anna Lena Grau and many more.

Sunday, September 6, 2026, 14:00–20:00
Location: MOM Art Space

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September 12

Presentation 12 Voices or even more, September 12, 16:00–19:00 at MOM Art Space

You are cordially invited to the presentation of the Sound installation 12 VOICES OR EVEN MORE by Dörte Habighorst & Sophia Leitenmayer, MOM Art Space

Both artist will be present an make a performative presentation of the an installation that brings together the results of the audio-residency and the workshop

Saturday, September 12, 2026, 17:00–20:00
Location: MOM Art Space

September 13

Finissage of HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS, September 6, 17:00–20:00 at MOM Art Space

We warmly invite you to spend some time in the exhibition at MOM Art Space, an exhibition grown over time and showcasing a new Wall Drawing by Róza El-Hassan, made during her visit in Hamburg from September 2 — September 6, 2026. This wall Drawing visions a new horizon to her iconic sculpture “Two Buddhists visiting Hagar” from 2004, that searches for common roots and non-violent solutions despite painful divisions.

As this is the last day of the exhibition, join us for the Finissage of HOMES, HOUSES, HOTBEDS on September 6, 17:00–20:00 and have a drink and chat with us!

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