Panorama XIX

The doors of the Kunsthaus stay open longer on the first Thursday of every month for the Panorama event series. From 6 pm, the foyer of the institution becomes a stage for a changing music programme conceived by Nguyen Phuong-Dan. In February, Hamburg-based tape artist A.K. Klosowski will be performing with his legendary, self-built cassette instrument: shaky loops meet unpredictable variations and dub-like echo effects – a pioneer of early Cut-up-Pop. The concert will be accompanied by a set by Shenzhen-based music enthusiast, collector and DJ Junbo Huang.

The event will also feature the opening of the next presentation in the exhibition series Whisper Down the Lane, where Carolina Lehan will be showing a new work.

JunO.o’s concert, which was originally planned for the February edition of Panorama, sadly has to be postponed. An alternative date will be announced as soon as possible.

Thanks to the formats established since 2024, the foyer of the Kunsthaus Hamburg is increasingly developing into an open space for people to come together. The programme emphasises the role of the Kunsthaus as a spatial and discursive hub within the city and at the same time ties in with the early years of the institution, which was founded in 1962 on the initiative of regional artists. In the original building of the Kunsthaus, which was once located at Ferdinandstor, the in-house restaurant Panorama with a view of the Inner Alster Lake offered a place for visitors to rest and socialize. The title Panorama not only refers to the spatial aspect, but also to the width of the visual and auditory field of perception as well as to a diverse spectrum of artistic perspectives.