Long Night of Museums 2026
Saturday, 18 April 2026, 6 pm – 1 am
Special programme for the exhibition Daniel Hopp – Fictional Healing
Places of transit such as train stations or public squares are sites where social divisions may become particularly visible, for example, Leopoldplatz in Berlin or the area around the Drob Inn, a contact and counselling centre providing drug consumption rooms not far from Hamburg Central Station. Addiction, homelessness and acute survival strategies collide here with urban mobility, shopping, art and culture. Precisely at this crystallization point, Daniel Hopp’s work sets in.
At the centre of his first institutional solo exhibition is the multipart film installation Fictional Healing. In this work, the artist questions stigmatizing narratives associated with addiction and introduces images of care that open up new scope for action. Blending humour and seriousness, the immersive installation forms a resonant whole in which collective imagination enables self-empowerment. Based on his own experiences, Daniel Hopp developed documentary and (docu-)fictional film scenes in relationship-oriented processes together with people affected by addiction. Their personal histories, dreams and fantasies were explored in interviews and subsequently interpreted by amateur and professional actors. In addition, a series of video portraits provides insights into the protagonists’ lives.
Within a monumental spatial architecture, films and AI-generated images converge to create a powerful experience, borne by a soundscape that unfolds across the entire hall. The exhibition highlights social issues and reveals how reality, documentation, collective imagination and cinematic fiction can become intertwined – resulting in a work that is both touching and unsettling, and raises questions about responsibility, representation and the necessary conditions for participation.
In addition to several short guided tours of the exhibition, an open workshop offers participants the opportunity to translate their imaginations into collages and paintings, inspired by Daniel Hopp’s method. From 10 pm, mvonderaue will be playing in the foyer. The Kunsthaus bar will be open all evening.
6 pm – 1 am
Kunsthaus bar
6:30 – 6:45 pm
Short guided tour: Fiction – Healing
7 – 10 pm
Open workshop: Imagine Images
8:30 – 8:45 pm
Short guided tour: Voice – Visibility
9:30 – 9:45 pm
Short tour in English: Stories – Healing
10 pm – 12 am
DJ-Set by mvonderaue
Admission only with tickets for the Long Night of Museums Hamburg 2026, available from mid-March at Kunsthaus Hamburg, all other participating museums and online.