Image credits see below
Politics of Love
30.11.2024–2.2.2025
Participating artists: Mounira Al Solh, Francis Alÿs, Isaac Chong Wai, Anna Ehrenstein, Amna Elhassan, FAIRY BOT (Jon Frickey, Thies Mynther, Sandra Trostel), Robert Filliou, Parastou Forouhar, Green Go Home (Rirkrit Tiravanija & Tomas Vu), Johan Grimonprez, Elza Gubanova & Leon Seidel, Shilpa Gupta, Monilola Olayemi Ilupeju, Soyon Jung, Hiwa K, Rebecca Katusiime & Emmanuel Oloya, Tilman Küntzel, Lulu MacDonald, Nicholas Odhiambo Mboya, Sabine Mohr, Dan Peterman, Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Wolf Vostell
We’re all against war. But what are we for? Peace, we say. What is peace?
Highlighting this key question, the Art-of-Peace Biennale was launched in 1985 on the initiative of Fluxus artist Robert Filliou at the Kunsthaus Hamburg and Kunstverein in Hamburg. Today, some 40 years later, in our time of mounting global crises, war violence and massive suffering, this question remains highly acute. While national and individual divisions are increasing, essential visions for joint solutions and coalitions of action, from which new concepts of networking and collaboration might take shape, are vanishing.
Curated by Dr. Belinda Grace Gardner and Anna Nowak
Accompanying online publication
Audio guide in plain language
Open Call: Send us a postcard-sized artwork!
Information on how to participate
Accompaying programme
Fri, 29.11., 7 pm
Opening
Introduction: Anna Nowak & Belinda Grace Gardner
DJ Set: Chris Hausdorf
Thu, 5.12., 6–10 pm
City Curator Joanna Warsza in conversation with Anna Nowak
in the context of Panorama IX with Margaux Gazur & Felix Kubin
Introduction: Inga Wellmann
Sat, 7.12., 5 pm
Cooking with Mama
Performance by Hiwa K with Alima Ouedraogo & Michael Kress
at Hyper Cultural Passengers (HyCP), Veddel
Sun, 15.12., 2 pm
Workshop: Christmas card making for charity, family and friends
Registration: register@kunsthaushamburg.de
Wed, 18.12., 7 pm
Zur Rolle von Liebe und Fürsorge in bewaffneten Konflikten
Josephine Apraku & Dr. Philipp Schulz in conversation with Dr. Belinda Grace Gardner
in cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Hamburg e.V., supported by Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Hamburg
Sat, 11.1., 5 pm
Cooking with Mama
Performance by Hiwa K with Joanna Warsza & Anna Nowak
at Galerie Gemüse, Altona
Wed, 15.1., 7:30 pm
Talk about the Art-of-Peace Biennale
with René Block, Sabine Mohr, Anna Nowak & Milan Ther
at Kunstverein in Hamburg
Sat, 18.1., 12-6 pm
Aus dem Koffer – Zeichnungen auf Reisen aus Berlin, Hamburg, Köln, Stuttgart
Presentation of drawings
in cooperation with Peter Nikolaus Heikenwälder & Gesa Lange
Thu, 23.1., 7 pm
Eske Schlüters & Tillmann Terbuyken in conversation with Nina Kalenbach about Untitled History (temporary art project for the public space at Alter Elbpark Hamburg)
Sun, 2.2., 5 pm
Cooking with Mama
Performance by Hiwa K with Amna Elhassan & Lulu MacDonald
at Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Guided tours
Wed, 18.12., 6 pm
Wed, 15.1., 6 pm
Sun, 2.2., 3:30 pm
Kindly supported by
Image 1: Amna Elhassan, Jump Higher, 2023, Courtesy the artist
Image 2: Robert Filliou, Ohne Titel, 1985, Archiv Block, Photo: Uwe Walter
Image 3: Mounira Al Solh, In Love in Blood, al jounoun (folly), 2023, Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg
Image 4: Soyon Jung, Die Herrschaft des Konkreten (10 Euro), 2023, Courtesy: Jahn und Jahn, München/Lissabon, Photo: Soyon Jung
Image 5: Parastou Forouhar, The Eyes, 2018, Installation for the exhibition Im Zeichen des Ornaments, Kunsthalle Göppingen
Image 6: Isaac Chong Wai, Leaderless, 2020-2021, Courtesy the artist, Zilberman and Kulturakademie Tarabya, Photo: Kayhan Kaygusuz
Bild 7: Sabine Mohr, Das dritte versuchen, das Eine finden, 1985, © VG Bild Kunst, Bonn 2024, Photo: Ottmar Poschinger
Bild 8: FAIRY BOT (Jon Frickey, Thies Mynther, Sandra Trostel), Zoopticon – Songs from a Posthuman Ark, 2023, Video still, Courtesy the artists
Bild 9: Detail of: Shilpa Gupta, Tree Drawings, 2013, Courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Photo: Jens Ziehe