RELATIONS
Multidisciplinary group exhibition of KHB x UDK x OKS

How connected are we to our neighbours or the trees on our street - do we even know their names? How do gender and culture shape our connection to ourselves and others? What does our relationship with nature (shaped by love or exploitation) reveal about us? What kinds of relationships emerge through our material and visual surroundings?

19 artists from the Ostkreuz School of Photography, the weissensee school of art and design berlin, and the Berlin University of the Arts engage with different forms of dialogue and, through interdisciplinary formats, address politics, society, the environment, and social interaction. The spectrum ranges from photography and video, sculpture and installation, performance and textiles, to painting and drawing.
9–12 April 2026, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz

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Digital Decoding

The exhibition “Digital Decoding” brings together female artists and designers from the Berlin University of the Arts, the weissensee school of art and design berlin and the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin and highlights the value of cross-institutional and interdisciplinary artistic research for the development of critical perspectives on contemporary technological culture.

In this collaborative, research-based exhibition, positions from sound design, object design and textile design come together. The works explore how digital technologies both conceal and reveal the material realities, work processes, and power structures on which they are based. The artistic approaches range from AI speech recognition and human–machine co-creation to virtual environments, digital infrastructures, and traditional craftsmanship. 15–21 April 2026, transmediale studio, silent green

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Designing for Berlin – Design from the weissensee school of art and design berlin

Whether a Berlinale poster or the lettering for the Kino International, subway or bicycle, World Clock or energy-efficient facades, firewalls or stage posters: generations of students, teachers, and graduates from Weißensee have shaped Berlin’s urban spaces, culture, and mobility - in short, everyday life in Berlin. “Designing for Berlin”- a cooperation between the Werkbund Archive - Museum of Things and the weissensee school of art and design berlin - highlights, on the occasion of our 80th anniversary, the education of designers and brings together both historical and contemporary works in product design and graphic design. At the same time, it asks: What does it mean to study design today? 16 April 2026–22 February 2027, Werkbund Archive – Museum of Things

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greenlab Symposium –
RE:LOKAL: closing cycles

On the third Sustainability Day of the weissensee school of art and design berlin, greenlab – the Laboratory for Sustainable Design Strategies - is organising the symposium RE:LOKAL - closing cycles. It marks the beginning of an interdisciplinary design project that investigates how regional resources and production methods can contribute to sustainable, circular economic and lifestyle models. Along the three focal points of cellulose, wool, and microorganisms, experts from design, research, and practice will discuss approaches ranging from paludiculture and plant-based raw materials to new processes for local wool and work with microorganisms in fermentation, dyeing, and material development. Admission is free; registration is required. 9.30 a.m. on 9 April 2026, Auditorium, weissensee school of art and design berlin

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Weißensee in situ. Archäologien einer Kunsthochschule

Lecture series for the 80th anniversary of the weissensee school of art and design berlin

The rich history of the 80-year-old weissensee school of art and design berlin is, for the most part, well known. But what happens when the perspective changes and we begin to ask questions from the viewpoint of its material and visual cultures - its (disappeared) places and archives? What do the locations of the art school tell us about it, what is stored in its cupboards, and what do its objects whisper? What does AI make of “in situ” (on site) at the weissensee school of art and design berlin? The lecture series organised by the Department of Theory and History for the university’s 80th anniversary focuses on these questions and answers them through lectures and discussions, lecture performances, and exhibitions. Thursdays, 5–7 p.m., Auditorium, weissensee school of art and design berlin

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