EXC 2020 Temporal Communities

The Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is one of Berlin’s most established institutions that translates discourses from performative and fine arts, philosophical theory and political activism into a complex agenda of a locally diverse and international programme. Reflections on artistic practices and their functions and media, on technological thinking and forms of community as well as a critical approach to a nonhomogeneous understanding of the world characterise the profile of the HKW. 

In 2023, Prof. Dr. Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung became the Artistic Director and Chief Curator. Since then, the new team has been transforming the institution’s direction and focus. The HKW now emphasizes cultures of hospitality and conviviality in its programming and institutional design, viewing the world as a multiplicity of cultures, knowledge systems, sociopolitical structures, spiritualities, and ways of being.