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What is the City NOW?

A festival from 21st to 29th of June 2024

What is the City NOW?

Who or what is our city? For the “What is the City NOW?” festival, scientific, artistic and educational institutions in the city are coming together to take a look at life in Munich. Together with the people of Munich, we want to hear and see previously unheard stories about Munich, create new places and celebrate life in Munich - for an open city for everyone!
At the end of the festival, the Münchner Kammerspiele, together with all its sister institutions, will organize a street party on Falckenbergstraße and in the Theaterhöfe.

All events:

What is the City NOW?
Straßenfest
We close Falckenbergstraße and open our doors
Fri 21.6. Habibi Kiosk
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Opening: Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm in front of the Habibi Kiosk | K67
Opening: K67: Habibi Trafika
With DJ Vanilla Panzer (balkaNet)
Free Details
Sat 22.6. Habibi Kiosk
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
Sun 23.6. Lenbachhaus
2:00 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus
The City is Us! Sharing Munich Stories
A project by MK: Mitmachen, the Lenbachhaus and the Refugio Kunstwerkstatt
Free Details
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Lenbachhaus
Orhan Pamuk. Der Trost der Dinge
Exhibition visit | Please ask on site for wristbands for free admission

Orhan Pamuk (*1952 in Istanbul) - the first Turkish writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature - presents his multifaceted, creative work as an author, photographer, illustrator, curator, museum founder and important political voice of our time at the Lenbachhaus.

4:00 pm – 10:00 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus | K67
Un-Ebenbild/Ogledalo
Exhibition by balkaNet
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus | K67
COZY Soundsystem
Music in public spaces

COZY is a creative community of music lovers who create independent events, music and creative projects to create a space for the subculture and to develop it in Munich and beyond.

6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus | K67
Reading from Orhan Pamuk's work
With Enes Sahin, Tanju Girişken and live sounds by Mo
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus | K67
DJ Booty Carrell
DJ Set "Musik für uns"

Music mediator and vinyl archaeologist Sebastian Reier, aka DJ Booty Carrell, brings Minority Pop to dance floors around the world: Tours and gigs have taken him to Pakistan and Thailand, Turkey and across Europe. As a curator and producer of music programs, he has worked for "New Hamburg" in cooperation with the Deutsches Schauspielhaus and the Venice Architecture Biennale, among others. He also works as an author, including for DIE ZEIT and radio.

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus
Open Stage
With artists from the Refugio art workshop
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Square in front of the Lenbachhaus
Ciné Vélo Cité
Films about arriving with Kino Asyl
Free Details
Mon 24.6. Habibi Kiosk
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Artist Talk
To the exhibition "Global Munich. In Perspective"
Free Details
Tue 25.6. Habibi Kiosk & Pavillon 333
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
4:00 pm – 10:00 pm in front of Pavillon 333 | K67
Un-Ebenbild/Ogledalo
Exhibition from balkaNet
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm in front of Pavillon 333 | K67
Conversations about the city
With Saša Mächtig (architect) and Felix Taro Gragnato (K67 Berlin)
Free Details
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm & 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Pavillon 333
The Art of Becoming a Cyborg
Immersive performance by Amon Ritz | World Premiere
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm in front of Pavillon 333 | K67
DJ Spoma
Music in public spaces
Free Details
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm in front of Pavillon 333
Ciné Vélo Cité
Classic movies about the city
Free Details
Mi 26.6. Habibi Kiosk, Pavillon 333 & Hochschule München
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm in front of Pavillon 333 | K67
Un-Ebenbild/Ogledalo
Exhibition by balkaNet
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm & 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Pavillon 333
The Art of Becoming a Cyborg
Immersive performance by Amon Ritz
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm in front of Pavillon 333 | K67
Iskra & Vlado Grizelj Duo
Music in public spaces with balkaNet
Free Details
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Munich University of Applied Sciences, auditorium
Es PEARLt!
Interdisciplinary exchange about theater and the city
Free Details
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Munich University of Applied Sciences, Garden
Ciné Vélo Cité
Short films about the city by students at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Free Details
Thu 27.6. Habibi Kiosk & Max-Joseph-Platz
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
2:50 pm – 3:10 pm Max-Joseph-Platz
Urban Bodies Project – Munich: „El Dorado“
Audio walk with performance | Concept & choreography: Yolanda Gutiérrez | With: David Valencia
Free Details
Fri 28.6. Habibi Kiosk & Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
3:30 pm – 10:00 pm Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring
CHILLspORT
Opening ceremony of the architectural intervention
Free Details
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring
Stimmungsschwankungen!
Performance by the 10th grade and artistic interventions by the 6th grade
Free Details
4:00 pm – 10:00 pm in front of the Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring | K67
Un-Ebenbild/Ogledalo
Exhibition by balkaNet
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm in front of the Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring | K67
Bashbozouki
Music in public spaces with balkaNet
Free Details
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring
Basketball tournament with Big K
7:00 – 8:00 Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring | K67
Partizan rap reading
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring
Ciné Vélo Cité
Video clips by and with pupils from the Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring: Neuperlach is us!
Free Details
Sat 29.6. Habibi Kiosk & Falckenbergstraße
2:00 pm – 10:00 pm Falckenbergstraße
MK: Straßenfest
We close Falckenbergstraße for a big theater festival and open our doors
Free Details
2:00 pm – 10:00 pm Habibi Kiosk
Global Munich. In Perspective
Exhibition: Artists tell their stories about globalization in Munich
Free Details
2:00 pm – 8:00 pm Falckenbergstraße
K67: Habibi Trafika FM live radio with interviews | K67
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Theatergarten, Falckenbergstraße 2
Ciné Vélo Cité
Curated film program "What is the City NOW?"
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Curated by Martín Valdés-Stauber together with Andrea Benze, Elke Bauer, Dîlan Z. Çapan, Sophie Eisenried, Mona Feyrer, Julia Lena Maier, Gina Penzkofer, Sebastian Reier, Asmir Šabić, Daniela Schroll, Marvin Scheler, Janina Sieber, Patrik Thomas, Clara Valdés-Stauber, Jakob Weiß.

An initiative of TUM Center for Culture and Arts with its program “Arts meet Technology”, Käte Hamburger Kolleg global dis:connect, Habibi Kiosk, balkaNet e.V., Ciné Vélo Cité, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau München, MK: Mitmachen, Refugio Kunstwerkstatt, MK: Musik, COZY Sound System, Mittelschule am Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring, Department of Urban Planning and Theory of the City at Munich University of Applied Sciences, EU Horizon Project, NEBourhoods: PEARL Creating Cultural Places for Young People in Neuperlach and Münchner Kammerspiele.