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Metaxy : Zwischen Zerstörung und Wiederaufbau - Führung
Date details
- Date Sunday, 04/October/2026 15:00 bis 16:00 ( 25 more dates )
- Venue Akademie der Künste - Hanseatenweg
- Address Hanseatenweg 10, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten
Public transportation
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Train (S-Bahn)
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S Bellevue
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S75
- S9
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S Tiergarten
- S3
- S5
- S7
- S75
- S9
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S Bellevue
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Underground
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U Hansaplatz
- U9
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U Hansaplatz
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Bus
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U Hansaplatz
- 106
- N26
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Großer Stern
- 106
- N26
- 100
- 187
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Bachstr. (U Hansaplatz)
- N9
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Schloss Bellevue
- 100
- 187
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Berlin, Paulstr.
- 187
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Kirchstr./Alt-Moabit
- 187
- 245
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Solinger Str.
- 106
- N26
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Kleiner Tiergarten
- 187
- 245
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Spenerstr.
- 187
- 245
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U Hansaplatz
Part of:
Metaxy : Between Destruction and Reconstruction Exhibition - Guided Tour
Guided Tour
Grafik: Rimini Berlin
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Guided tour of the exhibition, which focuses on the period between destruction and reconstruction – that uncertain moment when it is still unclear how societies will cope with loss, guilt and memory.
Wars, conflicts and the consequences of the climate crisis are destroying houses, cities and landscapes around the globe. Millions of people are losing their homes. Rebuilding these living environments is therefore an urgent task. However, if reconstruction is reduced to a technical undertaking – as a return to normality, a supposed “zero hour” or an opportunity for capital-driven investment – we lose sight of the fact that it is not only buildings and cities that are destroyed but also social relationships, ecological structures, shared ways of life and historical contexts. The crucial questions regarding reconstruction therefore arise before any building work begins.
The project “Metaxy : Between Destruction and Reconstruction” begins precisely at this point, with an exhibition and a four-part programme of events. Metaxy, an ancient Greek word meaning “between”, refers to a space in which the past and the future, memory and new beginnings, as well as loss and hope, coexist. Reconstruction does not mean a return to a previous state but rather the uncovering of connections that have been torn apart.
Taking the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg as a prime example of post-1945 reconstruction, the exhibition presents an exploration of the colonial and Nazi history of Berlin’s Hansaviertel district and perspectives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Poland, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen and the USA. The exhibition architecture itself is the project’s largest exhibit: It superimposes the site’s former buildings on today’s exhibition halls. This 1:1-scale palimpsest makes the history of the site tangible through the in-between space.
An event space forming part of the exhibition provides a venue for discussions, talks and artistic and musical performances. An educational programme featuring guided tours and lecture-performance walks, as well as a special issue of the magazine ARCH+, explores the exhibition’s themes in greater depth.
Participating artists and spatial practitioners:
Hala Alnaji, Archigrest, Marina Tabassum Architects, Maja Bajević, Karim Bingöl, Centre for Documentary Architecture, Kees Christiaanse, Tiffany Chung, Co-Haty, Salma Samar Damluji, Nir Evron, Ola Hassanain, Paul Hübner, Anton Kolomyeytsev, Omer Krieger, V. Mitch McEwen, megouem, Kioomars Musayyebi, Marina Naprushkina/Neue Nachbarschaft Moabit, Open Group, Ute Richter, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Immanuel Schumacher, Arinjoy Sen, Nurit Stark, Syrbanism, topoScape, Feda Wardak, Eyal Weizman, Ines Weizman, Julita Wójcik, Lebbeus Woods, Ina Wudtke
Exhibition design:
Zita Leutgeb, Olivier Therrien
Curatorial team:
Anh-Linh Ngo, Johanna M. Keller, Christian Hiller, Felix Hofmann, Markus Krieger, Daniel Kuhnert, Melissa Makele
Project management, Akademie der Künste, Architecture Section:
Annette Maechtel
Metaxy : Zwischenstücke
The musical and performative ZWISCHENSTÜCKE are a standalone format within “Metaxy: Between Destruction and Reconstruction”. They bridge the exhibition and the programme and open up new ways of perceiving the art.
An ensemble featuring Immanuel Schumacher (concept and percussion), Karim Bingöl (percussion and vocals), Paul Hübner (trumpet), Kioomars Musayyebi (santur) and Nurit Stark (violin and viola) moves through the exhibition and event spaces. Musical interludes and performative inserts pick up on conversations and situations, alter the perspective on the exhibition and shape the transitions between individual programme events. The four musicians work at the intersection of interpretation, composition, performance and improvisation.
ZWISCHENSTÜCKE will take place during the events on the following days without a specific time being announced:
Opening 9 Sep from 6:30 pm
Metaxy 10 Sep 6–9 pm
Houses 11 Sep 6–9 pm
Soils 13 Oct 6–9 pm
Times 6 Dec 12–3 pm
Wars, conflicts and the consequences of the climate crisis are destroying houses, cities and landscapes around the globe. Millions of people are losing their homes. Rebuilding these living environments is therefore an urgent task. However, if reconstruction is reduced to a technical undertaking – as a return to normality, a supposed “zero hour” or an opportunity for capital-driven investment – we lose sight of the fact that it is not only buildings and cities that are destroyed but also social relationships, ecological structures, shared ways of life and historical contexts. The crucial questions regarding reconstruction therefore arise before any building work begins.
The project “Metaxy : Between Destruction and Reconstruction” begins precisely at this point, with an exhibition and a four-part programme of events. Metaxy, an ancient Greek word meaning “between”, refers to a space in which the past and the future, memory and new beginnings, as well as loss and hope, coexist. Reconstruction does not mean a return to a previous state but rather the uncovering of connections that have been torn apart.
Taking the Akademie building on Hanseatenweg as a prime example of post-1945 reconstruction, the exhibition presents an exploration of the colonial and Nazi history of Berlin’s Hansaviertel district and perspectives from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Israel, Palestine, Poland, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen and the USA. The exhibition architecture itself is the project’s largest exhibit: It superimposes the site’s former buildings on today’s exhibition halls. This 1:1-scale palimpsest makes the history of the site tangible through the in-between space.
An event space forming part of the exhibition provides a venue for discussions, talks and artistic and musical performances. An educational programme featuring guided tours and lecture-performance walks, as well as a special issue of the magazine ARCH+, explores the exhibition’s themes in greater depth.
Participating artists and spatial practitioners:
Hala Alnaji, Archigrest, Marina Tabassum Architects, Maja Bajević, Karim Bingöl, Centre for Documentary Architecture, Kees Christiaanse, Tiffany Chung, Co-Haty, Salma Samar Damluji, Nir Evron, Ola Hassanain, Paul Hübner, Anton Kolomyeytsev, Omer Krieger, V. Mitch McEwen, megouem, Kioomars Musayyebi, Marina Naprushkina/Neue Nachbarschaft Moabit, Open Group, Ute Richter, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Immanuel Schumacher, Arinjoy Sen, Nurit Stark, Syrbanism, topoScape, Feda Wardak, Eyal Weizman, Ines Weizman, Julita Wójcik, Lebbeus Woods, Ina Wudtke
Exhibition design:
Zita Leutgeb, Olivier Therrien
Curatorial team:
Anh-Linh Ngo, Johanna M. Keller, Christian Hiller, Felix Hofmann, Markus Krieger, Daniel Kuhnert, Melissa Makele
Project management, Akademie der Künste, Architecture Section:
Annette Maechtel
Metaxy : Zwischenstücke
The musical and performative ZWISCHENSTÜCKE are a standalone format within “Metaxy: Between Destruction and Reconstruction”. They bridge the exhibition and the programme and open up new ways of perceiving the art.
An ensemble featuring Immanuel Schumacher (concept and percussion), Karim Bingöl (percussion and vocals), Paul Hübner (trumpet), Kioomars Musayyebi (santur) and Nurit Stark (violin and viola) moves through the exhibition and event spaces. Musical interludes and performative inserts pick up on conversations and situations, alter the perspective on the exhibition and shape the transitions between individual programme events. The four musicians work at the intersection of interpretation, composition, performance and improvisation.
ZWISCHENSTÜCKE will take place during the events on the following days without a specific time being announced:
Opening 9 Sep from 6:30 pm
Metaxy 10 Sep 6–9 pm
Houses 11 Sep 6–9 pm
Soils 13 Oct 6–9 pm
Times 6 Dec 12–3 pm
Price info: € 5 plus exhibition ticket
exhibition ticket: EUR 10 (Reduced: EUR 7)
Price: €15.00
Reduced price: €12.00
exhibition ticket: EUR 10 (Reduced: EUR 7)
Price: €15.00
Reduced price: €12.00
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