BEING LINGUISTIQUE – On the Art of Writing

Performance with Monty Richthofen & Activation with Nadine Fecht

Monty Richthofen_WHAT WAS NEVER SAID WAS ALWAYS TRUE, 2026, Wandfarbe, Maße variabel © Monty Richthofen – Monty Richthofen, WHAT WAS NEVER SAID WAS ALWAYS TRUE, 2026, Wandfarbe, Maße variabel © Monty Richthofen

5:00 p.m. – Performance: WHAT WAS NEVER SAID WAS ALWAYS TRUE with Monty Richthofen

On the occasion of this exhibition, in which language—through its connection to artistic practice—becomes a material object of thought and even an aesthetic subject of diverse representations, visitors are invited by artist Monty Richthofen to collectively manipulate language. He will write the result on the wall. This will be followed by a brief conversation with him.

6:30 p.m. – Activation: WE INSIST with Nadine Fecht

Following Richthofen’s performance, artist Nadine Fecht activates the in-situ wall piece “WE INSIST.” The work is both material and linguistic form, and through its spatial legibility, it points to the social tension between expectation, disappointment, and experience. Is it a statement or a manifesto? The phrase “WE INSIST,” which is also the title of the site-specific wall piece, is repeatedly repainted or overwritten to express a sense of necessity. Following this, curator Harald F. Theiss will speak with the artist.Translated with DeepL

Meeting point: GalerieETAGE at the Reinickendorf Museum, Alt-Hermsdorf 35, 13467 Berlin

Price info: Participation is free of charge.

Booking: Please register in advance.
Contact: 030 902946460 or

Next date:

• Date Thursday, 29/October/2026 17:00 bis 20:00
• Venue Museum Reinickendorf
• Address Alt-Hermsdorf 35, 13467 Berlin-Reinickendorf