Richard Sides: Open House

With “Open House,” Berlin-based artist Richard Sides presents a mixtape created specifically for the Mies van der Rohe House, which takes the form of a spatial installation extending throughout the entire building.

Mies van der Rohe Haus

For the month-long summer program “Open House”, Berlin-based artist Richard Sides presents a mixtape he has developed especially for Mies van der Rohe Haus as a spatialized arrangement that moves throughout the site. Various furniture pieces are activated by being transformed into a clandestine speaker installation that can be used to live and to listen. Reenacting the building’s former use as a private residence, Sides turns the institution into an instrument for music and sound pieces.

Working as an artist and a curator, Sides is interested in the psychosomatic potential of media. By critically reflecting on the commodification of ecstasy and emotion, his sculptures, paintings, and sound pieces create a sense of experience by dislocating normalcy.

“Open House” marks Mies van der Rohe Haus‘ summer program, which also includes an one-evening presentation by publishing platform BUS on Friday, 4 September at 7 pm, as well as picnic events. Richard Sides’ extended mixtape is the institution’s second engagement with sound this year, after the presentation of London-based label Concentric Group in March.

Opening: Saturday, August 8, 2026, from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Curated by Dennis Brzek

Runtime: Sun, 09/08/2026 to Sun, 06/09/2026

Takes place here:

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