Festival Day 2

Horizontal is an interdisciplinary festival at the intersection of art and research that explores the reclining body and the horizontal position as cultural, political, and aesthetic practices.

Taking place over two days in the Lecture Hall Ruin of the Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum, the festival accompanies the exhibition "Horizontal - Politics and Poetics from the Sickbed" with performances, talks, workshops, and participatory formats.

Featuring contributions by Black Power Naps (Navild Acosta & Dr. Shadow F. Sosa), Raquel Meseguer Zafe, Ania Nowak, Harold Offeh, Anajara Amarante, Pia Achternkamp, and others.

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programme

10:30 a.m. | Lecture Hall Ruin
Arrival & Attunement

11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Lecture Hall Ruin
Anajara Laisa Amarante – Horizontal Bodies
Workshop (English, German)
Maximum 25 participants
Registration at:

11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Museum Foyer
“Horizontal – The Sickbed and the World from a Reclining Position”
Guided tour of the exhibition in German
Maximum 25 participants
Registration in the museum foyer

12:30–2:00 p.m. | Break
The Quiet Room and the special exhibition Horizontal remain open during the break.

2:00–2:30 p.m. | Lecture Hall Ruin
Monika Ankele and Nicole Schuchardt

Welcome & Introduction (English, German)

2:30–5:00 p.m. | Public Space (MuseumsMeileMitte)
Raquel Meseguer Zafe & TBA – If We Could Rest Awhile
Collective action (English)

5:00–5:30 p.m. | Break
The Quiet Room and the special exhibition Horizontal remain open during the break.

5:30–7:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall Ruin
TBA

Talk (English)

7:00–8:00 p.m. | Break
The Quiet Room and the special exhibition Horizontal remain open during the break.

8:00–9:00 p.m. | Lecture Hall Ruin
Black Power Naps (Navild Acosta and Shadow Fannie Sosa with guest performer Yocheved Zenaida-Cohen) – Bedside Manner
Performance (English)

Museum and Quiet Room Opening Hours: 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.

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Contributors

Monika Ankele, Co-curator
Nicole Schuchardt, Co-curator

Isabel Coleman, Production manager
Claes Schwennen, Technical director

Scenography (Lecture Hall Ruin)
in collaboration with the students from the Stage Design Class at the Universität der Künste Berlin (Nwakoso Edozien, An Klepel, Yulei Yang, Pegah Zamaninematsara)
Lead: Janina Audick and guest professor Meika Dresenkamp

The festival is funded through a Science × Media Tandem programme of Stiftung Charité and supported by the British Council.