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Office of the Public Realm
13 – 28 Jun 2026

TalkFilmReadingPerformanceDanceConcert

Spatial interventions and dialogues
Scenography: ARCH+

To accompany the exhibition “FREIRAUM KUNST”, Akademie President Manos Tsangaris is launching the Office of the Public Realm at Schloss Bellevue – a discursive and performative format that invites open, face-to-face discussion on the conditions of democratic public life and social coexistence.

Office of the Public Realm
Office of the Public Realm
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  • Location:Schloss Bellevue
  • Date:13 – 28 Jun 2026
  • Time:11 am – 7 pm
  • Languages: German, English
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  • Schloss Bellevue, Spreeweg 1, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten

    Mon–Fri 11am – 7 pm (19 Jun 11 am – 5 pm)
    Sat, Sun 10 am – 7 pm

    Free admission with time slot ticket

    As part of the exhibition “FREIRAUM KUNST. Akademie der Künste Goes Bellevue”

  • A free ticket is required to visit the exhibition “FREIRAUM KUNST. Akademie der Künste Goes Bellevue”. Tickets can only be booked online at freiraum-kunst.eu. No tickets will be available at the venue.

    All tickets are currently sold out, but some may become available in the meantime due to cancellations.

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This performative-discursive format, with its experimental character, creates a space in which the public sphere is not merely represented, but is practically created through conversations and performative contributions. It brings together artistic, academic and social perspectives, whilst also serving as the launchpad for a longer-term project by the Akademie der Künste.

The starting point is the diagnosis of a crisis in the democratic public sphere: digital infrastructures shape visibility and opinion-forming by connecting people, enabling broad access to information and offering a wide reach. At the same time, they create self-reinforcing echo chambers and exacerbate social polarisation. Public debate is losing its binding nature, and critical judgement is coming under pressure. The discursive project responds to this with an analogue, accessible format that facilitates exchange beyond polarisation.

Art plays a specific role in this context. By organising, disrupting and shifting perceptions, it reveals the conditions under which the public sphere emerges or is prevented from emerging.

Marking the conclusion of the exhibition tour, the Office of the Public Realm signifies the transition from observation to participation. The office develops and tests formats for public engagement: moderated discussions in small groups, complemented by musical contributions, performances and discussion formats. Nothing is entirely pre-planned. The public sphere does not emerge as a fixed form, but through collective action, speaking and listening.

A discursive-performative format by Manos Tsangaris, composer, president of the Akademie der Künste, with members of the Akademie der Künste and guests, moderated by Manos Tsangaris, Anh-Linh Ngo, architect and writer, vice president of the Akademie der Künste, Änne-Marthe Kühn, dramaturg, and Nils Plath, literary scholar

featuring literary contributions by the members of the Akademie der Künste Friedrich Dieckmann, Ulrike Draesner, Annett Gröschner, Kerstin Hensel, director of the Literature Section, Thomas Hettche, Regine Keller (cinematic contribution), deputy director of the Architecture Section, Ursula Krechel, Eva Menasse, Terézia Mora, Ulrich Peltzer, Teresa Präauer, Kathrin Röggla, Katharina Schultens, Ingo Schulze, Cécile Wajsbrot, deputy director of the Literature Section

More Information and Programme (in German)