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Metaxy : Between
Destruction and Reconstruction
Houses
11 Sept 2026, 6 – 9 pm

TalkLectureReadingPerformance

Talks, lectures, performances and staged reading with Kees Christiaanse, CO-HATY: Anna Dobrova, Salma Samar Damluji, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, Mikhailo Shevchenko

ZWISCHENSTÜCKE: Karim Bingöl, Paul Hübner, Kioomars Musayyebi, Immanuel Schumacher, Nurit Stark

Presentation: Johanna M. Keller

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Ruins of the Shaykh Yaʿqūb shrine prior to its reconstruction by Salma Samar Damluji, al-Mukallā, Yemen, 2019
Ruins of the Shaykh Yaʿqūb shrine prior to its reconstruction by Salma Samar Damluji, al-Mukallā, Yemen, 2019
© Salma Samar Damluji / photo: Rashid bin Shibraq

Houses are places of everyday life, of memory and of community. When they are lost, it is not only the buildings that disappear but also social relationships and ways of life. Reconstruction is therefore both a structural and a social task.

Drawing on the work of CO-HATY and Kees Christiaanse on Ukraine and Salma Samar Damluji on Yemen, this event explores how architecture can help shape the future of community life. A staged reading by Sasha Marianna Salzmann (in German) provides the framework for the evening. She explores the “in-between” as a place where different memories, senses of belonging and life stories coexist without resolving their contradictions.

ZWISCHENSTÜCKE
Musical and performative interventions with Immanuel Schumacher (concept and percussion), Karim Bingöl (percussion and vocals), Paul Hübner (trumpet), Kioomars Musayyebi (santur), Nurit Stark (violin and viola)