The Berlin Museum of the History of Medicine at the Charité traces the development of medicine over the last 300 years. The permanent exhibition features around 750 pathological and anatomical specimens and offers insights into the anatomical museum, the laboratory and the ward. Special exhibitions bring together medicine, culture and history.
Horizontal – 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, 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: museum@charite.de
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)
3:00–5:00 p.m. | Public Space (MuseumsMeileMitte)
Raquel Meseguer Zafe & TBA – If We Could Rest Awhile
Collective action (English)
Participants who attend the workshop and the public action on Sunday, 13 September, receive free admission to the museum and the festival on both days.
Registration at: museum@charite.de
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
Thinking and Creating from the Sickbed
Conversation in English with Anajara Amarante (artist), Katharina Ludwig (author, poet and artist) and further panellists.
Moderated by Nora Heidorn (curator and researcher)
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