HKW’s Deputy Director Henriette Gallus gives a welcome, after which festival curators Kenan Khadaj and Dzekashu MacViban speak about remapping the fluidity and resistance of languages and literatures, reflecting on the sea in literary imagination.

Due to the 2024 Berlin Marathon, between 27–29 September there are road closures in the area. HKW is fully accessible via public transport—S-Bahn (Hauptbahnhof) and U-Bahn (Bundestag)—and via bike or on foot.