Call for Public Screaming: Election Party for Plural Democracy on 23 February 2025

Public Screaming
Election Party for the Plural Democracy
Screening, Live-Commentary, Conversations, Music 
Sun., 23.2.2025
17:00–23:00
Weltwirtschaft at HKW
€10 / €7
hkw.de/en/tickets
In German with simultaneous translation into English and German Sign Language (DGS)

Donald Trump’s inauguration shows us once again that anti-democratic and anti-liberal forces are on the rise around the world. On 23 February, the day of the Bundestag elections, the stakes are also high in Germany: the result will be a challenge for all those in Germany who are committed to a progressive, inclusive, and plural democracy.

We know there will be many reasons for anger, confusion, and sadness on election night. That’s why we want to come together and scream, cry, discuss, laugh, hope, drink and dance—and show that we are fighting for pluralistic democracy. That we will not give up, neither before nor after the election.

That's why HKW invites you to a Public Screaming to follow the first projections, results, and post-election statements. These will be commented on live in front of an audience, there will be discussion rounds, live music by Berlin hip hop band The Swag, and lots of collective emotion. 

HKW is calling on everyone to become active and fight together for democracy: every voice, every discussion, and every contribution counts in order to take a clear stance against marginalization, right-wing violence, and anti-democratic tendencies.

With: Mohamed Amjahid, Miriam Camara, Max Czollek, Ibou Diop, Paula Fürstenberg, Rahel Jaeggi, Massimo Perinelli, Patrice Poutrus, Arne Semsrott, The Swag, Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, and others.

Call for Screamings

HKW calls on civil society institutions and organizations to join the initiative. Would you like to organize your own public screening? Please write to projekte.heimaten@hkw.de 

We will compile a list of all locations and organizers, which will be published shortly before the Bundestag elections.

Further Public Screamings happen at the following locations:

FFT Düsseldorf, Kammerspiele München / Habibi Kiosk, Kampnagel Hamburg, KoalaKollektiv Frankfurt am Main, Schauspiel Dortmund, PACT Zollverein Essen, Studio Literatur und Theater Tübingen in Kooperation mit Club Voltaire, Theater Konstanz

Public Screaming is part of heimaten and an initiative of Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin.

heimaten

heimaten aims to reinterpret the concept of Heimat according to this plural composition of Germany’s population. It comprises a four-year programme.

The project is conceived by HKW and the co-curators Ibou Diop and Max Czollek and is supported by a network of civil society initiatives and cultural institutions throughout the German-speaking world, including Austria and Switzerland. More Information

heimaten is supported by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media due to a ruling of the German Bundestag.

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW) is institutionally funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Visit Information

Opening Hours
Wed.–Mon. 12:00–19:00
Extended opening hours during evening programmes.
Free admission on mondays and on selected sundays

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Contact
Jan Trautmann

Pressesprecher
Lead Communications Officer
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW)
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin

T: + 49 (0) 30 397 87 157
presse@hkw.de